Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary

by Henry Sweet

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An Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary is a book by Henry Sweet. The preface says the want of a short and easy introduction to the study of Icelandic has been felt for a long time. The preface calls The Icelandic Reader, edited by Messrs. Vigfusson and Powell, a most valuable book which ought to be in the hands of every student, yet says it still leaves room for an elementary primer.

The text on sounds says f had initially the sound of our f, medially and finally that of v, as in gefa (give) and gaf (gave). The text on sounds also says the g was always sounded in the combination ng, as in single, not as in singer. A passage in the primer names Sveinn konungr, Eirīkr jarl and Ormrinn langi. The glossary gives stōrliga as bigly, arrogantly, and stōrr as big, great.