Old Icelandicn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌəʊld ʌɪsˈlandɪk/, U.S.

/ˌoʊld aɪsˈlændɪk/

Forms: see old adj. and Icelandic adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., Icelandic n.

Etymology: < old adj. + Icelandic n. Compare German altisländisch (1793 as adjective, or earlier).With use as adjective compare earlier examples such as the following, which do not represent a fixed collocation:1680 Eng. Atlas I. 70/2 The Edda Islandorum..is a piece of the greatest note of any old Iselandic monument extant.

A. n.

The Icelandic language of an earlier period; spec. that of the period up to 1540. Also sometimes more generally: = Old Norse n.The date of the first Icelandic translation of the New Testament in 1540 is traditionally taken as the beginning of modern Icelandic.

ΚΠ

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. Transl. Pref. p. xl The Gothic Dialect which prevailed in these countries [sc. Scandinavia] is called by Antiquaries Cimbric, and Cimbro-Gothic: It is also sometimes termed Old Icelandic, because many of the best writers in it came from Iceland, and because the Cimbric has been more perfectly preserved in that island than in any other settlement.

1830 B. Thorpe tr. R. K. Rask Gram. Anglo-Saxon Tongue 53 The possessive ossir our, plur.,..is only a rare poetical form in Old-Icelandic.

1895 Johnson's Universal Cycl. (new ed.) VII. 337/2 The principal characteristic correspondences of the languages of the West Norse group, i.e. Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian.

1927 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 26 174 One of the most significant phases of the MS. is its wealth of words not yet recorded in lexica of Old Icelandic or Old Norwegian.

1956 Scand. Stud. 28 46 The new pattern for proper names, which was rarely extended in Old Icelandic.

2011 E. Rögnvaldsson & S. Helgadóttir in C. Sporleder et al. Lang. Technol. for Cultural Heritage 69 The syntax of Old Icelandic differs from Modern Icelandic syntax in many ways.

B. adj.

Designating, relating to, or written in Old Icelandic.

ΚΠ

1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. iii. 48 The knowledge which this learned man had of the old Icelandic language [Fr. l'ancienne langue Islandoise], enabled him to read a considerable number of ancient manuscripts.

1837 N. Amer. Rev. July 182 The unrhymed, alliterative stanzas of the old Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry.

1899 O. Elton Augustan Ages vii. 354 The better part of Old Icelandic literature, both prose and verse..was gathered and secured for good by Árni Magnússon.

1936 Scand. Stud. & Notes 14 17 The poet actually employed more allusions to the Edda in poems written before he studied the Old Icelandic language and literature.

1980 R. F. Tomasson Iceland vi. 150 An Icelandic child can read with little difficulty the sagas of the Icelanders, written mainly in the thirteenth century, in normalized Old Icelandic orthography.

2011 B. J. Birzer in P. E. Kerry Ring & Cross 266 Tolkien formed the Kolbitar, a group of men dedicated to reading Old Icelandic sagas and myths in their original, untranslated form.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old icelandic
释义	Old Icelandicn.adj. Brit. /ˌəʊld ʌɪsˈlandɪk/, U.S. /ˌoʊld aɪsˈlændɪk/ Forms: see old adj. and Icelandic adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., Icelandic n. Etymology: < old adj. + Icelandic n. Compare German altisländisch (1793 as adjective, or earlier).With use as adjective compare earlier examples such as the following, which do not represent a fixed collocation:1680 Eng. Atlas I. 70/2 The Edda Islandorum..is a piece of the greatest note of any old Iselandic monument extant. A. n. The Icelandic language of an earlier period; spec. that of the period up to 1540. Also sometimes more generally: = Old Norse n.The date of the first Icelandic translation of the New Testament in 1540 is traditionally taken as the beginning of modern Icelandic. ΚΠ 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. Transl. Pref. p. xl The Gothic Dialect which prevailed in these countries [sc. Scandinavia] is called by Antiquaries Cimbric, and Cimbro-Gothic: It is also sometimes termed Old Icelandic, because many of the best writers in it came from Iceland, and because the Cimbric has been more perfectly preserved in that island than in any other settlement. 1830 B. Thorpe tr. R. K. Rask Gram. Anglo-Saxon Tongue 53 The possessive ossir our, plur.,..is only a rare poetical form in Old-Icelandic. 1895 Johnson's Universal Cycl. (new ed.) VII. 337/2 The principal characteristic correspondences of the languages of the West Norse group, i.e. Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian. 1927 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 26 174 One of the most significant phases of the MS. is its wealth of words not yet recorded in lexica of Old Icelandic or Old Norwegian. 1956 Scand. Stud. 28 46 The new pattern for proper names, which was rarely extended in Old Icelandic. 2011 E. Rögnvaldsson & S. Helgadóttir in C. Sporleder et al. Lang. Technol. for Cultural Heritage 69 The syntax of Old Icelandic differs from Modern Icelandic syntax in many ways. B. adj. Designating, relating to, or written in Old Icelandic. ΚΠ 1770 T. Percy tr. P. H. Mallet Northern Antiq. I. iii. 48 The knowledge which this learned man had of the old Icelandic language [Fr. l'ancienne langue Islandoise], enabled him to read a considerable number of ancient manuscripts. 1837 N. Amer. Rev. July 182 The unrhymed, alliterative stanzas of the old Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon poetry. 1899 O. Elton Augustan Ages vii. 354 The better part of Old Icelandic literature, both prose and verse..was gathered and secured for good by Árni Magnússon. 1936 Scand. Stud. & Notes 14 17 The poet actually employed more allusions to the Edda in poems written before he studied the Old Icelandic language and literature. 1980 R. F. Tomasson Iceland vi. 150 An Icelandic child can read with little difficulty the sagas of the Icelanders, written mainly in the thirteenth century, in normalized Old Icelandic orthography. 2011 B. J. Birzer in P. E. Kerry Ring & Cross 266 Tolkien formed the Kolbitar, a group of men dedicated to reading Old Icelandic sagas and myths in their original, untranslated form. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1770
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