Norn links
http://shetlandnorn.webs.com/index.htm - the first
website about Norn ever, with focus on Shetland/Foula Norn and
the Ballad of Hildina, includes audio recordings of Norn songs
http://norn-english.webs.com/index.htm - another website about Norn and Nynorn,
containing wordlists and simple texts, including Bible verses, in various versions of Nynorn
http://www.foulaheritage.org.uk/Foula... - About Norn in Foula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norn_language - Norn in Wikipedia
http://shetlopedia.com/Norn -
Norn in Shetlopedia
http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/norn.htm - About Norn on
Orkneyjar.com
Insular
Scots
http://www.wirhoose.co.uk/ -
a
good online resource on Shaetlan (Shetland Scots) by J.M.Tait, overview
of its phonetics, orthography and grammar, vocabulary and textes (incl. the Gospel of Mark).
http://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/1243 - Orcadian dialect
http://www.caithness.org/caithness/dialect/ - Caithness dialect - English automatic translator
http://sh.shetlanddictionary.com/index.php... -
Shetlandic dictionary on Shetlopaedia
https://www.orcadian.co.uk/acatalog/Orcadian...
- Books on the Orcadian dialect at the Orcadian.com bookshop
http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/ - Books on the Shetlandic dialect at the Shetland Times bookshop
General
Shetland and Orkney links
http://shetlopedia.com -
An extensive online encyclopaedia about anything to do with Shetland
http://orkneyjar.com -
A very good resource about the history of Orkney and its
viking heritage
http://www.caithness.org/ -
Anything Caithness
http://www.uphellyaa.org/ - Up
Helly Aa - a major viking festival in Shetland, held in mid-January
http://www.foulaheritage.org.uk/
- A website about Foula and its past
http://www.shetlink.com - Shetland's biggest online community
http://orkneyforum.proboards.com/ - Orkney's premier webforum
http://forum.caithness.org/ - Caithness.org forums
Visual
stuff
http://www.patrickdieudonne.com - Wonderful photo sets by
Patrick Dieudonné,
taken in Orkney and Shetland (as well as in other exotic northern
locations, such as Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland)
http://www.visitorkney.com/webcams.asp - Webcams from Orkney
http://www.buyorkney.com/interactive/webcams/ - More webcams from Orkney
http://www.visitshetland.com/webcams - Webcams from Shetland
Other interesting links
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers... - Teach yourself Old Norse
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto...
- Icelandic-English dictionary, composed in the 19th century, a good
reference for Old Norse and the medieval Icelandic
http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/
- Germanic Lexicon Project, comprehensive online coverage of the lexicons of the early Germanic languages
http://www.fairisle.org.uk/ -
The homepage of Fair Isle
http://www.faroe-shetland.org
- The Faroe Shetland Friendship Society
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Orkney_Islands
- South Orkney (Antarctica)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shetland_Islands
- South Shetland (Antarctica)
http://www.islandgames.net/ -
International Island games
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