Old Norse For Modern Times
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- Author：Ian Stuart Sharpe
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Summary
Never be lost for words again。。。with this book of lost words。 Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki， or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod？ Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas， the inspiration for Tolkien and Marvel， for award-winning manga and epic videogames。 It is the language of cleverly crafted kennings， blood-curdling curses， and pithy retorts to Ragnarök。 Old Norse for Modern Times gives you the perfect phrase for every contemporary situation—from memorable movie quotes （"We’re going to need a bigger boat。" Þurfa munu vér skip stærra） to battle-cries to yell on Discord （"Do I look to be in a gaming mood？" Sýnisk þér ek vera í skapi til leika？）， from mead hall musings （"This drink， I like it！ ANOTHER！" Líkar mér drykkr þessi！ ANNAN！） to tried-and-tested pickup lines （"Nice tattoo！" Fagrt er húðflúrið"）。 With over 500 phrases inside （plus the chance to add your own！） it is the perfect guide for Vikings fans， whether they are re-enactors， role-players， or simply in love with Ragnar。
Reviews
Sharon Tyler
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Old Norse For Modern Times by Ian Stuart Sharpe is entertaining and informative。 Never be lost for words again。。。with this book of lost words。 Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki， or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod？ Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas， the inspiration for Tolkien and Marvel， for award-winning manga and epic videogames。 It is the language of cleverly crafted kennings， blood-curdling curses， and pithy retorts to Ragnarök。 Old Old Norse For Modern Times by Ian Stuart Sharpe is entertaining and informative。 Never be lost for words again。。。with this book of lost words。 Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki， or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod？ Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas， the inspiration for Tolkien and Marvel， for award-winning manga and epic videogames。 It is the language of cleverly crafted kennings， blood-curdling curses， and pithy retorts to Ragnarök。 Old Norse for Modern Times gives you the perfect phrase for every contemporary situation—from memorable movie quotes （"We’re going to need a bigger boat。" Þurfa munu vér skip stærra） to battle-cries to yell on Discord （"Do I look to be in a gaming mood？" Sýnisk þér ek vera í skapi til leika？）， from mead hall musings （"This drink， I like it！ ANOTHER！" Líkar mér drykkr þessi！ ANNAN！） to tried-and-tested pickup lines （"Nice tattoo！" Fagrt er húðflúrið"）。 With over 500 phrases inside （plus the chance to add your own！） it is the perfect guide for Vikings fans， whether they are re-enactors， role-players， or simply in love with Ragnar。Old Norse For Modern Times is well researched， with explanations and footnotes for translation， spelling， and punctuation choices。 I really enjoyed the idea behind the book ad the execution。 The topics covered， the organization of them， and the phrases were all well done。 I loved the nods to popular culture and the sense of humor that is woven through out the book。 I chuckled more than once， and grinned more than I would care to admit as I read through this book。 I now need to get a hold of the audio book copy of this- which the introduction promised me existed- because I am horrible with languages but there are several of these phrases I want the ability to use。 And frankly， if I am going to confuse people by speaking Old Norse， I am going to do it right- or as close to it as I can get。 。。。more
Alex
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Old Norse For Modern Times is another Norse Gem from Outland Entertainment， written by Ian Stuart Sharpe， Josh Gillingham and Dr。 Arngrímur Vídalín。I don’t think it will appeal to everyone， but it isn’t the sort of book that aims to do so。It is basically a phrasebook。 There are some short explanations and an introduction but there is no ending as such， with the vast majority of the book being a list of modern phrases along with the Old Norse translation。This is done very tongue in cheek and I fo Old Norse For Modern Times is another Norse Gem from Outland Entertainment， written by Ian Stuart Sharpe， Josh Gillingham and Dr。 Arngrímur Vídalín。I don’t think it will appeal to everyone， but it isn’t the sort of book that aims to do so。It is basically a phrasebook。 There are some short explanations and an introduction but there is no ending as such， with the vast majority of the book being a list of modern phrases along with the Old Norse translation。