Bókastaðir

An Old Norse Library

Gisli Sursson's Saga

Tensions overflow in a small valley in the Westfjords as family drama leads to murder, outlawry, and years on the run. One of the most dramatic and best-constructed of all sagas. A partial prequel to Eyrbyggja saga.

The full text of Gisli Sursson's Saga in Old Norse and English, with word-by-word glosses, sentence translations, and audio.

Gísla saga Súrssonar í heild sinni á fornnorrænu, með upplestri. Orðskýringar og þýðingar eru á ensku.

19,977 words · 38 chapters · Old Norse · 100% glossed · Audio available

Also in English, in G. W. DaSent’s 1866 translation. Read in English →

Chapters

• 1–5
• 6–10
• 11–15
• 16–20
• 21–25
• 26–30
• 31–35
• 36–38

Source

• Finnur Jónsson (ed.), Gísla saga Súrssonar, Halle a. S.: Max Niemeyer, 1903 (Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek 10) — Finnur Jónsson (ed.), Gísla saga Súrssonar, Halle a. S.: Max Niemeyer, 1903 (Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek 10). Scanned by the Internet Archive. Public domain.

Glosses are generated by AI and may contain errors.

The Old Norse * voice uses a neural voice from the Language and Voice Lab at Reykjavík University, trained on the Talrómur corpus (CC BY 4.0).