VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH AND DREYERS FORLAG OSLO NORDISK FILOLOGI BANDAMANNA SAGA edited by Hallvard Mager0y BANDAMANNA SAGA edited by HALLVARD MAGER0Y Glossary made by Peter Foote Introduction and Notes englished by Peter Foote and Sue Margeson VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON DREYERS FORLAG OSLO © Copyright 1981 VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON DREYERS FORLAG I/S UNDERVISNINGSLITTERATUR Arbiensgt. 7, Oslo 2 Typeset in Malta by Interprint Litnited ISBN 0-903521-15-6 (English Language market) ISBN 82-09-031341 (Scandinavian market) Printed and bound in Malta 1981 by Interprint Limited on Hamang slightly yellowish 120 g/m^ offset paper PREFACE It is a pleasure to me to express my gratitude to the people who have helped towards the publication of this edition. Professor Peter Foote and Dr Sue Margeson translated and undertook some abridgement of my introduction and notes. Professor Foote also made several helpful suggestions about interpretation and composed the glossary, incorporating in it many of the linguistic comments originally included in my general notes. Professor Jonas Kristjansson, Director of Stofnun Arna Magnussonar a Islandi, read the Norwegian text and made valuable comments on a number of points. Miss Maureen Thomas read a draft of the glossary and Mr Anthony Faulkes improved the presentation in various ways. The edition could not have been undertaken without financial support from the University of Oslo, whose research fund has met the expenses of translation, thanks not least to the good offices of my colleague. Pro fessor Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen. Finally, I acknowledge my obligation to the Council of the Viking Society for Northern Research, London, and the Directors of Dreyers Forlag, Oslo, under whose joint imprint the book is now published. HALLVARD MAGER0Y CONTENTS Abbreviations x Introduction xv Bandamanna saga i General notes 37 Glossary 68 Index of names in the saga text 104 Maps (A. Iceland; B. The land round Hunafloi and at end HunaIJ9rSr; C. E>ingv9llr) ABBREVIATIONS AJVF Arkivfor nordisk filologi. B Bandamanna saga. B 1976 Bandamanna saga utgjcven for Samfund til udgivelse af gammel nordisk litteratur vcd Hallvard Mager0y. STUAGNL LXVII. 1956-76. Baetke i960 Bandamanna saga und Qlkofra pattr . . . herausgegeben von Walter Baetke. Altnordisrhe Textbibl- iothek, N.F., 4. Band. i960. Blondal Sigliis Blondal. Island sk-Dansk Ordhog. 1920-24. de Vries Jan de Vries. Altnordisihe Litera- turgeschiclite^. I -II. Grundriss der germanischen Philologic, 15-16. 1964-7. Finnur Jonsson, Litt. hist. Finnur Jonsson. Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie'^, I- III. 1920-24. Finnur Jonsson 1933 Bandamanna saga . . . Udgivne for Samfund til udgivelse af gam mel nordisk litteratur ved Finn ur Jonsson. STUAGNL lA'II. 1933- Fritzner Johan Fritzner. Ordhog over Det gamle norske Sprog, I-III. 1883—96, reprinted 1954. IV. Retteher og tilleggved Finn Hodnebo. 1972- Grdgds la-b Griigas . . . udgivet , . . af Vilhjal- mur Finseii . . . Forste Del . . . Anden Del. 1852, reprinted 1974. x