Sections

The department comprises the following three sections:

• The Arnamagnæan Institute
• Dialectology
• Name Research 

About the department

The department and its three sections conduct research in: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian, Old Danish and Old Swedish language and literature, modern Icelandic and Faroese language and literature; Danish spoken language: dialects, regional speech and sociolects; Danish and Nordic place-names and personal names.

All three sections undertake consultancy work for public institutions as well as for the public. Read more.

Projects

Some of the sections have affiliated projects:

Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Language Change In Real Time (LANCHART)

Danske Runeindskrifter (Danish Runic Inscriptions, web pages in Danish) - in collaboration with the Danish National Museum

Stories for all time - The Icelandic fornaldarsagas