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Íslendingabók (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈistlɛntiŋkaˌpouːk], Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈiːslɛndɪŋɡaˌboːk], lit. ' Book of Icelanders '; Latin: Libellus Islandorum) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history. The author was an Icelandic priest, Ari Þorgilsson, working in the early 12th century. The work originally ...
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[3] [4] Íslendingabók is the only work that with evidence for his authorship, [5] but he is accredited with numerous articles of knowledge and is believed to have had a major part in the writing of Landnámabók, which chronicles the settlement of Iceland. Ari was early on regarded as an important author.
The roles of the National and University Library are defined with a special law dating from 2011 and related regulations. The library is defined as an independent higher education institution under the Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture which commissions the library board, consisting of seven members, and the National Librarian.
Hið íslenzka fornritafélag (Icelandic pronunciation: [hɪːð ˈistlɛnska ˈfɔ(r)tnˌrɪːtaˌfjɛːˌlaːɣ]), or The Old Icelandic Text Society is a text publication society. It is the standard publisher of Old Icelandic texts (such as the Sagas of Icelanders , Kings' sagas and bishops' sagas ) with thorough introductions and ...
Hljóðkerfi og orðhlutakerfi íslensku (PDF) (in Icelandic). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Árnason, Kristján (2011). The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-922931-4. Gussmann, Edmund (2011). "Getting your head around: the vowel system of Modern Icelandic" (PDF). Folia Scandinavica ...
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Dreamland: A Self-Help Manual for a Frightened Nation (in the original Icelandic: Draumalandið — Sjálfshjálparbók handa hræddri þjóð) is a book by the Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason. It became the number one best-selling book in Iceland in 2006, and was winner of the Icelandic Literary Award , and the Icelandic Bookseller Prize ...