Sveinbjörn Egilsson
Sveinbjörn Egilsson (24 February 1791 – 17 August 1852) was an
Life
Sveinbjörn was born in
When troubles arose in the school, with students protesting their treatment ("The Pereat"), Sveinbjörn left for Copenhagen to seek the assistance of Danish educational authorities. Although he received their support, he left his position as rector in 1851 and died a year later.
Sveinbjörn was married to Helga Gröndal, daughter of high judge Benedikt Gröndal the elder.
Works
Translations
His main subject as a teacher was Greek. During his position at the school, he worked on a number of translations, translating amongst other things Plato's Meno and Homer's Odyssey and Iliad into Icelandic.
For the Society of Antiquaries, he translated the
He also translated the
When Sveinbjörn died, he was working on a poetic translation of Homer's Iliad into Icelandic. His son, Benedikt Sveinbjarnarson Gröndal the younger, finished the task. His prose translations are still the only readily available Icelandic versions of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Original works
Sveinbjörn wrote a number of well-known Icelandic poems and hymns, including the lyrics to the Icelandic Christmas carol Heims um ból.
References
- Haraldur Sigurðsson, ed. (1968). Skólaræður Sveinbjarnar Egilssonar (in Icelandic). Reykjavík: Almenna bókafélagið. OCLC 63213992.
- Finnur Jónsson (1916). "Fortale". Lexicon Poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis. Ordbog over det norsk-islandske Skjaldesprog (in Danish) (revised ed.). Copenhagen.
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Other sources
- Finnbogi Gudmundson (1969). Sveinbjörn Egilsson og Carl Christian Rafn (in Danish). Odense Universitetsforlag. OCLC 256682724.
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