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HEIMSKRINGLA HEIMSKRINGLA is an online collection of Old Norse source material, primarily Eddas, Icelandic sagas, scaldic poetry, and some background material. HEIMSKRINGLA consists of some 6400 titles in the Old Norse language or translated into the modern Scandinavian languages. HEIMSKRINGLA builds on the assumption that these texts – being part of our cultural heritage – should be made available for everybody. HEIMSKRINGLA is subject to the laws of copyright. Consequently we are restricted when it comes to more recent publications. HEIMSKRINGLA is run as an idealistic project. Therefore we always need volunteers. On this link you can read how to become part of the project.		SHOP
WE PRESENT: digitalized Sagan om Didrik af Bern By Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius Þiðreks saga is an Old Norse compilation of various German narratives and poems with reference to the historic king Theoderic the Great and other historical and legendary figures. In the narratives of this saga we meet several persons known from the Poetic Edda and the Nibelungenlied such as the artisan Völundr and Sigurd Fafnersbane. The saga contains a number of more or less separate sagas and lays such as Velent's saga, Herburt's þáttr, Niflungasaga, and the Song of Hildebrand. – The saga was composed in Norway in the middle of the 13th Century and became widespread all over the Nordic countries. In the 15th Century an unknown author wrote a Swedish version of the saga. It is this Old Swedish edition we present here.	WE PRESENT: on print De gamle Eddadigte – Anden del: Heltedigtene By Finnur Jónsson This is the second volume of Finnur Jónsson's large edition of The Poetic Edda from 1932. Until then several German but no Scandinavian annotated versions had been published. Finnur Jónsson thought it was high time that the Nordic countries had one of their own. Volume two contains the heroic poems in Old Norse with extensive and explanatory comments. Apart from the 18 heroic poems the author gives a number og critical remarks to each poem. – This is a publication from HEIMSKRINGLA Reprint and is available here.
Recent texts Af prior einum (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Þorsteins þáttr uxafóts (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Böglunga sögur (Skálholtsbók yngsta) (Old Norse; Albert Kjær, 1910) Kritiske Bidrag til Vikingetidens Historie - 2den Bog Ragnar Lodbrok og Lodbrokssønnerne (Norwegian; Gustav Storm, 1878) Vor frv frelsti mann fra dioflvm (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Af brœðrum tveim (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Þiðranda þáttr ok Þórhalls (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Af þrim félögum (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Helga þáttr Þórissonar (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Kritiske Bidrag til Vikingetidens Historie - 1ste Bog Indledning (Norwegian; Gustav Storm, 1878) Den hellige Sunniva (Norwegian; Ludvig Daae, 1879) Den hellige Sunnivas og Seljemændenes Legende (Norwegian; Ludvig Daae, 1879) Af manne er fell vtbyrdis i hafi er vor frv hialpadi (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Who was Japetus Steenstrup? (Danish biography) Zeni’ernes Reiser i Norden (Danish; Japetus Steenstrup, 1883) Hálfdanar saga svarta (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Af Stephano (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) En Tale mod Biskoperne (Old Norse and Norwegian; Gustav Storm, 1885) Eiríks saga rauða (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson and Eiríkur Jónsson, 1896) Hrómundar þáttr halta (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Om Sinfjøtles død (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2020) Johannes' åpenbaring (Old Swedish; Gustav Klemming, 1853) Niflungernes død (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2020) Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Det lange Sigurdskvad (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2020) Dunstanus saga (Old Norse; Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1887) Af Muselin (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Rikr madr setti likneski vors herra i pant (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871)       Previous New texts	Special features Source Index: - Did you find your text? Forfatterindex: Searching by author, translator and/or publisher. Index of skalds: Who were they? Language learning: Learn Old Norse E-Library: Links to some 400 books - all available online. Gallery: Visit Heimskringla's gallery of historical sites etc. Archive of maps: Maps of important saga places. Biographical Index: Briefly on manuscript collectors, scholars, and authors who have had an influence on the conservation, publication and interpretation of Old Norse source material.
	Ongoing projects De gamle Eddadigte published and interpreted by Finnur Jónsson Maríu jartegnir by C. R. Unger Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar by C. R. Unger Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning by Finnur Jónsson Flateyjarbók by Guðbrandur Vigfússon and C. R. Unger Danske sagn I-VI by Evald Tang Kristensen More ongoing and coming projects
	About the HEIMSKRINGLA-project and the people behind it About the project Norrøne Tekster og Kvad. A short presentation of the people behind the project. Mere end Snorre. Article about Heimskringla. Arbejdskontoret, if you would like to become part of the project. Editorial principles.
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