The Icelandic Language at the Time of the Reformation

• Published in: Nordlit
• Main Author: Óskarsson, Veturliði
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2019
• Subjects: The Icelandic Reformation; Printed books; The New Testament; The Bible; Loanwords; The German Prefix be-; Icelandic reformation; Icelandic language; Reformasjonen på Island; trykte bøker; Det nye testamentet; Bibelen; lånord; germansk prefiks be-; Inslandsk språk; Testamentet; Iceland
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/4960; https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4960

The process of the Reformation in Iceland in its narrow sense is framed by the publication of the New Testament in 1540 and the whole Bible in 1584. It is sometimes believed that Icelandic lan­guage would have chang­ed more than what it has, if these translations had not seen the day. During the 16t...