Bókastaðir

Families and Feuds

The East

• Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða The Saga of Hrafnkel Freysgoði
  9,138 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Þorsteins saga hvíta The Saga of Thorstein the White
  3,520 words 8 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Vápnfirðinga saga The Saga of the People of Vopnafjord
  9,900 words 19 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio People Maps
• Þorsteins þáttr stangarhǫggs The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck
  2,622 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Gunnars þáttr Þiðrandabana The Tale of Gunnar, Thidrandi's Slayer
  4,163 words 7 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Brandkrossa þáttr The Tale of Brandkrossi
  2,146 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Droplaugarsona saga The Saga of Droplaug's Sons
  9,604 words 15 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Þorsteins saga Síðu-Hallssonar The Saga of Thorstein Sidu-Hallsson
  5,376 words 7 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Þiðranda þáttr ok Þórhalls The Tale of Thidrandi and Thorhall
  1,262 words 6 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Fljótsdœla saga The Saga of the People of Fljotsdal
  33,434 words 32 chapters Glossed Old Norse

The North

• Vatnsdœla saga The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal
  29,203 words 47 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Svarfdœla saga The Saga of the People of Svarfadardal
  20,923 words 32 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hrómundar þáttr halta The Tale of Hromund the Lame
  2,130 words 5 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Reykdœla saga ok Víga-Skútu The Saga of the People of Reykjadal and Killer-Skuta
  23,584 words 30 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Víga-Glúms saga Killer-Glum's Saga
  19,491 words 28 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Valla-Ljóts saga Valla-Ljot's Saga
  6,889 words 9 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio People
• Ljósvetninga saga The Saga of the People of Ljosavatn
  28,523 words 31 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio

The West

• Hœnsa-Þóris saga The Saga of Hen-Thorir
  8,844 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English People Maps
• Eyrbyggja saga The Saga of the People of Eyri
  38,898 words 65 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Laxdœla saga The Saga of the People of Laxardal and Bolli Bollason's Tale
  62,605 words 88 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Bolla þáttr Bollasonar Bolli Bollason's Tale
  Chapters 79–88 of Laxdœla saga Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Víga-Styrs saga ok Heiðarvíga The Saga of Killer-Styr and the Slayings on the Heath
  25,215 words 41 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English

The South

• Brennu-Njáls saga Njal's Saga
  97,352 words 159 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English

Outlaws

• Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar The Saga of Grettir the Strong
  62,576 words 93 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Gísla saga Súrssonar Gisli Sursson's Saga
  19,977 words 38 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Harðar saga ok Hólmverja The Saga of Hord and the People of Holm
  18,797 words 41 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio People

Warriors, Poets, and Champions

Skalds

• Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar Egil's Saga
  65,019 words 90 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People
  20,408 words 34 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Kormáks saga The Saga of Kormak the Skald
  12,920 words 27 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue
  10,239 words 13 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds The Saga of Hallfred the Troublesome Poet
  9,840 words 11 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Sneglu-Halla þáttr The Tale of Sarcastic Halli
  5,831 words 10 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Þorleifs þáttr jarlsskálds The Tale of Thorleif the Earl's Poet
  3,457 words 8 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Gísls þáttr Illugasonar The Tale of Gisl Illugason
  2,963 words 5 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ívars þáttr Ingimundarsonar The Tale of Ivar Ingimundarson
  1,704 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse
• Stúfs þáttr blinda The Tale of Stuf the Blind
  1,142 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse

Fighters and Survivors

• Fóstbræðra saga The Saga of the Sworn Brothers
  28,354 words 24 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Finnboga saga ramma The Saga of Finnbogi the Strong
  23,757 words 43 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þórðar saga hreðu The Saga of Thord Menace
  15,912 words 19 chapters Glossed Old Norse English
• Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings The Saga of Havard of Isafjord
  15,730 words 24 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Gunnars saga Keldugnúpsfífls The Saga of Gunnar the Fool of Keldugnup
  7,361 words 11 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Orms þáttr Stórólfssonar The Tale of Orm Storolfsson
  5,267 words 11 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Comic Sagas

