Abandoned Viking Village In Iceland

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Is that an island? No, just an iceberg. June 1, 2023. 📸: Julian Earle Photography, Twillingate | Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism

Modern Icelandic pronunciation is a common standard when studying Old Norse, as it provides an unequivocal reference: reconstructed pronunciations are very interesting but problematic, as you could reconstruct a different pronunciation for every half or even quarter of a century! Also, there were dialects and variations in the past as much as today, which variants are you gonna pick? All these questions are easily avoided with the modern Icelandic pronunciation: a reconstructed one is only ultim