The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (Þorsteins þáttr stangarhöggs): A New English Translation with Old Norse Text, Vocabulary, and Notes (Learn Old Norse (Viking Language), Band 3) - Softcover

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Byock, Jesse

 
9781953947147: The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (Þorsteins þáttr stangarhöggs): A New English Translation with Old Norse Text, Vocabulary, and Notes (Learn Old Norse (Viking Language), Band 3)

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A new saga translation of The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck in a dual-language English and Old Norse format with annotations, vocabulary, maps, and notes. All the tools necessary to read a complete short saga in both English and the original Old Norse. Each chapter contains a specific vocabulary of Old Norse words and phrases. www.oldnorse.org. The rear of the book offers a full vocabulary removing the need to consult outside dictionaries. Maps, notes, and cultural sections about Iceland’s feuding society supplement the English translation, Old Norse text, and targeted Old Norse word lists. This edition is an example of textual archaeology, unearthing a crucial saga text from Iceland’s East Fjords recounting the lives of people in Weapon’s Fjord a thousand years ago. For more information visit www.oldnorse.org

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JESSE BYOCK is distinguished research professor of Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian at UCLA. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University and specializes in the Viking World: its language, sagas, history, and archaeology. He is professor at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. In Iceland, he directs the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) and teaches at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in the Department of History and the programs of Medieval Icelandic and Viking Studies.

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