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Codex Regius, also called Konungsbók, is an Icelandic vellum manuscript written in the 13th century and preserved at the Árni Magnússon Institute in Reykjavík. It is the principal manuscript source for the collection conventionally known as the Poetic Edda, containing mythological and heroic poems i...
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Primary Poetic Edda source and central Norse mythological manuscript; duplicate of top-tier Codex Regius listing.
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The Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript containing a major collection of Old Norse mythological and heroic poems. Written around the latter part of that century, it preserves works about gods such as Odin and Thor alongside poems drawn from Germanic heroic traditio...
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Primary Poetic Edda source, foundational for Norse mythology and heroic poetry; exceptional literary and cultural importance.
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Flateyjarbók, catalogued as GKS 1005 fol., is a large Icelandic vellum manuscript compiled between 1387 and 1394. Its Old Norse texts include sagas of Norwegian kings, shorter narratives, poetry, genealogical material, and accounts connected with voyages to Vinland. Preserved in Reykjavik by the Árn...
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Largest medieval Icelandic codex, major saga source and national treasure; duplicate listing of Flateyjarbok.
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Flateyjarbók is a large Icelandic vellum codex compiled between 1387 and 1394 and catalogued as GKS 1005 fol. It preserves Old Norse kings' sagas, shorter tales, poems, genealogies, and narratives concerning Norse voyages to Vinland. The manuscript is held in Reykjavik by the Árni Magnússon Institut...
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Largest Icelandic medieval codex, rich saga preservation; major national and scholarly prestige, though later compilation limits textual primacy.
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Gudbrand Vigfusson was a 19th-century Icelandic scholar based at Oxford University. He is primarily known for his extensive work on the Old Norse language. His most significant contribution was co-editing the Cleasby-Vigfusson Icelandic-English Dictionary, a foundational resource for understanding a...
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Vigfusson's Old Norse dictionary and editions are highly regarded; broad philological authority.
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Richard Cleasby was a 19th-century British lexicographer renowned for his pioneering work on Old Norse and Icelandic languages. His initial efforts to create an Icelandic-English dictionary laid the foundation for a comprehensive resource. This project, notably finished with Gudbrand Vigfusson, rema...
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Cleasby-Vigfusson dictionary is a standard Old Norse reference; enduring authority despite nineteenth-century constraints.
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AM 468 4to is a 14th-century Icelandic vellum manuscript preserving Njáls saga, one of the major medieval Icelandic family sagas. The narrative concerns interlocking feuds, legal disputes, marriages, killings, and reconciliations centered on Njáll Þorgeirsson and Gunnar Hámundarson. The manuscript b...
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Important witness to the most celebrated Icelandic saga; high literary reputation, though manuscript itself is one among several.
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Codex Upsaliensis, catalogued as DG 11 at Uppsala University Library, is a 14th-century Icelandic manuscript containing a version of Snorri Sturluson's Edda. It is one of the principal medieval witnesses to the work, alongside the Codex Regius, Codex Wormianus, and Codex Trajectinus. Its arrangement...
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Major Snorra Edda manuscript with distinctive textual features; important but narrower reputation than Poetic Edda codex.
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Johan Fritzner was a 19th-century Norwegian lexicographer whose extensive work focused on Old Norse language. He created Ordbog over det gamle norske Sprog, a comprehensive dictionary representing a significant contribution to historical linguistics and the study of early Scandinavian languages. The...
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Old Norse dictionary work remains important; respected specialist, though less famous than Cleasby-Vigfusson.
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Codex Wormianus, commonly identified by the shelf mark AM 242 fol., is a fourteenth-century Icelandic vellum manuscript preserved in the Arnamagnæan Collection in Copenhagen. It is one of the principal medieval witnesses to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda. The codex is especially important because it...
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Primary Snorra Edda witness and important Icelandic manuscript; high textual value, less iconic than Codex Regius.
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