Guðbrandur Vigfússon 1827-1889
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Guðbrandur Vigfússon
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Ur Dölum til Dala : Guđbrandur Vigfússon Centenary Essays
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Nokkur ord um þýdingu Odds lögmanns Gottskálkssonar á Matteusar Gudspjalli : er Dr. 'Gudbrand' Vigfusson hefir gefid út med athugasemdum um biflíumál vort í "An Icelandic Prose Reader", Oxford, 1879 by Eiríkr Magnússon(
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Dr. Gubrand Vigfusson's ideal of an Icelandic New Testament translation, or the Gospel of St. Matthew by Lawman Odd Gottskalksson, (Roskild, 1540), exhibited from the reprint in 'An Icelandic prose reader, ' Oxford, 1879, in a few illustrations of its correctness, concordance, grammar, style, etc., purity of vocabulary, printing by Eiríkr Magnússon(
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Origines islandicae; a collection of the more important sagas and other native writings relating to the settlement and early history of Iceland by Guðbrandur Vigfússon(
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Ein islending i Noreg : reiseskildring frå 1854 by Guðbrandur Vigfússon(
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Most widely held works by
Guðbrandur Vigfússon
An Icelandic-English dictionary by Richard Cleasby (
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98
editions published
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1869
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2006
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6
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and held by
858
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An Icelandic-English dictionary of the Old Icelandic language
A concise dictionary of old Icelandic by Geir T. Zoëga (
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13
editions published
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1910
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1988
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English and Icelandic
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424
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worldwide
Icelandic is closer to the speech patterns of the Middle Ages than any living European language, making this volume invaluable to students and scholars of Old Icelandic and English culture and history
Norse mythology; the Elder Edda in prose translation by Edda Kristjánsdóttir (
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4
editions published
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1974
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English
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261
libraries
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An Icelandic prose reader, with notes, grammar, and glossary by Guðbrandur Vigfússon (
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16
editions published
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1879
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2010
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English and Icelandic
and held by
139
libraries
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Ur Dölum til Dala : Guđbrandur Vigfússon Centenary Essays
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9
editions published
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1989
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English and Undetermined
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97
libraries
worldwide
Eyrbyggja saga
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14
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1864
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3
languages
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48
libraries
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Icelandic Sagas and other historical documents relating to the settlements and descents of the Northmen on the British isles by George Webbe Dasent (
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22
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1887
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1980
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3
languages
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44
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This four-volume set of Icelandic sagas with English translations was prepared between 1887 and 1894 by the celebrated Icelandic scholar Gudbrand Vigfusson (1827-89) and the foremost translator of the day, Sir George Webbe Dasent (1817-96). It includes Orkneyinga saga, a history of the jarls of Orkney from the late ninth century to about 1200, composed in Iceland around 1230 but preserved complete only in the fourteenth-century Flateyjarb k; and H konar saga H konarsonar, the life of the king of Norway from 1217 to 1263 and the principal source for Norwegian history over this period, in which H kon's reign put an end to a long civil war. It was written soon after his death by the Icelandic chieftain and historian Sturla r arson at the instigation of the king's son
Fornsögur : Vatnsdaelasaga, Hallfreðarsaga, Floamannasaga by Guðbrandur Vigfússon (
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5
editions published
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1860
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Icelandic and Old Norse
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37
libraries
worldwide
The Orkneyinger's Saga : with appendices
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1
edition published
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1964
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English
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14
libraries
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Bardarsaga snaefellsáss, Víglundarsaga, ... by Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss (
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3
editions published
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1860
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Danish
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4
libraries
worldwide
Ein islending i Noreg : reiseskildring frå 1854 by Guðbrandur Vigfússon (
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2
editions published
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1990
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Icelandic and Norwegian
and held by
4
libraries
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Fornsögurð Vatusdælasaga, Hallfreðarsaga, Flóaman nasaga by Guðbrandur Vigfússon (
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3
editions published
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1860
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German
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2
libraries
worldwide
Dr. Gubrand Vigfusson's ideal of an Icelandic New Testament translation, or the Gospel of St. Matthew by Lawman Odd Gottskalksson, (Roskild, 1540), exhibited from the reprint in 'An Icelandic prose reader, ' Oxford, 1879, in a few illustrations of its correctness, concordance, grammar, style, etc., purity of vocabulary, printing by Eiríkr Magnússon (
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2
editions published
in
1879
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Icelandic and English
and held by
1
library
worldwide
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America Bible.--Matthew Bishops Dasent, George Webbe,--Sir, Discoveries in geography Discovery and exploration, Norse Eddas English language Friendship Great Britain Grímur Thomsen, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Iceland Icelandic language Icelandic language--Grammar Icelandic literature Kings and rulers Mythology, Norse Njáls saga Northmen Norway Oddur Gottskálksson, Old Norse language Old Norse literature Old Norse literature--Study and teaching Old Norse philology Old Norse prose literature Sagas Scholars in literature Snorri Þorgrímsson,--goði, Translators Travel
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