This is done very tongue in cheek and I found it really fun – it’s not a “what time is it？” Or a “where is the railway station？” phrasebook。 It’s “Hvar es Leðrblǫkumaðrinn？” （Where is the Batman？） And “#MánudagsMæða” （#MondayMotivation）！There are some great references （Norse Mythology， popular culture of all kinds） and phrases that really made me laugh。 I found myself smiling at the page all the way through the book pretty much。I think there is potential for even greater enjoyment though for those that have a general idea how to pronounce the words， or for this to be featured on an audiobook as this would have been really cool to hear spoken。 There is an audiobook coming which I'm excited for - you can listen to a sample here:https://www。vikingverse。com/old-norse。。。It might also in the meantime have helped to have a pronunciation guide which would prompt you to take the book at a slower pace to attempt some of the phrases more often – as it stands for casual Norse fans you’ll probably flick through it without being overly attentive to the translations for more than a glance。 Because so much work has gone into finding these translations it would therefore be a shame not to either hear the words out loud or incorporate a pronunciation guide。 Saying that， Josh Gillingham has a great guide at the beginning of his The Gatewatch novel – maybe in future editions he can steal this from himself to add here。 Or you can go and buy it and use it for this book！Will the book suit you？Casual history/general readers:Limited appeal， though you can still appreciate the humour and creativity of some of the phrases in English。Readers with an interest in all things Old Norse:You’ll appreciate a lot more references and maybe even pick up on some of the Old Norse。 There’s a lot of content you can learn to use online in blogs and social media that would actually come in useful and impress other fans of Old Norse culture， history and mythology。Readers who spend time with other people who have an interest in Old Norse:This would be essential reading for you。There are some hilarious phrases you can add into conversation and start using through habit with those around you who are all in on it， so to speak。Ultimately if you have a passion for Norse Mythology， The Vikings， Norse culture etc。 then I highly recommend buying this book。 It’s a bit of fun and isn’t too taxing on the mind， and you can learn phrases you can actually use， if only for a laugh。 If you do want to approach it more seriously， there is of course the opportunity to look at some of the influences on the English language that Old Norse has impacted。 Have a look if you almost recognise any of the words。Despite being a book designed to entertain， research and study has gone into making this authentic and as true to the language as possible and it’s very re-read able。 I know I’ll be using this every day during Norsevember later in the year。I also think the physical version would make a perfect gift for any Norse fan in your life。 It’s that sort of nice book to show others and have on your shelf， especially as the cover design is especially cool。 。。。more
Bill Hopkins
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tThe first thing you need to understand is that this book is startlingly comprehensive for the needs of our times。 Are your social and private lives now exclusively online？ Ef ek skylda falla i pessi orrustu， fyrirkom thu tha vefsogu minni！ Playing a lot of video games？ Skyrim gorthi mik at theim manni， sem ek em nu。 Playing a lot of tabletop games？ Kalla mattu mik dyflissudrottin。 Like to colour your language with pithy film quotes？ Slait upp skjoldu i stafni。 Trying to catch the attention of t tThe first thing you need to understand is that this book is startlingly comprehensive for the needs of our times。 Are your social and private lives now exclusively online？ Ef ek skylda falla i pessi orrustu， fyrirkom thu tha vefsogu minni！ Playing a lot of video games？ Skyrim gorthi mik at theim manni， sem ek em nu。 Playing a lot of tabletop games？ Kalla mattu mik dyflissudrottin。 Like to colour your language with pithy film quotes？ Slait upp skjoldu i stafni。 Trying to catch the attention of that potential special someone on zoom？ Hvat thykkir ther um frillur？ Do you suspect that we are all already living in the end times？ Her komr Fenrir！ Or do you find yourself living in a timeless， unceasing， metaphorical， and real winter？ Vek thu mik， es allt thetta es yfistathit。 Want to get in on the joke？ Buy a copy and have some real world laughs confusing and amusing those in your official （and unofficial） social bubbles。 No I did not have the patience to add in all the special characters and vowel accents so lovingly reproduced in this charming little book。 Thykki ther lukka thin gnaeg， flagth？ 。。。more
