Norrøn ordbok (Old Norse Dictionary)
The Norrøn ordbok by Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø and Erik Simensen is an indispensable aid for anyone wanting to read Old Norse in the original language.
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Norrøn ordbok is an excellent, concise dictionary, possibly the best on the market. It should be added that there are not many Old Norse dictionaries, but there are at least a few - in Danish, German and English. This dictionary has been published by Det Norske Samlaget and the 5th edition was published during the autumn of 2008:
References to Old Norse dictionaries
The most comprehensive dictionary is Johan Fritzner's Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog (Dictionary of the Old Norwegian Language). Three volumes were published at the end of the 1800s and a fourth supplementary volume was published in 1972. This dictionary is available in digital format from the Documentation Project in Oslo:
An updated edition of Walter Baetke's Wörterbuch zur altnordischen Prosaliteratur is now available, free of charge. This dictionary can be downloaded as a pdf file (75 MB). A fast broadband link would therefore be an advantage.
