Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders

Summary Collected together in this volume are long poems and stanzas attributed to the characters who appear in sagas of Icelanders (family sagas), including such well known figures as Egill Skallagr msson, G sli S rsson and Grettir smundarson. The poetry from twenty-four complete sagas and four short tales are edited here, together with two texts from non-saga manuscripts, including the scurrilous Grettisf?rsla, 'The Moving of Grettir'. The texts range chronologically from early poets' sagas to late and little known works from the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume Editor's Preface and Acknowledgements General Abbreviations Sigla used in this Volume Technical Terms The Contributors Introduction Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages - a New Edition Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders Manuscripts Dating and Authenticity Metres Normalisation Poetic Form and Function Poetic Diction How to use this edition Appendix: Half-kennings in the skaldic corpus Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders: The Corpus PART 1 Bandamanna saga ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross B rdar saga Sn fells ss ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Bergb a t ttr ? Edited by Tarrin Wills Bjarnar saga H tdoelakappa ? Edited by Alison Finlay Draumr Torsteins S duhallssonar ? Edited by Tarrin Wills Droplaugarsona saga ? Edited by Richard Perkins Egils saga Skalla-Gr mssonar ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Eir ks saga rauda ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Eyrbyggja saga ? Edited by Judy Quinn and Kate Heslop Fl amanna saga ? Edited by Richard Perkins F stbroedra saga ? Edited by R. D. Fulk G sla saga S rssonar ? Edited by Kari Ellen Gade Grettis saga smundarsonar ? Edited by Jonathan Grove PART 2 Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu ? Edited by Diana Whaley Hallfredar saga ? Edited by Diana Whaley Hardar saga ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross H vardar saga sfirdings ? Edited by Rolf Stavnem and Margaret Clunies Ross Heidarv ga saga ? Edited by Colin Grant Korm ks saga ? Edited by Edith Marold Kr ka-Refs saga ? Edited by Kari Ellen Gade Kumblb a t ttr ? Edited by Tarrin Wills Laxdoela saga ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Nj ls saga ? Edited by R. D. Fulk Stj?rnu-Odda draumr ? Edited by Tarrin Wills Svarfdoela saga ? Edited by Kari Ellen Gade V ga-Gl ms saga ? Edited by John McKinnell V glundar saga ? Edited by Klaus Johan Myrvoll T rdar saga hredu ? Edited by Klaus Johan Myrvoll Torsteins t ttr Austfirdings ? Edited by Kari Ellen Gade Texts recorded outside a saga context Sk ldhelgi r arson Verses addressed to a sorceress ? Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross Grettisf rsla ? Edited by Kate Heslop Bibliography Index of First Lines ? Edited by Hannah Burrows Indices of Names and Terms Ethnic and Regional Names Personal Names Nicknames Mythical and Legendary Names Biblical Names Place Names Other Names Indigenous Terms