Title:  The story of Burnt Njal From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga

Author:  Anonymous

Translator:  George Webbe Dasent

Release Date:  March 4, 2006 [EBook #17919]

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

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[Illustration:  The Story of Burnt Njal From
the Icelandic of Njal Saga]
THE STORY OF BURNT NJAL
[Illustration:  Gunnar refuses to
leave home]
“Fair is Lithe:  so fair that it has
never seemed to me so fair; the corn fields are white
to harvest, and the home mead is mown:  and now
I will ride back home, and not fare abroad at all.”
The Story of Burnt Njal
From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga
By the late Sir George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L.
With a Prefatory Note, and the Introduction, Abridged,
from the Original Edition of 1861
New York E. P. Dutton & Co. 

London Grant Richards

1900
THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS LIMITED
The design of the cover made by the late James
Drummond, R.S.A., combines the chief weapons mentioned
in The Story of Burnt Njal:  Gunnar’s
bill, Skarphedinn’s axe, and Kari’s sword,
bound together by one of the great silver rings found
in a Viking’s hoard in Orkney.
PREFATORY NOTE TO THE ONE-VOLUME EDITION.
SIR GEORGE DASENT’S translation of the Njals
Saga, under the title The Story of Burnt Njal, which
is reprinted in this volume, was published by Messrs.
Edmonston & Douglas in 1861.  That edition was
in two volumes, and was furnished by the author with
maps and plans; with a lengthy introduction dealing
with Iceland’s history, religion and social
life; with an appendix and an exhaustive index. 
Copies of this edition can still be obtained from
Mr. David Douglas of Edinburgh.