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With no written records of Icelandic before the 14th century, little is known about the language's early history. The first linguistic work on Icelanders was written by Bishop Thomas Arneus in 1678, but he only had access to a few texts dating from before 1500. The first text that appears to be original Icelandic writing dates from 1787, but scholars are uncertain about its authenticity. Th