I also have a separate video with book recommendations about runes: kzitem.info/news/bejne/l6Ftx2itgZ-Ei34
@bernardmcavoy1864
Жыл бұрын
Have you tried making videos indoors?
@SolarDragon1000
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Crawford: "I'm going to tell you how you can study Old Norse without having to pay a penny to academia." Angry Academic Wind: "No."
@janetrobinson1864
Жыл бұрын
I never thought I would sit on a rainy (London UK) Christmas Day with my 14 year old grandson and listen to him talk me through old Norse grammar and hear him talk about the difference between ON and Latin! After a few days he has a grasp of the basics. Thank you Jackson. We love you. I am not a linguist.
@koenigcochran
Жыл бұрын
Very endearing story! What a great grandma
@janetrobinson1864
Жыл бұрын
@@koenigcochran thanks. I heard him speak some Swedish with a young man studying in Sweden last week. All thanks to PIE enthusiasts and Jackson Crawford
@fartsofdoom6491
Жыл бұрын
This makes me really grateful to be a native German speaker. Can't imagine how much harder it must be to try and learn Old Norse when all you know is modern English. Hell, grammar-wise German probably even gives you an advantage over continental Scandinavians.
@JacksonCrawford
Жыл бұрын
By the way (as my assistant Stella points out), if you're looking to buy any of the books I recommend, December is a great time to do it because many presses have sales. Hackett (who publishes my books) is having a sale right now through January 8th; 25% off all *regular* books (not the signed boxed set) with code YE2022. The University of Pennsylvania press, which publishes Mitchell's "Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages" and several other good titles in this field (www.pennpress.org/search-result/?keyword=norse) is having a sale through December 31st; 40% off all books and free US shipping with code HOLIDAY22-FM.
@simonemaio9054
Жыл бұрын
Professor I have been learning Old Norse when I saw your previous video where you talked about which books to buy if we wanted to learn Old Norse. I bought "A New Introduction to Old Norse", that are 3 books, and I can say that now I am translating texts without any difficulties. I really bless the first day when I saw your videos
@Scareth
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that is incredible. How long you've been practicing?
@jackthomas9979
Жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@yannhaettel1115
Жыл бұрын
@simonemaio9054 where do you find your books in Old Norse, not translated but in original language ?
@Reginmund
Жыл бұрын
That career advice is sad but true. I did a master's degree in medieval studies and I was lucky enough to land a job in a historical institute almost immediately, but it was just an endless series of short term contracts and paid little more than working retail. Once I ran out of contracts I started watching job listings and if I was lucky there might be a relevant listing every other month or so, usually temporary. If it was one of those rare permanent positions you could be sure there would be hundreds of applicants with many heavy hitters with years of experience applying, in other words a relative newcomer might as well not apply. At this point I was nearing 30 and still hadn't had a job contract longer than 6 months, and still depended on my family for support. Obviously this arrangement couldn't last and I ended up taking an internship at a completely unrelated government department where I finally got a permanent position and significantly higher pay. Not least this enabled me to get an apartment and start travelling to those places I'd been reading about but never could afford to visit. I've still kept a strong interest in history as a hobby, but if there's one thing I'm going to regret is that I was never able to get proper employment in what I'm most qualified to do. I'd highly recommend people keep their interest in this type of field as a hobby unless they're 100% convinced they're willing to sacrifice everything else to work in it. I know people 40+ who're still going from contract to contract, never knowing if they'll have an income a few months from now.
@BoardroomBuddha
Жыл бұрын
I was on a PhD track in Scandinavian history at UW Wisconsin after having taken grad course at Stockholms Universitet. This was in 1989. At the time, other PhD students had been there for > 15 years still working as adjuncts on a semester to semester contract basis. They scared me away from continuing beyond my Master degree. It's one of my biggest regrets in life because I really loved the topic of Swedish history. LIttle did I know that Scandinavian history and language would become "cool" again 30 years later...
@theodwyn4491
Жыл бұрын
Your point about knowing the basics off cold is really important, and has been a considerable aid to me in my studies of Old English.
@baecere2
Жыл бұрын
as of now I am trying to learn Orkney Norn which is a dialect of Old Norse yes I could learn Old Norse... I might but as of now Orkney Norn is very interesting!
@Stormpriest
Жыл бұрын
You asked why someone would look into this, for me personally? The same reason why I looked into Old English / Anglo-Saxon. My mother was a couple years shy of her dissertation in this latter topic. Hilariously, I asked her the same question you just answered about old norse, if I should study it on my own or if I should go to university She only pause for about 2 seconds before answering, do it on your own LOL
@phoenixknight8837
Ай бұрын
Amazing video recommendation! Thank you and much appreciated!
