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Danish dictionary with Icelandic translations. Compiled by K. Gíslason.
Konráð Gíslason (July 3, 1808 – January 4, 1891) was an Icelandic linguist and one of the Fjölnismans. He was born in Löngumýr in Skagafjörður and was the eldest child of the historian Gísli Konráðsson and his wife, Efemía Benediktsdóttir. He received some instruction from the Reverend Jón Konráðsson and his daughter, but had no other schooling, and tended his father's sheep in the winter and looked after the flock in the summer.
When he was eighteen, he went south to sea rowing and worked during the summer as a stonemason on Álftanes for Hallgrímur Scheving, a teacher at Bessastaðaskóli, whose father Gísli had let him test Konráð's skills two years earlier. Soon Hallgrímur began calling the worker in from the stonemasonry and having him compare Icelandic ancient texts with him and then read Latin with him. So it came about that Hallgrímur took Konráð into his arms, provided him with alms (school stipend) when he began his studies at Bessastaðaskóli, had him work with him during the summer and with the school, and supported him in various ways. In the spring of 1831, Konráð graduated, sailed to study at the University of Copenhagen in the fall, and never returned to Iceland.
He began studying law, but his interest in Nordic studies and the Icelandic language soon took over. Jónas Hallgrímsson, Brynjólfur Pétursson and Tómas Sæmundsson were his classmates at Bessastaðaskóli and in Höfn, and in 1834 they founded the magazine Fjölnir, publishing its first issue a year later. Konráð wanted to adapt Icelandic spelling to pronunciation and introduced a new spelling in Fjölnir's second year, but his ideas in that field never gained a foothold and he later abandoned it. His influence on written Icelandic was, however, great.
Konráð became a grantee of the Árnasafn in 1839 and worked for the next few years on dictionary-making and research into the Icelandic language. He was a pioneer in Icelandic dictionary-making, writing, among other things, the Danish Dictionary (1851) and was heavily involved in the Icelandic-English dictionary attributed to R. Cleasby and Guðbrand Vigfússon. He studied the ancient language and was the first to explain the differences between the ancient Icelandic language and the modern language in the book “Um frumparta íslenzkrar túngu í fornöld” (1846). Konráð then published ancient works, including Njála (1875-1889), in which he selected texts from different manuscripts according to what he thought was best.
In 1846 he was offered a teaching position at the Lærði skólann, which he declined shortly afterwards, as he had by then been offered a teaching position in Nordic studies at the University of Copenhagen. He received that position in 1848 and was promoted to professor in 1853. He held that position until 1886.
Konráð's Danish fiancée died in 1846, shortly before their planned wedding, and he took her death very seriously. Nine years later he married her sister and they lived together until her death in 1877. He bequeathed his possessions and manuscripts to the Árnasafn Museum after his death.
Konráð Gíslason (July 3, 1808 – January 4, 1891) was an Icelandic linguist and one of the Fjölnismans. He was born in Löngumýr in Skagafjörður and was the eldest child of the historian Gísli Konráðsson and his wife, Efemía Benediktsdóttir. He received some instruction from the Reverend Jón Konráðsson and his daughter, but had no other schooling, and tended his father's sheep in the winter and looked after the flock in the summer.
When he was eighteen, he went south to sea rowing and worked during the summer as a stonemason on Álftanes for Hallgrímur Scheving, a teacher at Bessastaðaskóli, whose father Gísli had let him test Konráð's skills two years earlier. Soon Hallgrímur began calling the worker in from the stonemasonry and having him compare Icelandic ancient texts with him and then read Latin with him. So it came about that Hallgrímur took Konráð into his arms, provided him with alms (school stipend) when he began his studies at Bessastaðaskóli, had him work with him during the summer and with the school, and supported him in various ways. In the spring of 1831, Konráð graduated, sailed to study at the University of Copenhagen in the fall, and never returned to Iceland.
He began studying law, but his interest in Nordic studies and the Icelandic language soon took over. Jónas Hallgrímsson, Brynjólfur Pétursson and Tómas Sæmundsson were his classmates at Bessastaðaskóli and in Höfn, and in 1834 they founded the magazine Fjölnir, publishing its first issue a year later. Konráð wanted to adapt Icelandic spelling to pronunciation and introduced a new spelling in Fjölnir's second year, but his ideas in that field never gained a foothold and he later abandoned it. His influence on written Icelandic was, however, great.
Konráð became a grantee of the Árnasafn in 1839 and worked for the next few years on dictionary-making and research into the Icelandic language. He was a pioneer in Icelandic dictionary-making, writing, among other things, the Danish Dictionary (1851) and was heavily involved in the Icelandic-English dictionary attributed to R. Cleasby and Guðbrand Vigfússon. He studied the ancient language and was the first to explain the differences between the ancient Icelandic language and the modern language in the book “Um frumparta íslenzkrar túngu í fornöld” (1846). Konráð then published ancient works, including Njála (1875-1889), in which he selected texts from different manuscripts according to what he thought was best.
In 1846 he was offered a teaching position at the Lærði skólann, which he declined shortly afterwards, as he had by then been offered a teaching position in Nordic studies at the University of Copenhagen. He received that position in 1848 and was promoted to professor in 1853. He held that position until 1886.
Konráð's Danish fiancée died in 1846, shortly before their planned wedding, and he took her death very seriously. Nine years later he married her sister and they lived together until her death in 1877. He bequeathed his possessions and manuscripts to the Árnasafn Museum after his death.