Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa

The Bjarnar Hítdælakappa saga ( Saga of Bjorn the Hitdæla Fighter ) is an Icelandic saga which was written around 1220.

The text corpus is obtained only incomplete and is found in two parchment manuscripts from the 14th century (AM 162 fol. ) And two paper manuscripts from the 17th century (AM 551 d α, 4to; . AM 157 b fol ) again. The beginning and the 14th chapter missing, or this ends in a Lacuna. In Chapter 58 of about 100 years younger to 1320/30 written saga Grettis the Bjarnar saga is quoted, which, among other things, the time Quotation drafting the Bjarnar saga is assumed.

When Bjarnar saga in the subject and in the motif is taken based on other Icelandic sagas, such as the Gunnlaug saga ormstungu. The unhappy love of a young bards.

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