The Story of Grettir the Strong
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“Grettir the Strong, Grettir the Outlaw, one of the heroes of his race, was born, men say, in the year 997, at Biarg in Iceland. A man of great heart and high spirit was he, yet unlucky, doomed to a sad end. His foes were many and his misfortunes great, but he lived like a man, and like a man he died.” Thus begins this acclaimed version for young people of a great Icelandic saga. Grettir, living at the dawn of Christianity’s coming to Iceland, had a gift of “ridding lands of their pests.” Heathen pests: trolls, ghosts, sorcerers, to be sure; and worse were the self-serving men who found strong...
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- THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG
- TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC
- EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON
- AND
- WILLIAM MORRIS 1900
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- CHRONOLOGY OF THE STORY.
- THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG.
- CHAP. I.
- CHAP. II.
- CHAP. III.
- CHAP. IV.
- CHAP. V.
- CHAP. VI.
- CHAP. VII.
- CHAP. VIII.
- CHAP. IX.
- CHAP. X.
- CHAP. XI.
- CHAP. XII.
- CHAP. XIII.
- HERE BEGINS THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF GRETTIR THE STRONG
- CHAP. XIV.
- CHAP. XV.
- CHAP. XVI.
- CHAP. XVII.
- CHAP. XVIII.
- CHAP. XIX.
- CHAP. XX.
- CHAP. XXI.
- CHAP. XXII.
- CHAP. XXIII.
- CHAP. XXIV.
- CHAP. XXV.
- CHAP. XXVI.
- CHAP. XXVII.
- CHAP. XXVIII.
- CHAP. XXIX.
- CHAP. XXX.
- CHAP. XXXI.
- CHAP. XXXII.
- CHAP. XXXIII.
- CHAP. XXXIV.
- CHAP. XXXV.
- CHAP. XXXVI.
- CHAP. XXXVII.
- CHAP. XXXVIII.
- CHAP. XXXIX.
- CHAP. XL.
- CHAP. XLI.
- CHAP. XLII.
- CHAP. XLIII.
- CHAP. XLIV.
- CHAP. XLV.
- CHAP. XLVI.
- CHAP. XLVII.
- CHAP. XLVIII.
- CHAP. XLIX.
- CHAP. L.
- CHAP. LI.
- CHAP. LII.
- CHAP. LIII.
- CHAP. LIV.
- CHAP. LV.
- CHAP. LVI.
- CHAP. LVII.
- CHAP. LVIII.
- CHAP. LIX.
- CHAP. LX.
- CHAP. LXI.
- CHAP. LXII.
- CHAP. LXIII.
- CHAP. LXIV.
- CHAP. LXV.
- CHAP. LXVI.
- CHAP. LXVII.
- CHAP. LXVIII.
- CHAP. LXIX.
- CHAP. LXX.
- CHAP. LXXI.
- CHAP. LXXII.
- CHAP. LXXIII.
- CHAP. LXXIV.
- CHAP. LXXV.
- CHAP. LXXVI.
- CHAP. LXXVII.
- CHAP. LXXVIII.
- CHAP. LXXIX.
- CHAP. LXXX.
- CHAP. LXXXI.
- CHAP. LXXXII.
- CHAP. LXXXIII.
- CHAP. LXXXIV.
- CHAP. LXXXV.
- CHAP. LXXXVI.
- CHAP. LXXXVII.
- CHAP. LXXXVIII.
- CHAP. LXXXIX.
- CHAP. XC.
- CHAP. XCI.
- CHAP. XCII.
- CHAP. XCIII.
- CHAP. XCIV.
- CHAP. XCV.
- NOTES AND CORRECTIONS.
- INDICES.
- INDEX I.
- INDEX II.
- INDEX III.
- PERIPHRASTIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE SONGS.
- PROVERBS AND PROVERBIAL SAYINGS THAT OCCUR IN THE STORY.
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