Anonymous, Færeyinga saga

Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Kjerstin Moody (Gustavus Adolphus College), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1200

Places

Iceland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Prose Fiction Narrative

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Fœreyinga saga

is an Old Norse prose narrative, presumably dating from the thirteenth century. The saga is nowhere independently preserved, but always as a part of the kings’ sagas of Óláfr Tryggvason (d. 1000) and Óláfr helgi (d. 1030). These are preserved in the manuscript

Flateyjarbók

(GKS 1005 fol.), where

Fœreyinga saga

is distributed throughout the text of

Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar

and

Óláfs saga helga

in chapters of various lengths. In addition

various parts of the saga are found in other manuscripts of the sagas of the two kings, such as AM 61 fol., AM 62 fol., AM 53 fol., AM 54 fol. and various manuscripts of

Óláfs saga helga

(among them copies of

Kringla

The oldest manuscripts of Fœreyinga saga date from the latter portion of the thirteenth century, but all the

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Citation: Jakobsson, Ármann. "Færeyinga saga". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 04 May 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=40998, accessed 11 May 2024.]

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