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DATING THE SAGAS Dating the Sagas REVIEW S AND REVISIONS Edited by Else Mundal MUSEUM TUSCULANUM PRESS UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN 2013 Dating the Sagas: Reviews and Revisions Else Mundal (ed.) © Museum Tusculanum Press and the authors, 2013 Layout and composition: Sigríður Kristinsdóttir Cover design: Erling Lynder Set in Minion Pro and printed on Lessebo Smooth Natural by Narayana Press ISBN 978 87 635 3899 2 Cover illustrations: Courtesy of © Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, Reykjavik. From: Flateyjarbók (GKS 1005 fol.), late 14th century. AM 162 A, fol. theta, c. 1250. AM 476 4to, c. 1700. AM 128 fol, 17th century. AM 152 fol., 15th century. This volume is published with financial support from The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bergen The Norwegian Research Council Museum Tusculanum Press Birketinget 6 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark www.mtp.dk CONTENTS ELSE MUNDAL Introduction i JÜRG GLAUSER What Is Dated, and Why? Saga Dating in the Histories of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature 9 ELSE MUNDAL The Dating of the Oldest Sagas about Early Icelanders 31 THEODORE M. ANDERSSON Redating Fóstbrœðra saga 55 EMILY LETHBRIDGE Dating the Sagas and Gisla saga Súrssonar 77 TORFI H. TULINIUS Dating Eyrbyggja saga The Value of “Circumstantial” Evidence for Determining the Time of Composition of Sagas about Early Icelanders 115 JONNA LOUIS-JENSEN Dating the Archetype Eyrbyggja saga and Egils saga Skallagrimssonar 133 vi CONTENTS SLAVICA RANKOVIĆ The Temporality of the (Immanent) Saga Tinkering with Formulas 149 GUDRUN NORDAL Skaldic Citations and Settlement Stories as Parametres for Saga Dating 195 List of Contributors 213 Index 215
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