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INTERMEDIATE OLD NORSE

MEDIEVAL/SCANDST 408
Course Description

Designed with a linguistic purpose: to obtain a reading knowledge of Old Norse-Icelandic through the study of Old Icelandic grammar and selections of Old Norse-Icelandic texts.

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