Oddr Snorrason

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Oddr Snorrason whose name is also sometimes Anglicized as Odd Snorrason was a 12th-century Icelandic

Benedictine monk at the Þingeyraklaustur monastery (Þingeyrarklaustur). The monastery was founded in 1133 and was the first in Iceland.[1]

Work

One Latin version of the

Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium.[2] In turn Snorri Sturluson made use of Oddr's work when writing the Heimskringla, as did the author of Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta
.

Yngvars saga víðförla also credits Oddr with its original authorship. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance.[3]

References

  1. ^ Þingeyrarklaustur (Historical Places in Northwest Iceland) Archived October 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Hoops 2003, p. 66.
  3. ^ Ross 2000, pp. 306-8; Oddr Snorrason 2003, p. 3.

Sources

  • Hoops, Johannes (2003). Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde: Band 22. Walter de Gruyter.
  • Oddr Snorrason (translated by Theodore M. Andersson) (2003). The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason. Cornell University Press.
  • Ross, Margaret Clunies (2000). Old Icelandic Literature and Society. Cambridge University Press.

External links

Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar

Manuscripts
  • AM 310 4to
  • Stock. Perg. 4to no. 18
  • Uppsala University Library, DG 4-7
Editions
Translation