Illustrations of northern antiquities, from the earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian romances; being an abstract of the Book of heroes, and Nibelungen lay;

Abstract of the Eyrbiggiasaga; being the early annals of that district of Iceland lying around the promontory called Snaefells, by W. S. [i.e. Sir Walter Scott] Glossary, by R. Jamieson. Popular heroic and romantic ballads, tr. from the Northern languages, with notes and illustrations, by R. Jamieso...

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Main Authors: Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832., Jamieson, Robert, 1780?-1844., Weber, Henry, 1783-1816.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Printed by J. Ballantyne and co., for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London [etc.] 1814
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Summary:Abstract of the Eyrbiggiasaga; being the early annals of that district of Iceland lying around the promontory called Snaefells, by W. S. [i.e. Sir Walter Scott] Glossary, by R. Jamieson. Popular heroic and romantic ballads, tr. from the Northern languages, with notes and illustrations, by R. Jamieson. Edited by H. W. Weber, R. Jamieson and Sir Walter Scott. On the antient Teutonic poetry and romance. Das Heldenbuch--the Book of heroes. Der Nibelungenlied.--The Song of the Nibelungen. Die klage--the lament. Fragment of a prose romance (Hildebrandslied) in the Saxon dialect of the Teutonic, written about the eighth century, and printed from a manuscript preserved in Cassel, in Eccardi Comment. de rebus Franciae orientalis. The song of Old Hildebrand. The battle of King Tidrich and the lion with the linden-worm. Edited by H. W. Weber. Mode of access: Internet.