Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes and Icelandic Sagas, Third Edition is the revised and expanded introduction to Old Norse language, Icelandic sagas, and runes. Written by a professor with years of experience teaching Old Norse and Icelandic, this user-friendly third edition assumes no previous language training. Beginner to advanced has everything in one book: graded saga readings, vocabulary, grammar exercises, runes, and pronunciation.

There are maps and sections on Viking history, literature, and myth. By listening to the suggestions of teachers, students, and self-learners who used the earlier editions, the third edition has been re-organized, with shortened lessons, and new individual grammar and pronunciation sections. The new short, focused lessons with streamlined explanations and an innovative word-frequency method speeds learning.

This book allows readers to quickly learn to read original saga passages and Viking-Age runes from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Modern Icelandic has changed relatively little from Old Norse, and the learner will also be well on the way to mastering Modern Icelandic.

Two MP3 download Audio Pronunciation Albums and a free Answer Key to exercises in this edition can be found at www.oldnorse.org.