James Pace
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Clever， intelligent， highly useful！Amazing how many of these phrases are immediately relevant！ The author is brilliant in his choices。 I had so much fun exploring this book and can't wait to start putting it to use！ Clever， intelligent， highly useful！Amazing how many of these phrases are immediately relevant！ The author is brilliant in his choices。 I had so much fun exploring this book and can't wait to start putting it to use！ 。。。more
Eric Schumacher
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Loved this book！ It will have you speaking like the silver-tongued Loki in no time。
Stephen
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Having an interest in all things Viking， and learning Bokmål Norwegian led me to check this out。 I currently don’t plan to attempt to learn Old Norse in any way， but I was curious into exactly what this was。 From the description， I could tell this was a humor book rather than a learning tool， so I wasn’t disappointed when that’s exactly what it was。 I was also drawn to this because I have a book in The Vikingverse line （The Allfather Paradox， I need to review that on here）， and had no idea this Having an interest in all things Viking， and learning Bokmål Norwegian led me to check this out。 I currently don’t plan to attempt to learn Old Norse in any way， but I was curious into exactly what this was。 From the description， I could tell this was a humor book rather than a learning tool， so I wasn’t disappointed when that’s exactly what it was。 I was also drawn to this because I have a book in The Vikingverse line （The Allfather Paradox， I need to review that on here）， and had no idea this company was based here in Kansas City， which makes me excited to hopefully meet these dudes at Comicon or something one day。"Never be lost for words again…with this book of lost words。 Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki， or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod？ Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas， the inspiration for Tolkien and Marvel， for award-winning manga and epic videogames。 It is the language of cleverly crafted kennings， blood-curdling curses， and pithy retorts to Ragnarök。 Old Norse for Modern Times gives you the perfect phrase for every contemporary situation—from memorable movie quotes （“We’re going to need a bigger boat。” Þurfa munu vér skip stærra） to battle-cries to yell on Discord （“Do I look to be in a gaming mood？” Sýnisk þér ek vera í skapi til leika？）， from mead hall musings （“This drink， I like it！ ANOTHER！” Líkar mér drykkr þessi！ ANNAN！） to tried-and-tested pickup lines （“Nice tattoo！” Fagrt er húðflúrið”）。 With over 500 phrases inside （plus the chance to add your own！） it is the perfect guide for Vikings fans， whether they are re-enactors， role-players， or simply in love with Ragnar。" --Book DescriptionOld Norse For Modern Times Is almost like a parody of a travel phrase book that somebody might pick up visiting a foreign country。 There are phrases of all natures， from social media lingo， to sci-fi references。 Is any of it very useful？ Probably not。 But is it funny？ Yes it is！ Quite a few of these gave me a good chuckle， like “Beam me up Skadi” or “Where is the Batman！？” However， I honestly think this would work best as an audiobook， and I believe that is available according to the preface in the book。 Sadly， I did not have this， so knowing things like correct pronunciations （or as close as we can get today） are lost on a book-only reader。As a result， I can’t go in with a huge recommendation of getting a print or eBook of this if you plan to actually say these things out loud – go with the audiobook， or a combo of both。 As a humor book， this is a fun little diversion for a little while。 a quick read that you can have fun with。 If you enjoy things like books written in Klingon and the like， definitely check some version of this out。EDIT: There is a bit of the audiobook available， and it's awesomehttps://arcadiapod。com/2021/05/14/rev。。。 。。。more
Daniel
