The Language of the Konungs Skuggsja (Speculum Regale) according to the Chief Manuscript, AM. 243 B a, fol., 2 vols. (Urbana, 1923);
Introductory Old English Grammar and Reader (Boston, 1930)

George Tobias Flom, Professor of Scandinavian Language and Literature

The Language of the Konungs Skuggsja (Speculum Regale) according to the Chief Manuscript, AM. 243 B a, fol., 2 vols. (Urbana, 1923);
Introductory Old English Grammar and Reader (Boston, 1930)

“For Flom, the study of Old Norse and Old English was part of the same case. He was often preoccupied with details that few others cared about; e.g. In 1915 he wrote an article about how the letter Y was written in Norse documents. He compared solar carriage symbolism on old Irish figures with similar Nordic ones. 1930 came Introductory Old English Grammar and Reader . It is a solid textbook for beginners, where he naturally included the story of the Battle of Stamford Bridge. In the preface, he wrote that it is important that students learn as good Old English pronunciation as possible! … George T. Flom was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, and he was appointed a knight of the 1st class of the Order of St. Olav in 1939.”

--Øyvind T. Gulliksen, NORWEGIAN BIOGRAPHICAL LEXICON, 2009

1909–1927