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The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck (Old Norse Þorsteins þáttr stangarhǫggs) is an Icelandic þáttr which tells the tale of a conflict between the houses of Thorarinn and Bjarni Brodd-Helgason at Hof, Iceland.
The þættir (Old Norse singular þáttr, literally meaning a "strand" of rope or yarn) [1] [2] are short stories written mostly in Iceland during the 13th and 14th centuries. The majority of þættir occur in two compendious manuscripts, Morkinskinna and Flateyjarbók , and within them most are found as digressions within kings' sagas.
Auðunar þáttr vestfirska (Old Norse: Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈɔuðunɑz̠ ˈθɑːttz̠ ˈwestˌfirskɑ]; Modern Icelandic: Auðunar þáttur vestfirska [ˈœyːðʏːnar ˈθauhtʏr ˈvɛstˌfɪska]; The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords) is a short tale (or þáttr) preserved in three distinct versions as part of the saga of Harald III of Norway (reigned 1047–66, a.k.a. Haraldr inn ...
Íslendings þáttr sögufróða (The Tale of the Story-Wise Icelander) is a very short þáttr about a young Icelandic storyteller at king Haraldr Sigurðarson's court. This þáttr , which may have been written at the end of the 13th century, [ 1 ] was preserved in the Morkinskinna , Hulda and Hrokkinskinna manuscripts.
The tale suggests alternative structures to the Nordic practice of senna, or ritualistic insulting, as there is a clear instance of it contained within the þættir. [1] It suggests that the structure of the senna was not as ritualistic but rather more colloquial than thought, as there are examples of appeals to both the arbiter and the crowd.
Like other legendary sagas and þættir, the story should be seen in the context of European ballad and romance. It has been compared to the ballad of "Thomas the Rhymer", [2] and appears to have been influenced by Marie de France's lai Lanval, either directly from the French or via the Norwegian translation, Januals ljóð. [3]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The story in Old Norse at heimskringla.no. The story in Old Norse at Snerpa. ... 10 (UTC). Text is available ...
Nornagests þáttr or the Story of Norna-Gest is a legendary saga about the Norse hero Nornagestr, sometimes called Gestr, and here anglicized as Norna-Gest. Nornagests þáttr is as an episode of the Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason in the medieval Icelandic manuscript Flateyjarbók .