Hrafns saga SveinbjarnarsonarGuðrún P. Helgadóttir Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar is a prime source of information about people and affairs in Iceland from the 1180s to 1217, the beginning of the Sturlung Age, and the great period of creativity in Icelandic saga-writing. The first critical edition based on all the manuscripts currently available, the saga offers insightful information about daily life, seafaring, law, feud, medicine, superstition, and "sacramental" and "secular" attitudes. The volume is furnished with full textual notes, a detailed introduction, and a substantial commentary that clarifies points of content, language, and style. |
Contents
Introduction | xi |
HRAFNS SAGA SVEINBJARNARSONAR I | 1 |
Textual notes | 47 |
Copyright | |
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áðr Árni átti author of Hrafns bað Bárðr bauð Bishop Guðmundr biskup biskupsefni bjó brott Copenhagen death drápa dróttkvætt Early Iceland eigi Einarr eptir Eyjólfr Eyri Eyrr Fritzner gekk Gísli goði goðorð gøra gørði Grág Grímr Guðmundar saga Guðmundr Guðmundr Svertingsson guðs Háttatal heim Hólar Hrafns ok Hrafns saga Iceland Ingi Íslands Íslendinga saga Jón Jón Helgason Kenningar kómu kvað Laws of Early Laxdæla saga lét Loptr maðr mælti Magnús mál manna manuscripts Markús Markúss með menn mikill mikit monnum Mýrar Njáls saga nótt orð Orkneyinga saga prestr Ragnheiðr reference Reykjavík saga ok Hafliða Saurbær segir Selárdalr sér Sighvatr sínu sjá skyldi Snorrason Snorri stanzas Stllp Sturlunga saga svá Sveinbjorn tók Tómas væri varð váru verse Vestfirðir við vildi þá þann þat þeira þessa Þórarinsson Þórðarson Þórðr Sturluson Þorgils saga ok Þorkelsson Þorsteinsson Þorvaldr þótti því