Old Norse
The following links have been provided to assist with the study of Old Norse language and literature:
Other University Departments and Research Institutes
Denmark
- Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, The Arnamagnaean Institute , Copenhagen
Iceland
- Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, The Árni Magnússon Institute, Reykjavík
- Fornleifastofnun Íslands, The Icelandic Institute of Archaeology
Norway
UK
SOCIETIES
- Viking Society for Northern Research
- SASS, Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study
Libraries
Denmark
- Det Kongelige Bibliotek, The Danish Royal Library, Copenhagen
Iceland
- Landsbókasafn Íslands—Háskólabókasafn, National and University Library of Iceland
Norway
- Nasjonalbiblioteket, The National Library of Norway
- Riksarkivet i Oslo, Norwegian National Archives, Oslo
- Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo, The University Library in Oslo, Norway
Sweden
- Kungliga biblioteket i Stockholm, The Swedish Royal Library, Stockholm
- Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, The University Library in Uppsala, Sweden
UK
- British Library
- University College London (the Scandinavian Studies library is open to member of the Viking Society for Northern Research)
USA
Bibliography and Research Tools
- BONIS, Bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic Studies
- EGIL, Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature. Links to major libraries with Old Norse-Icelandic holdings, websites and digitized material
- GABRIEL, gateway to Europe's National Libraries
- Gegnir, University of Iceland Library bibliographical database
- BIBSYS, combined catalogue of Norwegian academic libraries
- LIBRIS, combined catalogue of Swedish academic libraries
- Norwegian Historical Bibliography, searchable database of articles on Norwegian history
- Swedish Historical Bibliography
- IMB, Brepols International Medieval Bibliography. Access via University network only
- MLA International Bibliography, access via University network only
- TITUS, Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien
- Proquest Digital Dissertations
- Index to Theses, a comprehensive listing of theses with abstracts accepted for higher degrees by universities in Great Britain and Ireland since 1716, accessed via University network only
Electronic Journals
- Alvíssmál; see current issue at: https://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~alvismal/Welcome.html
- Scandinavian Journal of History, since 1998. Access via University network only
- Scandinavian Studies, since 1997. Access via University network only
Scandinavian Book sites
- Antikvariat, unified catalogue of used and antiquarian bookshops in Scandinavia
- Bóksala stúdenta, University of Reykavík bookstore
Language
Online Old Norse courses
Old Norse dictionaries
- Dictionary of Old Norse Prose
- Fritzner
- Cleasby-Vigfusson
- Zoega
- Finnur Jónsson’s Lexicon poeticum, under construction
Modern Icelandic courses and resources
- University of Iceland Modern Icelandic course
- University of Wisconsin Modern Icelandic online dictionary and readings
- Mimír, Modern Icelandic reference grammar
Online modern Scandinavian dictionaries
- YourDictionary.com, directory of online dictionaries at including: Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
Literature
Poetry
- Old Norse Poetry site, Eysteinn Björnsson’s site, containing a database of skaldic poets and texts of poetry from the editions of Finnur Jónsson, Ernst Kock and the Íslenzk Fornrit series, original editions and English translations of some eddic and skaldic material, an electronic version of Finnur Jónsson’s Lexicon Poeticum and the author’s own analytical glossary of kennings connected with the domain of battle
- The Skaldic Editing Project, the website and database for the new corpus edition of skaldic poetry, currently in progress. Public access resources include lists of skalds and poems, a concordance and an index of first lines based on Finnur Jónsson’s edition, plus the new Lexicon Poeticum and an index of kennings by referent, both under construction
- Poetic Edda, searchable text of the Neckel/Kuhn 1983 edition
Prose
- Icelandic medieval manuscripts, links, images and information on aspects of medieval Icelandic literature and history
- SagaNet, database of digitalized Icelandic manuscripts and early printed texts and editions
- Netútgáfan, texts of Old Norse prose works, including the Fornaldarsögur, Gylfaginning, Heimskringla, Íslendingasögur, Íslendingaþættir, Landnámabók (Sturlubók) and Jómsvíkinga saga
- Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic Sagas
Latin literature
- Saxo Grammaticus: Latin text.
Runes and Runology
- News about runes, online version of Nytt om runer, with additional information and bibliographies. Mostly in English.
- Samnordisk runtextdatabas, database of Scandinavian runic inscriptions, under construction (instructions in Swedish, but the database includes translations of inscriptions into English)
- Runic Inscriptions from Bryggen , Bergen
- The Kiel Rune Project, database of inscriptions in the older fuþark, under construction
- University of Nottingham Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions in the Younger Futhark, in progress
- News and links in Swedish, including an online version of Owe’s Svensk Runbibliografi