• Bandamanna saga The Saga of the Confederates
  11,309 words 12 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English
• Króka-Refs saga The Saga of Ref the Sly
  11,167 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ölkofra þáttr The Tale of Ale-Hood
  2,900 words 4 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio People

History, Settlement, and Law

History of Iceland

• Landnámabók The Book of Settlements
  41,651 words 399 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Íslendingabók The Book of the Icelanders
  4,149 words 12 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio

Outside Iceland

• Orkneyinga saga The Saga of the Orkney Islanders
  60,667 words 113 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Færeyinga saga The Saga of the Faroe Islanders
  27,613 words 58 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio English People Maps
• Eiríks saga rauða Eirik the Red's Saga
  7,929 words 14 chapters Glossed Old Norse English
• Grœnlendinga saga The Saga of the Greenlanders
  6,631 words 10 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Law

• Grágás The Laws of Early Iceland
  125,941 words 268 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Kings' Sagas

Heimskringla

• Prologus ok Ynglinga saga The Prologue and the Saga of the Ynglings
  11,965 words 51 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hálfdanar saga svarta The Saga of Halfdan the Black
  1,986 words 9 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Haralds saga hárfagra The Saga of Harald Fairhair
  10,298 words 44 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hákonar saga góða The Saga of Hakon the Good
  7,774 words 32 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Haralds saga gráfeldar The Saga of Harald Greycloak
  4,154 words 16 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
  30,023 words 113 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Óláfs saga helga The Saga of Saint Olaf
  97,557 words 251 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Magnúss saga ins góða The Saga of Magnus the Good
  9,029 words 37 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Haralds saga harðráða The Saga of Harald Hardrada
  25,071 words 101 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Óláfs saga kyrra The Saga of Olaf the Quiet
  1,008 words 8 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Magnúss saga berfœtts The Saga of Magnus Barelegs
  5,362 words 26 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Magnússona saga The Saga of the Sons of Magnus
  8,085 words 33 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Magnúss saga blinda ok Haralds gilla The Saga of Magnus the Blind and Harald Gilli
  6,015 words 16 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Haraldssona saga The Saga of the Sons of Harald
  9,977 words 32 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hákonar saga herðibreiðs The Saga of Hakon the Broad-Shouldered
  7,015 words 21 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Magnúss saga Erlingssonar The Saga of Magnus Erlingsson
  10,801 words 44 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Norway

• Sverris saga The Saga of King Sverrir
  81,696 words 182 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Böglunga saga The Saga of the Baglers
  11,257 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar The Saga of King Hakon Hakonarson
  102,194 words 332 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Denmark

• Knýtlinga saga The Saga of the Knytlings
  47,595 words 130 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Jómsvíkinga saga The Saga of the Jomsvikings
  12,300 words 16 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Court Þættir

• Þorsteins þáttr uxafóts The Tale of Thorstein Ox-Foot
  6,580 words 15 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hreiðars þáttr heimska The Tale of Hreidar the Fool
  4,434 words 6 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Hrafns þáttr Hrútfirðings The Tale of Hrafn of Hrutafjord
  4,036 words 6 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ögmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings The Tale of Ogmund Dint and Gunnar Half
  3,830 words 5 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar hinn síðari The Second Tale of Halldor Snorrason
  3,182 words 6 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka The Tale of Audun of the West Fjords
  2,562 words 4 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Halldórs þáttr Snorrasonar hinn fyrri The First Tale of Halldor Snorrason
  2,419 words 4 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þorvalds þáttr tasalda The Tale of Thorvald Tasaldi
  2,276 words 2 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þórodds þáttr Snorrasonar The Tale of Thorodd Snorrason
  2,112 words 5 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Odds þáttr Ófeigssonar The Tale of Odd Ofeigsson
  1,808 words 5 chapters Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Þorvarðs þáttr krákunefs The Tale of Thorvard Crow-Nose
  982 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse
• Þorsteins þáttr skelks The Tale of Thorstein Shiver
  974 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Þorsteins þáttr Austfirðings The Tale of Thorstein from the East Fjords
  895 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse
• Brands þáttr örva The Tale of Brand the Generous
  561 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse Audio
• Íslendings þáttr sǫgufróða The Tale of the Story-Wise Icelander
  489 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse Audio