@OldSchoolHippieFood
Жыл бұрын
……and I was * literally * just looking for this information.
@jackjohnson2309
Жыл бұрын
On the note of Viking history resources, I found Kenneth Harl’s “Great Courses” course to be very well done.
@grettirasmundarson9980
Жыл бұрын
E. V. Gordon’s book was a great resource for me. I did study Ancient Greek for years before I took up Old Norse, and after studying modern Swedish for some years, so Old Norse wasn’t a big jump. Gordon gives a good overview of the grammar and great texts with notes. I can back learning Swedish, too.
@gurugoat8298
Жыл бұрын
I always come for the folklore and mythology, and love learning about the language as well. Before this video, I had all three of the Icelandic sagas you mentioned (exact translations too; what are the odds?). I also have the Penguin's Sagas of Warrior-Poets and Grettir the Strong. Are those translations good as well? Thanks for all you do!
@katepalmer747
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the helpful tips. You have already done so much to help me learn Old Norse. I eagerly await the publication of your textbook 🌷
@Scareth
Жыл бұрын
I have a beautiful book by Oxford, "The Syntax of Old Norse". Interesting om the grammar of old norse!
@TrimbakkiFonElsass
Жыл бұрын
I recently acquired it as well, very good resource!
@creatureinthedeep
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your continued interest & dedication to this.
@Loki_Dokie
Жыл бұрын
Perfect video thank you sir! I've always delved into this subject but never had a good idea of where to truly start.
@melissahdawn
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Incredibly helpful as always!!! (If you are new to this language, this being 'Old Norse' START HERE)
@Lucy-qr9ks
Жыл бұрын
That was extremely well done and very coherent, thank you very much for making this video!
@ADHDlanguages
Жыл бұрын
I think you have great advice re:career stuff. I'm keeping language/history stuff as purely a hobby until my kids are older and maybe I can go back to school for it.
@adirasantics3664
Жыл бұрын
Making an in depth and helpful video about where to start when learning old Norse :D Wind: *n o*
@arkmstick3495
Жыл бұрын
Love that you din edit the vid, duder. Keeps it real 🖖
@Paul-ki8dg
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm in the room of the laziest bunch to be found looking for the lowest hanging fruit to pick. What to pick is about what will work and why. Should someone ask, "How long did it take you to do that? The answer often is about two hours with ten years of looking at it in between the minutes.
@KC-vq2ot
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the good work that you do Is it possible to make a list about resources available that are not in English? A Scandinavian language or German, perhaps?
@trashkidd
Жыл бұрын
hyped for the new old norse text you're working on! love watching your videos on the grammar, and would be really nice to have it codified in text form
@CorvidLloyd
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, Dr. Crawford! Very helpful.
@delicatethunders
Жыл бұрын
wow, i was searching around where and how i could learn old norse on the internet just a couple days ago, and now i stumbled across this video. thanks for the awesome content doc!
@LundyHolbrook
Жыл бұрын
So, I’m a nutshell, just learn every Germanic language and then you’re good. 😂
@cannonballbob6949
Жыл бұрын
I wish there was a book that taught Old Norse the way my German book from high school did 😂
@MichaelLoda
Жыл бұрын
Oh an introduction video, that's awesome, thank you
@red_da_viking
Жыл бұрын
Always looking for good recommendations. Have a few already and had a few more on wishlist but added others after watching this. Thank you for all the info you share on here.
@BrainInAJarStudio
Жыл бұрын
The wond is so harsh cause DocCraw got the gods excited.
@HeatherRenee2017
Жыл бұрын
Thank you this was very informative
@clauderichards6239
11 ай бұрын
Recommendations for Old English?
@ssechres
Жыл бұрын
I have a BA in History from IU Bloomington. I took a course in Viking/Norse culture from a Professor Blaisdell in the 1980s. He was kind of an old man at that time. I was wondering if you had heard of him.
@goblinwizard735
Жыл бұрын
It’s really cool you made this. Commenting to up it in the algorithms.
@acaciabaker5935
Жыл бұрын
Hands down already the most comprehensive approach, makes books list complete for the coming season and for years to come. So so so many good titles and links, thanks
@justinchadwick1034
Жыл бұрын
Just started my steps
@mac3madmax
Жыл бұрын
Got some Mullein in the back ground
@HeatherRenee2017
Жыл бұрын
I am interested because I want to go into archeology. I have both introduction to old Norse plus their mp3s in introduction to reading and how to pronounce. Plus three linguists books.
