is an Icelandic short narrative preserved in several parchment manuscripts from the late Middle Ages: GKS 1005 fol. (Flateyjarbók, c. 1387-1395), AM 62 fol. (c. 1370-1450), AM 309 4to (Bæjarbók í Flóa, c. 1498), and AM 54 fol. (late 14th century, with
Norna-Gests þáttradded in a 16th-century supplement). In these codices, the text is embedded within
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta, the longest saga about Norway’s first missionary king. Ólafur Halldórsson (1963) argued that its two oldest witnesses, GKS 1005 fol. and AM 62 fol., are closely related and likely derived from the same manuscript, maintaining that they preserve the redaction of
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta. Two other 15th-century Icelandic vellum manuscripts preserve
Norna-Gests þáttr,…
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Citation: Consagra, Piergiorgio. "Norna-Gests þáttr". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 March 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41225, accessed 29 March 2025.]
