The Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance on Fridthjof's Saga

General

• attribution: Fridthjof's Saga was composed by Swedish poet Esaias Tegnér and translated into English by Thomas A. E. and Martha A. Lyon Holcomb.

  "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Fridthjof's Saga, by Esaias Tegne'r Translated by Thomas A E and Martha A Lyon Holcomb."

• attestation: The Project Gutenberg release of Fridthjof's Saga was assigned Etext number 3759 and first posted in August 2001.

  "Release Date: February, 2003 [Etext #3759] [Yes, we are about one year ahead of schedule] [The actual date this file first posted = 08/23/01]"

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• attribution: Fridthjof's Saga was authored by Esaias Tegnér.

  "By Esaias Tegne'r"

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• attestation: Tegnér's Fridthjof's Saga has been translated into English by eighteen different translators and reprinted twice in America before the Holcomb translation.

  "it has been rendered into English by eighteen different translators, and has been twice reprinted in America."

• attestation: Bayard Taylor edited an American edition of a translation of Fridthjof's Saga by Rev. William L. Blackley of Dublin.

  "Bayard Taylor edited an American edition of a translation by Rev. William L. Blackley of Dublin, and published it about ten years ago."

• attestation: Professor R. B. Anderson published a translation of Fridthjof's Saga by Professor George Stephens of Copenhagen in his 'Viking Tales', which received Tegnér's own sanction.

  "Professor R. B. Anderson has just published in his "Viking Tales," a translation made by Professor George Stephens of Copenhagen, and which received the sanction of Bishop Tegne'r himself."

• attestation: The Holcomb translation is the first complete American translation of Fridthjof's Saga, rendered in the original metres including feminine rhymes and alliteration.

  "we venture to add another, and present here the first_complete American translation."

Pmb 113 > StartThe Small Print!For Public Domain EtextsStart** > Glossary.

• attribution: The translators acknowledge primary debt to Professor R. B. Anderson of the University of Wisconsin and his work Norse Mythology for glossary explanations.

  "For such explanations as are not found in the original notes we are chiefly indebted to Prof. R. B. Anderson, of the University of Wisconsin, and to his valuable work, NORSE MYTHOLOGY."