Faereyinga Saga: Translation and Icelandic Text

Rit Stofnunar Árna Magnússonar #30

by Unknown (Editor), Rod Seppelt, David Selkirk

The colonization and later conversion of the Faroe Islands to Christianity as the ways of the Asa-faith (Asatru) and Christianity collide...

Genres: Medieval, Classics

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1400

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Reviews

[Óli Sóleyjarson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Færeyingar að svíkjast undan skatti.

[Craig Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story is worth five stars, but I've knocked one off for the translation. I'm not qualified to comment on the technical quality of the translation, but the Anglicisations are ill-judged and distracting. Too many "franklins", and goodness only knows what possessed the translator to render Olaf as "Olave".

[Hrútur Teits · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frábær bók sem er hægt að lesa aftur og aftur. Vúhú!

[Jonathan Cassivellaunus · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Saga is mainly a reconstruction of various other primary sources and sagas.