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This review originally published in < ahttp://www。lookingforagoodbook。com&qu。。。 For a Good Book。 Rated 3。5 of 5I was interested in this book based on this description: Never be lost for words again。。。with this book of lost words。 Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki， or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod？ Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas， the inspiration for Tolkien and Marvel， for award-winning manga and epic videogames。 It is the language of cleverly crafted kennings， blood-curdling curses， and pithy retorts to Ragnarök。 Old Norse for Modern Times gives you the perfect phrase for every contemporary situation [。。。] With over 500 phrases inside （plus the chance to add your own！） it is the perfect guide for Vikings fans， whether they are re-enactors， role-players， or simply in love with Ragnar。What this doesn't say is that this is a humor book and not an actual， useful language guide。 （Okay 。。。 so I'm not sure how useful a language guide of an ancient language would be， but I think the description offers some suggestions。）The book is filled with pre-defined phrases and since you're not likely to go on a trip and need to communicate with some old Norse， the given phrases are geared more for fun with friends， such as: I don’t believe in astrology。 I am a Sagittarius， and we are skeptical。 （Eigi trúa ek stjǫrnufrǿði þeiri， ek em bogmaðr ok vér erom engi auðtrúa flón。）This looks like a job for Superman。 （Mun verk þetta hæfa Ofrmenninu。）Only dead fish follow the stream。 （Aðeins dauðir fiskar fylgja árstraumi。）You are the dancing queen。 （Þér eruð dansdróttningin。）Not sure how to read or pronounce this？ There's a brief （not quite two page） Introduction which includes a simple pronunciation guide for three of the unique letter （Eth （uppercase: Ð， lowercase: ð）; Thorn or þorn （Þ， þ）;Æ （æ））。I followed a link in my digital copy of the book and discovered that there's a series of book by author Ian Stuart Sharpe （Ión Stívarður Skarpi） set in the 'Vikingverse' and clearly this is to serve as a sort of addendum to the other works （books and comic books） in the series。 （Actually， some of those other works look more interesting to me。）This is fine as a novelty or humor book， but it's not particularly practical and you have to really want to say some of these phrases in your D&D or other RPG games to want to add this to your collection。Svo segi ég， bókagagnrýnandi。Looking for a good book？ Old Norse for Modern Times by Ian Stuart Sharpe is a fun book but has some pretty limited uses。I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher， through Netgalley， in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Seher
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I don't know what I was expecting， but definitely not an actual book of phrases that can be said in old norse。I would 100% buy this because it would be a cute little thing to add to my bookshelf and occasionally use a phrase on an Instagram post。 I also love that they have such modern phrases！Thank you NetGalley for this ARC。 I don't know what I was expecting， but definitely not an actual book of phrases that can be said in old norse。I would 100% buy this because it would be a cute little thing to add to my bookshelf and occasionally use a phrase on an Instagram post。 I also love that they have such modern phrases！Thank you NetGalley for this ARC。 。。。more
Ben Ostrowsky
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If Latin for All Occasions （1990） was right up your toga， you’ll appreciate its spiritual successor， Old Norse for Modern Times。 This is a novelty book， not a scholarly resource， with translations of lines famous to fans of Star Trek （Es þetta góðr dagr feigum = It is a good day to die）， Star Wars （Megi fjǫlkynngin fylgia yðr = May the Force be with you）， and Skyrim （Vas ek vikingr sem þú， aðr ek fekk ǫr í knéð = I used to be an adventurer like you， then I took an arrow to the knee）。 There a If Latin for All Occasions （1990） was right up your toga， you’ll appreciate its spiritual successor， Old Norse for Modern Times。 This is a novelty book， not a scholarly resource， with translations of lines famous to fans of Star Trek （Es þetta góðr dagr feigum = It is a good day to die）， Star Wars （Megi fjǫlkynngin fylgia yðr = May the Force be with you）， and Skyrim （Vas ek vikingr sem þú， aðr ek fekk ǫr í knéð = I used to be an adventurer like you， then I took an arrow to the knee）。 There are also useful translations for phrases like “Hello， how are you？”， but this book was never meant to be taken too seriously。 A tourists’ phrasebook would have included instructions on how to pronounce all of the bewildering variety of vowels （a， á， e， é， i， í， o， ó， ǫ， u， ú， y， ý， æ， ø） instead of only ð， þ， and æ。 Don’t worry about it。 If there are any living Vikings around to correct you on your accent， phonology will be the least of your worries！I am grateful to the authors， the publisher， and NetGalley for a free advance review copy。 。。。more
Martin
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A funny guide to using Old Norse for day to day life in modern times。 From any scenario you could think of from "Beam Me Up Scottie" to "Do you have an iPhone7 charger？"， this guide is great for learning to speak like the inner viking you always knew you had。 A funny guide to using Old Norse for day to day life in modern times。 From any scenario you could think of from "Beam Me Up Scottie" to "Do you have an iPhone7 charger？"， this guide is great for learning to speak like the inner viking you always knew you had。 。。。more