@matteodelenda8481
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the recommandations Doc, helps a ton
@LukeRanieri
Жыл бұрын
Ah this shall be an excellent resource.
@lilamusicproduction
Жыл бұрын
Thx friend!
@eldsveg_s
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video. I was considering writing to you somehow to ask how and where to start with the study of Old Norse, especially since it is almost an impossible hope for me to learn from you directly in-person.
@hrafnagu9243
Жыл бұрын
It's getting down right windy lately here in Colorado innit?
@Adrian13rams
Жыл бұрын
If you need a book idea to write, I would love to see a comparison book for modern scandavian languages (at least between norweign, Swedish, Danish and modern Icelandic) with a dash of old norse for references. There's one for romance languages by mikhail petrunin that I thought was fun to read and compare to as a long term Spanish learner. Norweign is one of my baby languages I'm learning so I might be biased/greedy here, but I think you would be a great author for such a project 😊
@TheDragonsleeve
Жыл бұрын
This was really helpful. Thanks.
@TrimbakkiFonElsass
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for all your work as always, your videos were a great start for me! And am about one year into self learning, currently I am able to read prose at a low level. I recently bought "The syntax of old norse" I feel it's useful for wrapping your head around phrasing. Similar to the short passages in "A new into. to ON" Do any discord servers exist which are meant for learning?
@yaseinbrat94
Жыл бұрын
My studies are rather superficial and are for character development for Ren Faires and Festivals. I like the whole fantasy stigma, to a point, but it would be nice to get a basic knowledge of a conversational dialect in old Norse to impress and confuse folks at the festivals,LOL. I just finished a book by Neil Price titled “ The Children of Ash and Elm”. Im fairly good at parroting the language, but would like to dive a little deeper.
@LeviathansSpirit
Жыл бұрын
If there are any, what are the best translators/dictionaries for norse whether they be a website or book?
@jmoore5716
Жыл бұрын
@3:11 what?! .. what?! Immediately pauses video to switch on computer to download a free copy of a new introduction to old norse
@panjacek2273
Жыл бұрын
Do you guys know if there is any answer key to "graded readings and exercises in old icelandic"?
@jhah1812
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone have a link for the 3 books set mentioned at the beginning of the video?
@rebekahshantz3565
Жыл бұрын
Regarding old east Norse vs old west Norse it sounds like a take on high German vs low German. I'm told low German is lower class.
@samjon4
Жыл бұрын
It’s nice to be a Preuß, but it’s higher to be a Bayer.
@thomaswillard6267
Жыл бұрын
Guy, I'm gonna be honest, you're the only person I've heard even acknowledge the distinction between Old East Norse and Old West Norse. Did someone corner you in a coffeeshop about this or something?
@ChocolatKrysia
Жыл бұрын
Craig Van Every
@beepboop204
Жыл бұрын
🙂🙂
@sogoma7797
Жыл бұрын
Is Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman a good source?
@helios6379
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is. You can easily find it and it's quite cheap, but offers good value.
@bagthebird7610
Жыл бұрын
can i get a list on the recommends, i kinda just put this on without thinking
@eb282
Жыл бұрын
Sssssssick ring
@gnarzikans
Жыл бұрын
the spanish/catalan comparison for old west/east norse seems like a poor one--the more apt comparison would probably be catalan vs occitan
@Akheloios
Жыл бұрын
Hey dude, you still have a responsibility. Someone teaching you to drive a car should at the very minimum point out that driving a car into someone will cause them harm.
@Explorer273
Жыл бұрын
I agree with skipping the runes because there is almost nothing to read. Unless you happen to be Swedish, which I am. Then there is a good chance you will learn runes first. The reason for that is of course rune stones and we had some lessons in school as kids, I mean, it does make sense if you think about it? It's easy because rune stones basically all say the same thing. 16 runes but FRKISTBL - ᚠᚱᚴᛁᛋᛏᛒᛚ looks almost the same as the normal alphabet meaning there are only eight runes to learn. Trick is to connect them to sounds not letters because that's how they were written. Most texts are simple and close enough to modern Swedish that many stones can be read and understood by anyone. Almost all rune stones are post Viking age and often clearly christian. Modern Swedish will say "His father", older, dialectal and poetic Swedish would be "Father his" and that is what rune stones say. To further remove all mystery the majority just say this and this raised the stone after his father or built a bridge. Quite often followed by something like may god save his soul. The interesting thing is their names. The tradition seems to have been that you were given a temporary name as a child because it's hard to know who you are going to become as an adult. Then you earned your name one way or the other. Which means there are some interesting and entertaining names carved on rune stones but that is more culture than langauge.
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