There is a great deal of long-neglected late- or post-medieval Icelandic literature which has only recently begun to receive scholarly attention. This includes the genre of poems known as sagnakvæði, eight long, narrative poems written in Eddic metre which were written down in the seventeenth century and onwards. However, there is much evidence to suggest that they were composed centuries previously and had circulated in oral transmission for some time. This thesis will outline the preservation and transmission of the sagnakvæði and provide an overview of the existing scholarly research into the poems. The thesis will then focus on one of the sagnakvæði, Þóruljóð, which tells of a young Danish leader named Þorkell and a giantess named Þóra ...
In this article, the language of the Old Icelandic riddle collection Heiðreksgátur is studied, ...
Guðbrandur Vigfússon, an Icelander born in Galtardalur, Dalasýsla, was without doubt one of the most...
Multilingualism studies is a rapidly developing field. In recent years, exciting leaps have been mad...
The sagnakvæði, narrative poems composed in the eddic metre fornyrðislag, are found only in manuscri...
Íslenskar bókmenntir hafa öldum saman verið þýddar á önnur tungumál. Á síðustu árum hefur þýðingunum...
The present work investigates the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál through a theoretical lens constructed by...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
ARINBJARNARKVIÐA is an Old Norse poem in the kviðuháttr meter. It is composed in praise of Arinbjǫr...
Í þessari BA-ritgerð eru skoðaðar birtingarmyndir vinnukvenna (griðkvenna) í þjóðsagnasafni Jóns Árn...
Ágrip Í ritgerð þessari er leitast við að varpa ljósi á það hvernig íslenskar fornsögur draga upp m...
This paper examines the function and cultural implications of poetry in Egil’s Saga, an Icelandic sa...
After providing English translations of the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Ketils saga hængs and Gríms s...
This study provides both a synchronic analysis of scribal approaches to layout and punctuation of La...
Í þessari eigindlegu rannsókn er markmiðið að skýra nokkra þætti við framkvæmd söfnunar þjóðsagna se...
Hagiographical literature, and in particular, the miracles of saints, can be valuable historical sou...
In this article, the language of the Old Icelandic riddle collection Heiðreksgátur is studied, ...
Guðbrandur Vigfússon, an Icelander born in Galtardalur, Dalasýsla, was without doubt one of the most...
Multilingualism studies is a rapidly developing field. In recent years, exciting leaps have been mad...
The sagnakvæði, narrative poems composed in the eddic metre fornyrðislag, are found only in manuscri...
Íslenskar bókmenntir hafa öldum saman verið þýddar á önnur tungumál. Á síðustu árum hefur þýðingunum...
The present work investigates the eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál through a theoretical lens constructed by...
Despite existing more than 1000 years apart, Old English and Modern Icelandic are closely related la...
ARINBJARNARKVIÐA is an Old Norse poem in the kviðuháttr meter. It is composed in praise of Arinbjǫr...
Í þessari BA-ritgerð eru skoðaðar birtingarmyndir vinnukvenna (griðkvenna) í þjóðsagnasafni Jóns Árn...
Ágrip Í ritgerð þessari er leitast við að varpa ljósi á það hvernig íslenskar fornsögur draga upp m...
This paper examines the function and cultural implications of poetry in Egil’s Saga, an Icelandic sa...
After providing English translations of the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, Ketils saga hængs and Gríms s...
This study provides both a synchronic analysis of scribal approaches to layout and punctuation of La...
Í þessari eigindlegu rannsókn er markmiðið að skýra nokkra þætti við framkvæmd söfnunar þjóðsagna se...
Hagiographical literature, and in particular, the miracles of saints, can be valuable historical sou...
In this article, the language of the Old Icelandic riddle collection Heiðreksgátur is studied, ...
Guðbrandur Vigfússon, an Icelander born in Galtardalur, Dalasýsla, was without doubt one of the most...
Multilingualism studies is a rapidly developing field. In recent years, exciting leaps have been mad...