There are no native speakers of the language of the Eddas and the Viking Sagas today, but linguists are able to piece together a rough impression of what it might have sounded like based on the Scandinavian languages spoken today.
Dr. Jackson Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Nordic Program Coordinator at the University of Colorado Boulder (formerly UC Berkeley and UCLA). He is a historical linguist and an experienced teacher of Old Norse, Modern Icelandic, and Norwegian. FAQs:
https://youtu.be/tOgU4vgnmxE
Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Poetic Edda is available now:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod... and his translation of The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok is forthcoming in August 2017:
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Jackson Crawford's Patreon page:
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