Guðbrandur Vigfússon 1827-1889

An Icelandic-English dictionary by Richard Cleasby( Book )
98 editions published between 1869 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 858 libraries worldwide
An Icelandic-English dictionary of the Old Icelandic language

A concise dictionary of old Icelandic by Geir T. Zoëga( Book )
13 editions published between 1910 and 1988 in English and Icelandic and held by 424 libraries 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( Book )
4 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 261 libraries worldwide

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( Book )
26 editions published between 1905 and 1976 in 4 languages and held by 203 libraries worldwide

An Icelandic prose reader, with notes, grammar, and glossary by Guðbrandur Vigfússon( Book )
16 editions published between 1879 and 2010 in English and Icelandic and held by 139 libraries worldwide

Ur Dölum til Dala : Guđbrandur Vigfússon Centenary Essays ( Book )
9 editions published in 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 97 libraries worldwide

Flateyjarbok. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler ( Book )
19 editions published between 1860 and 1983 in 6 languages and held by 64 libraries worldwide

Eyrbyggja saga ( Book )
14 editions published in 1864 in 3 languages and held by 48 libraries worldwide

Biskupa sögur, gefnar út af hinu Íslenzka bókmentafèlagi ( Book )
in Icelandic and held by 45 libraries worldwide

Icelandic Sagas and other historical documents relating to the settlements and descents of the Northmen on the British isles by George Webbe Dasent( Book )
22 editions published between 1887 and 1980 in 3 languages and held by 44 libraries worldwide
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