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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 6300 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 Seyðabrævið – The Sheep Letter By Jakob Jakobsen The oldest surviving document of the Faroe Islands dates from 1298 and is called Seyðabrævið – The Sheep Letter. It is a supplement to the Norwegian law from 1274 and deals with various aspects of sheep farming. Here you can read about taming of wild sheep, what to do about sheep thieves or aggressive sheep dogs. The letter has also regulations about the distribution of whale meat and flotsam.	WE PRESENT: on print Den gamle Edda By Vilhelm B. Hjort Vilhelm B. Hjort's Den gamle Edda is one of the lesser known Danish translations of The poetic Edda. It contains all the mythological and heroic poems as well as the obscure poem Hrafnagaldr Óðins and the transition poem Sólarljóð, which is strongly influenced by Christian thinking. The translator also gives a short commentary on the mythological part of the book. Hjort was a lawyer by profession but deeply occupied by Old Norse poetry. – This is a publication from HEIMSKRINGLA reprint and is available here.
Recent texts Herding konung oc Ostancia (Old Swedish; Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, 1854) Sønnetabet (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2020) Om versene i Kormaks saga (Danish; Björn M. Ólsen, 1888) Pictures of Danish kings and legendary heroes (gallery) Drychthelms leizla (Old Norse; Hugo Gering, 1882) Sigordh Swen faar bana saar (Old Swedish; Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, 1854) Världsskapelsen (Swedish; Viktor Rydberg, 1887) Hjalmters och Ölvers saga (Swedish; Nils Fredrik Sander, 1887) Drawings by Robert Storm Petersen (gallery) Didriks stridhar med Ermentrik (Old Swedish; Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius, 1854) Frá einum klerk (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Seyðabrævið (Old Faroese; Jakob Jakobsen, 1907) Thomas saga erkibyskups hin ellri - Dridi hlutr (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1869) Af Hilldifonso byskupi (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Hauks þáttr hábrókar (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Haralds þáttr hárfagra (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Vm Olafr Haralz sunar (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1903) Thomas saga erkibyskups hin ellri - Annarr hlutr (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1869) Tors fisketur (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2020) Vm Haralld hinn harðraða (Old Norse; Finnur Jónsson, 1903) Vor fru hialpadi brodur er druknadi (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Sigurðar saga slembidjákns (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Islands bygging (Old Norse; C. R. Unger and Guðbrandur Vigfússon, 1860) Drauma-Jóns saga (Old Norse; Hugo Gering, 1894) Det tredje Gudrunskvad (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2019) Thomas saga erkibyskups hin ellri - Fyrsti hlutr (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1869) Af einum klerk (Old Norse; C. R. Unger, 1871) Brynhilds Helridt (Danish; Jesper Lauridsen, 2019)       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 Fagrskinna by Finnur Jónsson Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning by Finnur Jónsson Flateyjarbók by Guðbrandur Vigfússon and C. R. Unger Danske sagn I-VI by Evald Tang Kristensen
	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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