Old Icelandic

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North Germanic language historical language medieval language

Old Icelandic is the medieval North Germanic language variety spoken and written in Iceland, best known as the primary language of the Icelandic sagas and much of Old Norse literature.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old West Norse	5
Old Norse in Iceland	1
Old Norse language	1
Old Norse languages	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North Germanic language ⓘ historical language ⓘ medieval language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Faroese language ⓘ surface form: Old Faroese Old Norwegian ⓘ
developedFrom	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse Proto-Norse ⓘ
followedBy	Modern Icelandic ⓘ
hasCanonicalText	Norse sagas ⓘ surface form: Fornaldarsögur Heimskringla ⓘ surface form: Konungasögur Poetic Edda ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ law codes such as Grágás ⓘ Íslendingasögur ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	dual pronouns ⓘ four grammatical cases ⓘ rich inflectional morphology ⓘ strong and weak verb classes ⓘ three grammatical genders ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	isl (for its direct descendant Modern Icelandic) ⓘ
influenced	Modern Icelandic ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European North Germanic languages ⓘ surface form: North Germanic
partOf	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages North Germanic languages ⓘ
preservedIn	medieval Icelandic manuscripts ⓘ
primarySourceFor	study of Germanic philology ⓘ study of Old Norse mythology ⓘ study of medieval Scandinavian history ⓘ
region	Iceland ⓘ
spokenIn	medieval Iceland ⓘ
standardVarietyOf	Old Icelandic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Norse in Iceland
subclassOf	Norse ⓘ surface form: Old Norse Norse ⓘ surface form: West Norse
timePeriod	circa 12th century to 16th century ⓘ
usedIn	Poetic Edda ⓘ surface form: Eddic poetry Norse sagas ⓘ surface form: Icelandic sagas Old Norse literature ⓘ skaldic poetry ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ runic alphabet ⓘ
writtenIn	medieval Iceland ⓘ