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Bibliography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Page range: 295 ...
Tulinius, Torfi H.
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What do they talk about “in fair words” in Old Norse-Icelandic literature?

open access: yesШаги
The paper analyses the use of the paroemia at mæla fagrt ok hyggja flátt (to speak fairly and to think falsely) in the Old Norse-Icelandic literary corpus, focusing both on the paroemia and its derivative — the representation of the characters’ eloquence
D. S. Glebova
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Fictional pagans, imaginary sorcerers, literary alterities: Icelandic sagas as historiographical sources and their representation of the pre-Christian world [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Mi objetivo aquí es indagar cómo debemos entender la literatura de las sagas, textos en prosa islandeses de la Edad Media; el cénit de la producción de las sagas ocurrió entre la segunda mitad del siglo XIII y la primera mitad del XIV.
Barreiro, Santiago Francisco
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The Role of the Danish Language in Iceland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Due to the long-standing relationship between Denmark and Iceland, the Danish language has played a significant role in Iceland for a long time. With urbanisation in the 19th century, a relatively high number of Danes settled in Reykjavík and Danish ...
Hauksdóttir, Auður
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Snorre Sturlason som balanskonstnär

open access: yesCollegium Medievale, 2010
This article discusses the historical context of Snorri Sturluson-´s work, known as "Kings-´ Sagas", its title and structure as well as his purposes and intended audiences.
Birgit Sawyer
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Kung Sverre och norrön sagaskrivning

open access: yesScripta Islandica
In an article published in 1914 Halvdan Koht tried to show that King Sverrir Sigurðs­son, who ruled Norway between 1177 and 1202, had played an important role in the early history of Old Norse saga-writing.
Lars Lönnroth
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Acidic erosion, a possible cause of tooth wear in ancient Icelandic settlers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Efst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinnslendingasögur eru mikilvægar heimildir um lífshætti á Íslandi og mögulega einnig á hinum Norðurlöndum fyrir 1000 árum. Mikið tannslit einkenndi tennur fornmanna um heim
Sigfús Þór Elíasson, Svend Richter
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Recent Translations of the Medieval Icelandic Bishops' Sagas

open access: yesScandinavian-Canadian Studies, 2023
This article reviews the two most recent English-language translations of medieval sagas of Icelandic bishops, both from 2021: Margaret Cormack's The Saga of St. Jón of Hólar, published with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Theodore M.
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Racial Thinking in Old Norse Literature: The Case of the Blámaðr [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
There are not many kind words to be said about the notion of ‘race’. In the last century alone, it has shown itself to be a way of thinking that both lacks any basis in empirical reality (Montagu 1997, 121–44), and is liable to cause a great deal of ...
Cole, RKE
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Foreword: Companions on the Edge of Iceland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The recent publication of Wayward Heroes, translated by Philip Roughton, marks a significant event for world literature, the first direct translation from Icelandic to English of Halldór Laxness’s masterpiece novel Gerpla.
McGillivray, Andrew
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