QUALITIES OF Standardized TEST

Modern Icelandic pronunciation is a common standard when studying Old Norse, as it provides an unequivocal reference: reconstructed pronunciations are very interesting but problematic, as you could reconstruct a different pronunciation for every half or even quarter of a century! Also, there were dialects and variations in the past as much as today, which variants are you gonna pick? All these questions are easily avoided with the modern Icelandic pronunciation: a reconstructed one is only ultim