• Íslendinga saga (Saga of Icelanders) makes up a large part of Sturlunga saga, a compilation of secular contemporary sagas written in thirteenth-century...
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  • name to the cliff Selkollu-Kleifar. Selkolla is briefly mentioned in Íslendinga saga: Biskup ferr um sumarit yfir Vest-fjörðu; en um vetrinn var hann á...
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    Guðmundar Arasonar, Guðmundar saga biskups, Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar, Þórðar saga kakala, Svínfellinga saga and Íslendinga saga, composed by Sturla Þórðarson...
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  • Njáls saga, Laxdæla saga and Grettis saga. The material of the short tales of Icelanders (þættir or Íslendingaþættir) is similar to Íslendinga sögur,...
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    Lena (2017) “Narrative Negotiations of Literacy Practices in Íslendinga saga and Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar“. In: Jón Viðar Sigurðsson/ Sverrir Jakobsson...
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  • 10th, and 11th century Iceland. The saga of Icelanders (Íslendinga saga) – A part of Sturlunga saga. Based on historical events from 13th century Iceland...
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  • Þáttr (redirect from Íslendinga þættir)
    bad, as well as adding comic relief. The short tales of Icelanders or Íslendinga þættir focus on Icelanders, often relating the story of their travels...
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  • with five others, whose names are recorded in the Íslendinga saga, included in the Sturlunga saga. Also given are the names of the about fifty combatants...
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  • who fought with Þórður kakali. He wrote Íslendinga saga, the longest part of Sturlunga saga, and Hákonar saga gamla, the story of Haakon IV of Norway...
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  • 2019. "Svarfdӕla saga". svarfdaelasaga.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019. Rebecca Merkelbach, "The Coarsest and Worst of the Íslendinga Sagas': Approaching...
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  • combines the Prestssaga with other material from Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar, Íslendinga saga, Arons saga Hjörleifssonar, and annals, with little original...
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  • Rögnvaldr Kali as well as in Krákumál and verses in Íslendinga saga, Njáls saga and Harðar saga. Eld-Njörun (meaning "fire-Njörun") occurs in women kennings...
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    is an ogress, first mentioned in 13th-century texts such as Íslendinga saga and Sverris saga, but not explicitly connected with Christmas until the 17th...
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  • perished on that day are recorded in the Íslendinga saga which is included as a part of the Sturlunga saga. In 1988, a memorial was raised on the site...
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    (footnote). Guðbrandur Vigfússon, ed. (1878). Sturlunga Saga: Including the Islendinga Saga. Vol. 1. Clarenden Press. p. 139. Egede (1741), p. 47. Egede...
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  • II, p. 951 Guðbrandur Vigfússon, ed. (1878). Sturlunga saga: including the Islendinga saga of Lawman Sturla. Vol. 1. Clarendon Press. p. clxi. we know...
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    2017-08-24. Jóhannesson, Jón. A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Islendinga Saga. pp. 244–45. Sigurðsson, Jón Viðar (1999). Chieftains and Power in...
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  • Sturla Þórðarson (died 1284), Icelandic politician/chieftain and writer; author of Íslendinga saga Poetry portal Poetry List of years in poetry v t e...
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    Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss. Íslendinga sögur, 37. Reykjavík: Sigurður Kristjánsson. Vilmundarson, Þórhallur; Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni, eds. (1991). "Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss"...
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  • Sighvatsdóttir is told in Íslendinga saga, Þórðar saga kakala and Þorgils saga skarða, all of which are included in the Sturlunga Saga. Steinvör's parents were...
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  • Gissur Þorvaldsson who undertook the task of killing Snorri Sturluson. Íslendinga saga reports the event in an almost newspaper style: After that they discovered...
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  • Helgason, ed. Ljósvetnínga saga, Svarfdæla saga, Valla-Ljóts saga, Vemundar saga ok Vigaskútu, Vígaglúms saga. Íslendinga Sögur 2. Copenhagen: Hið konunglega...
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    Jon (15 January 2007). A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Islendinga Saga. Univ. of Manitoba Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-88755-331-8. Geeraert...
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  • telling a saga called Huldar saga. He is best known for writing Íslendinga saga, the longest saga within Sturlunga saga, and Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar...
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  • Jon Johannesson (2007). A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth: Islendinga Saga. University of Manitoba Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0887553318. Björn Þorsteinsson:...
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  • Sauðafell Raid (category Sagas)
    departed with all the booty they could carry. The account of the raid in Íslendinga saga indicates that it was considered a great scandal by many contemporary...
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    Njörðr (section Egils saga)
    ISBN 978-0-292-73061-8. Jónsson, Finnur (1913). Goðafræði Norðmanna og Íslendinga eftir heimildum. Hið íslenska bókmentafjelag. Larrington, Carolyne (Trans...
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  • Including the Islendinga Saga of Lawman Sturla Thordsson and Other Works. Vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Vigfusson, G, ed. (1887). Icelandic Sagas and Other...
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  • þáttr". Fjörutíu Íslendinga-þættir (PDF). Reykjavík: Sigurður Kristjánsson. pp. 525–537. Retrieved 2015-06-17. "Ölkofra saga". Icelandic Saga Database. Archived...
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    in 1211.) 1226, a lengthy eruption or series of eruptions which the Íslendinga saga records as "the Sand-Summer, because fire erupted in the sea off Reykjanes...
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