Icelandic proverbs

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• Icelandic language — Icelandic íslenska Pronunciation [is(t)lɛnska] Spoken in Iceland, Denmark,[citation need …   Wikipedia

• Icelandic name — A simple family tree showing the Icelandic patronymic naming system. Icelandic names differ from most current Western family name systems by being patronymic (occasionally matronymic) in that they reflect the immediate father (or mother) of the… …   Wikipedia

• Icelandic Naming Committee — The Icelandic Naming Committee (Icelandic: Mannanafnanefnd)[1] is a body established in 1991[1] that governs the introduction of new given names to the culture of Iceland: it determines whether a name that has not been used in the country before… …   Wikipedia

• History of Icelandic — A page from the Landnámabók The history of the Icelandic language began in the 9th century with the settlement of Iceland, mostly by Norwegians, brought a dialect of Old Norse to the island. The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written… …   Wikipedia

• Old Icelandic Homily Book — The Old Icelandic Homily Book (Stock. Perg. 4to no. 15), also known as the Stockholm Homily Book, is one of two main collections of Old West Norse sermons; the other being the Old Norwegian Homily Book (AM 619 4to), with which it shares eleven… …   Wikipedia

• Vídalín, Jón Thorkelsson — ▪ Icelandic bishop and author also called  Magister Jón   born 1666, Gardhur, near Reykjavík, Iceland died 1720, Iceland       Lutheran bishop, best known for his Húss Postilla (1718–20; “Sermons for the Home”), one of the finest works of… …   Universalium

• BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• Sagas of Icelanders — This article is part of a series on: Old Norse Dialects …   Wikipedia

• Hrafnkels saga — (Audio IPA|hrafnkels saga.ogg| [ˈr̥apncɛls ˌsaːɣa] ) is one of the Icelanders sagas. It tells of struggles between chieftains and farmers in the east of Iceland in the 10th century. The eponymous main character, Hrafnkell, starts out his career… …   Wikipedia