The Sturlung Age

Sturlunga saga

• Geirmundar þáttr heljarskinns The Tale of Geirmund Hel-Skin
  2,001 words 7 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þorgils saga ok Hafliða The Saga of Thorgils and Haflidi
  13,062 words 32 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Sturlu saga The Saga of Hvamm-Sturla
  17,922 words 36 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Prestssaga Guðmundar góða The Priest's Saga of Gudmund the Good
  15,662 words 34 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Guðmundar saga dýra The Saga of Gudmund the Worthy
  19,214 words 26 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hrafns saga Sveinbjarnarsonar The Saga of Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson
  14,569 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Íslendinga saga The Saga of the Icelanders
  189,083 words 332 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þórðar saga kakala The Saga of Thord Kakali
  Chapters 164–214 of Íslendinga saga Glossed Old Norse
• Svínfellinga saga The Saga of the People of Svinafell
  Chapters 215–220 of Íslendinga saga Glossed Old Norse
• Þorgils saga skarða The Saga of Thorgils Skardi
  Chapters 221–323 of Íslendinga saga Glossed Old Norse

Bishops and Church History

• Þorvalds þáttr víðförla The Tale of Thorvald the Far-Traveller
  5,028 words 10 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Kristni saga The Saga of the Conversion
  7,083 words 14 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Svaða þáttr ok Arnórs kerlingarnefs The Tale of Svadi and Arnor Hag's-Nose
  1,604 words 6 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hungrvaka The Hunger-Waker
  7,578 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Jóns saga helga The Saga of Saint Jon
  18,186 words 45 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þorláks saga biskups The Saga of Bishop Thorlak
  13,179 words 28 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Oddaverja þáttr The Tale of the People of Oddi
  4,602 words 7 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Páls saga biskups The Saga of Bishop Pall
  7,286 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Guðmundar saga Arasonar The Saga of Bishop Gudmund Arason
  68,079 words 90 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Árna saga biskups The Saga of Bishop Arni
  42,035 words 79 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Lárentíus saga biskups The Saga of Bishop Laurentius
  33,418 words 65 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ísleifs þáttr biskups The Tale of Bishop Isleif
  768 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse

Legends, Myths, & Romance

Folklore and the Supernatural

• Flóamanna saga The Saga of the People of Floi
  15,790 words 35 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Gull-Þóris saga The Saga of Gold-Thorir
  14,316 words 24 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss The Saga of Bard the Snaefell God
  13,332 words 22 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Kjalnesinga saga The Saga of the People of Kjalarnes
  11,007 words 18 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Mythology

• Snorra Edda The Prose Edda
  51,665 words 138 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Eddukvæði The Poetic Edda
  41,032 words 38 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Legendary Sagas

