Bandamanna saga

168 Pages·1981·6.68 MB·English, Old Norse

by  Hallvard Magerøy, Peter Foote (eds.)

VIKING SOCIETY
FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH
AND
DREYERS FORLAG OSLO
NORDISK FILOLOGI
BANDAMANNA SAGA
edited by Hallvard Mager0y

BANDAMANNA SAGA
edited by
HALLVARD MAGER0Y
Glossary made by
Peter Foote
Introduction and Notes
englished by
Peter Foote and Sue Margeson
VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN
RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
DREYERS FORLAG
OSLO
© Copyright 1981
VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
DREYERS FORLAG
I/S UNDERVISNINGSLITTERATUR
Arbiensgt. 7, Oslo 2
Typeset in Malta
by Interprint Litnited
ISBN 0-903521-15-6 (English Language market)
ISBN 82-09-031341 (Scandinavian market)
Printed and bound in Malta 1981
by Interprint Limited
on Hamang slightly yellowish 120 g/m^ offset paper
PREFACE
It is a pleasure to me to express my gratitude to the
people who have helped towards the publication of this
edition. Professor Peter Foote and Dr Sue Margeson
translated and undertook some abridgement of my
introduction and notes. Professor Foote also made several
helpful suggestions about interpretation and composed
the glossary, incorporating in it many of the linguistic
comments originally included in my general notes.
Professor Jonas Kristjansson, Director of Stofnun Arna
Magnussonar a Islandi, read the Norwegian text and
made valuable comments on a number of points. Miss
Maureen Thomas read a draft of the glossary and Mr
Anthony Faulkes improved the presentation in various
ways. The edition could not have been undertaken
without financial support from the University of Oslo,
whose research fund has met the expenses of translation,
thanks not least to the good offices of my colleague. Pro
fessor Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen. Finally, I acknowledge
my obligation to the Council of the Viking Society for
Northern Research, London, and the Directors of Dreyers
Forlag, Oslo, under whose joint imprint the book is now
published.
HALLVARD MAGER0Y

CONTENTS
Abbreviations x
Introduction xv
Bandamanna saga i
General notes 37
Glossary 68
Index of names in the saga text 104
Maps (A. Iceland; B. The land round Hunafloi and at end
HunaIJ9rSr; C. E>ingv9llr)
ABBREVIATIONS
AJVF Arkivfor nordisk filologi.
B Bandamanna saga.
B 1976 Bandamanna saga utgjcven for
Samfund til udgivelse af gammel
nordisk litteratur vcd Hallvard
Mager0y. STUAGNL LXVII.
1956-76.
Baetke i960 Bandamanna saga und Qlkofra pattr
. . . herausgegeben von Walter
Baetke. Altnordisrhe Textbibl-
iothek, N.F., 4. Band. i960.
Blondal Sigliis Blondal. Island sk-Dansk
Ordhog. 1920-24.
de Vries Jan de Vries. Altnordisihe Litera-
turgeschiclite^. I -II. Grundriss der
germanischen Philologic, 15-16.
1964-7.
Finnur Jonsson, Litt. hist. Finnur Jonsson. Den oldnorske og
oldislandske litteraturs historie'^, I-
III. 1920-24.
Finnur Jonsson 1933 Bandamanna saga . . . Udgivne for
Samfund til udgivelse af gam
mel nordisk litteratur ved Finn
ur Jonsson. STUAGNL lA'II.
1933-
Fritzner Johan Fritzner. Ordhog over Det
gamle norske Sprog, I-III. 1883—96,
reprinted 1954. IV. Retteher og
tilleggved Finn Hodnebo. 1972-
Grdgds la-b
Griigas . . . udgivet , . . af Vilhjal-
mur Finseii . . . Forste Del . . .
Anden Del. 1852, reprinted 1974.
x