Oddur Gottskálksson

…of the Old Testament and Oddur Gottskálksson’s Icelandic translation of the New Testament. In his psalmbook Þorláksson showed appreciation of Icelandic poetic tradition and adhered to Icelandic alliteration and form.

…Testament was the work of Oddur Gottskálksson (Roskilde, Denmark, 1540), based on the Latin Vulgate and Luther. It was not until 1584 that the complete Icelandic Scriptures were printed (at Hólar), mainly executed by Gudbrandur Thorláksson. It was so successful that it became the church Bible until displaced by the…