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Guide to the classics: the Icelandic saga
A brief introduction to the Icelandic sagas.
Article: Outlaws, trolls and berserkers: meet the hero-monsters of the Icelandic sagas
Rebecca Merkelbach on outlaws, trolls and berserkers in the Icelandic sagas. This article considers how different types of characters in the sagas are monstrous.
Thesis: 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry
Schorn's thesis on Old Norse wisdom poetry. The thesis is downloadable at the link for this item.
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Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).
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Schorn, B. E. (2012). 'How can his word be trusted?': speaker and authority in Old Norse wisdom poetry (doctoral thesis).
Thesis: Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic Literature
Breen's PhD thesis on the Old Norse berserkr. The thesis itself is not available to view online but the link provides details of how to view it.
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Breen, G. J. (1999). Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic literature. (doctoral thesis).
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Breen, G. J. (1999). Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic literature. (doctoral thesis).
Tekster fra Danmarks middelalder 1100-1515 – På dansk og latin
Webstedet Studér Middelalder På Nettet indeholder danske tekster fra middelalderen i tekstkritiske udgaver. Materialet dækker: perioden ca. 1100-1515; sprogene gammeldansk og latin; genrer som ridderromaner, krøniker og lovtekster; og forskellige…
Viking Society for Northern Research Web Publications
Digital copies of publications produced by the Viking Society for Northern Research, including 'Saga Book' vols. I–XXXVIII, 'A New Introduction to Old Norse', a number of significant texts in translation, and various other articles, essays, and…
The Old Lay of Biarki
This is a translation of Bjarkamál in fornu which was sung by the skald Thormod before the battle of Stiklestad.
Bjarkamál in fornu
The poem Bjarkamál in fornu in Old Norse, Danish and Swedish.
Ólafs saga helga
The text of St Olaf's saga in modern Icelandic
Icelandic Saga Map Project
The Icelandic Saga Map project has created an interactive map of the Icelandic sagas, linking places on the map to events in the sagas.
Blog post: Tweeting 30 Icelandic romances in 30 days #riddarasaga
Sheryl McDonald Werronen tweeted 30 riddarasögur (courtly romances) over the course of 30 days. This blog post links to storifies of the tweets so you can catch up on them all easily.
Blog post: The Battle of Stamford Bridge
A Clerk of Oxford writes about the battle of Stamford Bridge and its description in Hemings þáttr.
Concordance to the Proverbs and Proverbial Materials in the Old Icelandic Sagas
A compilation of proverbs and proverbial matter in Old Norse literature.
Wiki: Heimskringla
Heimskringla is an online collection of Old Norse source material.
Triquetra - Illuminating York 2013 - Clifford’s Tower (Hyperlink)
The history of three Viking kings (Harald Bluetooth, Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great) told using sound and video projection mapping as a Son et Lumiere for Illuminating York 2013.
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…
For detailed notes on the history used in this work follow these…
Words on Words: The Viking Berserker
A blog post about the meaning of Old Norse 'berserkr'.
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry
Modern Poets on Viking Poetry is a cultural engagement scheme based at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is funded by the AHRC. The project aims to create cross-cultural engagement between modern and Viking…
The Viking Answer Lady
The Viking Answer Lady is a popular website that began life as a series of articles for the newsletter of the Barony of Bjornsborg, a branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. It includes articles on many aspects of the Vikings.
Voluspa 1-4 Poetic Edda Recital in Old Norse with Throat Singing
Recital in Old Norse from the original Edda text, Voluspa (The Sibyls Prophecy or Divination of the Witch), a Heathen, Viking Age, Old Norse Poem on Creation, recorded in writing during the 12th Century A.D. (See below for English…
Völuspá by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson
This is the opening poem of the Poetic Edda, chanted in a style influenced by rímur tradition by Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson, allsherjargoði (very roughly translated as "high priest") of Iceland's Ásatrúarfélagið (Æsir Faith Fellowship) from…