Old Icelandic

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Old Icelandic

proper noun OIc.

The Old Norse language as spoken and written in Iceland in the Middle Ages, quite similar to Old Norwegian, but differing most markedly in orthography and, to a lesser extent, in phonology.

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name the Old Norse language of Iceland

中文	古冰島語 /古冰岛语 Gǔbīngdǎoyǔ
Français	vieil islandais
Deutsch	Altisländisch
Русский	древнеисландский язык drevneislandskij jazyk

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@misc{old_icelandic_2026,
  title = {Old Icelandic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20icelandic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}