About Höskuldur Thráinsson Höskuldur Thráinsson is professor emeritus of Modern Icelandic Linguistics at the University of Iceland, former dean of the Faculty of Humanities, chair of the Centre for the Humanities, and director of the Institute of Linguistics. Books by Höskuldur Thráinsson Icelandic Heritage in North America edited by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson & Úlfar Bragason