Anonymous, Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings [The saga of Hávarður of Ísafjörður]

Yoav Tirosh (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), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

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First circulation or publication c. 1300

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Iceland (Country of Origin)

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Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings

[The Saga of Hávarðr of Ísafjörðr] is one of the

Íslendingasögur

[Sagas of Early Icelanders], with most of its plot taking place in the late tenth century in Iceland’s Westfjords region. Though believed to be medieval, it is only extant in paper manuscripts. Its two oldest text witnesses are 1) the Icelandic saga collection AM 160 fol., and 2) the highly annotated AM 502 4to. Both are from the mid-seventeenth century, meaning that the saga is difficult to date accurately.

Hávarðar saga is often listed as a part of the so-called post-classical sagas, indicating its later provenance. Guðni Jónsson has pointed at several hypothesized quotes of and references to an hypothesized older version of Hávarðar saga in Landnámabók [The Book of Settlement]

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Citation: Tirosh, Yoav. "Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 January 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41333, accessed 05 February 2025.]

Anonymous, Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings [The saga of Hávarður of Ísafjörður]

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