Dec 3, 2014
The Names of Islands in the Old Norse Faereyinga Saga and Orkeyinga Saga
The Names of Islands in the Old Norse Faereyinga Saga and Orkeyinga Saga
The Names of Islands in the Old Norse Faereyinga Saga and Orkeyinga Saga
Hilda Radzin (St. John’s University)
Literary Onomastics Studies: Volume 5, Article 7 (1978)
In the Old Norse language the word saga denoted any kind of story or history in prose, whether written or oral. Used in this sense, the word saga applies to a wide range of literary works. Used in a stricter sense, however, the term…
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