Old Norse was the language spoken by the Vikings or Norsemen in Denmark, the Norse Baltic region, Scandinavia, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, the British Isles,, France, Ireland and some parts of Russia. It developed from the Proto-Norse Language by the 8th century, and was spoken until sometime in the mid- to late- 14th century, when it began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages spoken in today and the extinct Norn language of Orkney and Shetland. It's closest living relative language is Icelandic, which is amazingly close if you look it up apparently, so I will be using it to fill the holes in this translator, and I hope everyone's okay with that. This is my first attempt so please be nice. I'm going to try to focus on Old West Norse as much as I can, but the different types sometimes blur together and are easily confused.
Pronunciation Guide: this is most likely not going to be 100% accurate because it's a pretty old language and people are bound to disagree unless a Viking comes travels to the present, sees us all bickering about it, goes home, writes a guide for us and has it kept in preserving conditions.
P is basically the rune thorn, which actually sounds like the "th" in "thin.".
A or a is said like the "a" in "father.".
I/E or i/e is said like the "i" in "pit.".
U/O or u/o is said like
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