• Þiðreks saga af Bern The Saga of Thidrek of Bern
  141,106 words 432 chapters Gloss in progress Old Norse (Old Norwegian)
• Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar The Saga of King Hrolf Gautreksson
  31,632 words 37 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Göngu-Hrólfs saga The Saga of Hrolf Ganger
  29,432 words 38 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Völsunga saga The Saga of the Volsungs
  26,967 words 43 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hrólfs saga kraka The Saga of Hrolf Kraki
  24,939 words 52 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Örvar-Odds saga Arrow-Odd's Saga
  20,138 words 46 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks The Saga of Hervor and Heidrek
  15,496 words 20 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ragnars saga loðbrókar The Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok
  13,845 words 21 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana The Saga of Egil One-Hand and Asmund Berserk-Killer
  10,060 words 17 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Gautreks saga The Saga of King Gautrek
  9,909 words 11 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hálfdanar saga Eysteinssonar The Saga of Halfdan Eysteinsson
  9,484 words 27 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Bósa saga ok Herrauðs The Saga of Bosi and Herraud
  8,935 words 16 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Áns saga bogsveigis The Saga of An Bow-Bender
  8,801 words 7 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna The Saga of Frithiof the Bold
  7,307 words 15 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Þorsteins þáttr bæjarmagns The Tale of Thorstein Mansion-Might
  5,571 words 13 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka The Saga of Half and His Heroes
  4,785 words 17 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Helga þáttr Þórissonar The Tale of Helgi Thorisson
  1,561 words 1 chapter Glossed Old Norse

Romance

• Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar The Saga of Tristram and Isond – Old Norse Translation
  49,639 words 101 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Mírmanns saga The Saga of Mirmann
  19,054 words 26 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Víglundar saga The Saga of Viglund
  12,648 words 22 chapters Glossed Old Norse English
• Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd The Saga of Tristram and Isodd – Icelandic Reworking and Parody
  11,917 words 15 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Clári saga The Saga of Clarus
  11,905 words 19 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Möttuls saga The Saga of the Mantle
  6,151 words 11 chapters Glossed Old Norse

World History, Religion, and Education

Education

• Konungs skuggsjá The King's Mirror
  78,789 words 70 chapters Glossed Old Norse (Old Norwegian)

World History

• Alexanders saga The Saga of Alexander
  48,310 words 10 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Rómverja saga The Saga of the Romans
  43,550 words 95 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Trójumanna saga The Saga of the Trojans
  14,083 words 36 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Veraldar saga The Saga of the World
  11,696 words 16 chapters Glossed Old Norse

Religion

• Stjórn Stjórn: The Old Testament in Norse
  273,340 words 371 chapters Gloss in progress Old Norse (Old Norwegian)

Old English

Poetry

• Bēowulf Beowulf
  17,386 words 43 chapters Glossed Old English Audio
• The Battle of Maldon
  2,087 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English
• The Wanderer
  697 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English
• The Seafarer
  614 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English

Prose

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  66,181 words 511 chapters Glossed Old Norse
• Ælfric's Life of King Oswald
  2,254 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English
• Sermo Lupi ad Anglos Wulfstan's Address to the English
  2,148 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English
• Ōhthere and Wulfstan The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan
  1,717 words 2 chapters Glossed Old English Audio
• The Conversion of Edwin
  1,197 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English
• Alfred's Preface to the Pastoral Care
  876 words 1 chapter Glossed Old English

Middle English

• The Canterbury Tales
  182,212 words 48 chapters Middle English
• Troilus and Criseyde
  65,667 words 5 chapters Middle English

Old Saxon

• Heliand The Saviour
  46,062 words 71 chapters Old Saxon

Resources

Saga Resources

• Place names
  Farms, fjords and assembly sites, and what each name means
• The Families of the Eastfjords
  The characters of the Eastfjord sagas and how they are related
• The Families of the West
  The characters of the western sagas and how they are related
• Chronology
  The Sagas of Icelanders on one timeline, by region

Old Norse Resources

• Grammar Cheat Sheet
  Pronouns, demonstratives, nouns, adjectives and comparison
• Saga Vocabulary
  The most common nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs, by frequency
• 100 Old Norse Verbs
  The hundred most common, with paradigms, cognates and a sentence each
• Prepositions and Conjunctions
  What case each preposition governs, and the conjunctions, with examples
• Dictionary
  Cleasby-Vigfusson and Zoëga, side by side