Kaye
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Wasn’t sure what to expect， but this one surprised me。 Basically a common phrase book of old Norwegian to some common modern phrases。 Interesting， but do not really see how this can be used。 Unless you already spoke Norwegian or Icelandic the pronunciation would be off anyway。 Would recommend if you wanted a novelty book on an old language。
Cat
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This was a hoot！ I took a class in Anglo-Saxon in college and am familiar with German and a little Gaelic and Dutch- It's amazing how related languages are！ And then there's the runes！ Yep， I remember those from college and ruin stone reading！ I wasn't sure what this book was really going to be until I got a good look at it from Netgalley。 Fun read for those who enjoy J。R。R。 Tolkien's works and others like him。 I think maybe Viking saga lovers will like it。 Maybe even some gamers。 Well， if nothi This was a hoot！ I took a class in Anglo-Saxon in college and am familiar with German and a little Gaelic and Dutch- It's amazing how related languages are！ And then there's the runes！ Yep， I remember those from college and ruin stone reading！ I wasn't sure what this book was really going to be until I got a good look at it from Netgalley。 Fun read for those who enjoy J。R。R。 Tolkien's works and others like him。 I think maybe Viking saga lovers will like it。 Maybe even some gamers。 Well， if nothing else， it's an entertaining introduction to the language through modern， every day slang and sayings。 Fun read！I received a Kindle arc from Netgalley in exchange for a fair review。 。。。more
Lucsbooks
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I was really interested in this synopsis but you need more going into it than just liking a Vikings tv show （guilty） to fully enjoy it。This is a book better appreciated by people that either speak a bit of Norse or want to learn because there is no trivia or context to it， only translations of common and not so common English expressions， so it can get a bit boring after a while。I liked the chapter illustrations and the best part about it for me was definitely the sense of humor coupled with how I was really interested in this synopsis but you need more going into it than just liking a Vikings tv show （guilty） to fully enjoy it。This is a book better appreciated by people that either speak a bit of Norse or want to learn because there is no trivia or context to it， only translations of common and not so common English expressions， so it can get a bit boring after a while。I liked the chapter illustrations and the best part about it for me was definitely the sense of humor coupled with how nerdy it was。 I'm really happy a book like this exists for all the people that are into it。Thank you to Outland Entertainment and Netgalley for this DRC。 。。。more
Fran
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"Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas"。What a fun filled experience it would be to converse with a "contemporary Viking" in Old Norse。 This tome provides the tools！ Among the many phrases and sentences translated into Old Norse， these are my favorite English equivalents。Bumper Stickers For Your Viking Voyage"See you in Valhalla！""It takes a Viking to raze a village。"Old Norse for the Big Occasion"I see you have filed your teeth for the occasion。""It's my silver wedding ann "Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas"。What a fun filled experience it would be to converse with a "contemporary Viking" in Old Norse。 This tome provides the tools！ Among the many phrases and sentences translated into Old Norse， these are my favorite English equivalents。Bumper Stickers For Your Viking Voyage"See you in Valhalla！""It takes a Viking to raze a village。"Old Norse for the Big Occasion"I see you have filed your teeth for the occasion。""It's my silver wedding anniversary。 Well， technically it is the monk's silver but we are still celebrating。"Staying Connected When Going Viking"What is the password for the WiFi in this mead hall？"My Blood Type is Viking"My body is my runestone， and my tattoos tell my story。"Thor's Thunderings"By Odin's beard， you shall not cut my hair， lest you feel the wrath of the mighty Thor！" "The crossing was terrible。 Long delays at the Kattegat again。" "Old Norse For Modern Times" by Ian Stuart Sharpe is a delightful read that will charm Viking and Game of Thrones fans alike！Thank you Outland Entertainment and Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Nicki Markus
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