Viking

19. A Reading List

GEOGRAPHY

NORWAY: "The Earth and Its Inhabitants," Reclus. D. Appleton & Co., New York.

ICELAND: "The Earth and Its Inhabitants," "Iceland," Baring-Gould. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1863.

"Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroes." Harper Bros., New York.

"An American in Iceland," Kneeland. Lockwood, Brooke & Co., Boston, 1876.

GREENLAND: "The Earth and Its Inhabitants," Reclus. D. Appleton & Co., New York.

"Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroes." Harper Bros., New York.

CUSTOMS

"Viking Age," Du Chaillu. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889.

"Private Life of the Old Northmen," Keyser; translated by Barnard. Chapman & Hall, London, 1868.

"Saga Time," Vicary. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., London.

"Story of Burnt Njal" (Introduction), Dasent. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh, 1861.

"Vikings of the Baltic, a romance;" Dasent. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh.

"Ivar the Viking, a romance;" Du Chaillu. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.

"Viking Path, a romance;" Haldane Burgess. Wm. Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1894.

"Northern Antiquities," Percy, edited by Blackwell. Bohn, London, 1859.

Also the Sagas named on page 206.

MYTHOLOGY

The Prose Edda, "Northern Antiquities," Percy, edited by Blackwell. Bohn, London, 1859.

"Norse Mythology," Anderson. Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago, 1876.

"Norse Stories," Mabie. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1902.

"Northern Mythology," Thorpe. Lumley, London, 1851.

"Classic Myths," Judd. Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1902.

INCIDENTS

HARALD: Saga of Harald Hairfair, in "Saga Library," Magnusson and Morris, Vol. I. Bernard Quaritch, London; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1892.

INGOLF: "Norsemen in Iceland," Dasent in Oxford Essays, Vol. IV. Parker & Son, London, 1858.

"Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroes." Harper Bros., New York.

"A Winter in Iceland and Lapland," Dillon. Henry Colburn, London, 1840.

ERIC, LEIF, AND THORFINN: "The Finding of Wineland the Good," Reeves. Henry Froude, 1890.

"America Not Discovered by Columbus." Anderson. Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago, 1891.

CREDIBILITY OF STORY

Winsor's "Narrative and Critical History of America," Vol. I. C. A. Nichols Co., Springfield, Mass., 1895.

"Discovery of America," Fiske, Vol. I. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1892.

OTHER SAGAS EASILY ACCESSIBLE

"Saga Library," 5 vols.; Morris and Magnusson. Bernard Quaritch, London; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1892. As follows:

"The Story of Howard the Halt," "The Story of the Banded Men," "The Story of Hen Thorir." Done into English out of Icelandic by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson.

"The Story of the Ere-dwellers," with "The Story of the Heath-slayings" as Appendix. Done into English out of the Icelandic by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson.

"The Stories of the Kings of Norway, called the Round World" (Heimskringla). By Snorri Sturluson. Done into English by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson. With a large map of Norway. In three volumes.

"Gisli the Outlaw," Dasent. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh.

"Orkneyinga Saga," Anderson. Edmonston & Douglas, Edinburgh.

"Volsunga Saga," Morris and Magnusson. Walter Scott, London.

"The Younger Edda," Anderson. Scott, Foresman & Co., Chicago, 1880.

(A full bibliography of the Sagas may be found in "Volsunga Saga.")

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A Pronouncing Index

(This index and guide to pronunciation which are given to indicate the pronunciation of the more difficult words, are based upon the 1918 edition of Webster's New International Dictionary.)

Aegir (ē´ jĭr)
Ȧrā´ bĭ ȧ
Ärn´ vĭd
Ăs´ gärd
A̤ud´ bĭ ôrn
A̤u´ dŭn

Bĭ är´ nĭ

Eric (ē´ rĭk)
Ericsson (ĕr´ ĭk sŭn)
Eyjolf (ī´ y[+o]lf)

Faroes (fā´ rōz)
fiord (fyôrd)
Flō´ kĭ

Grĭm
Gŭd´ bränd
Gŭd´ rĭd
Gŭd´ rōd
Gŭnn´ bĭ ôrn
Gṳ´ thôrm
Gyda (gē´ d[+a])

Hä´ kĭ
Hä´ k[+o]n
Hälf´ dăn
Hăr´ ăld
Hä´ värd
Hĕl´ ä
Hĕl´ g[+a]
Hẽr´ steīn
Holmstein (hōlm´ stīn)

Ĭn´ gôlf
Ī´ vär

Leif (l[+i]f)

Niflheim (n[+e]v´ 'l hām)

Ō´ dĭn
Ō´ läf
Orkneys (ôrk´ nĭz)

Rän
Reykjavik (rā´ kyȧ vēk´)
Rôlf

Shĕt´ lănds
Sif (sēf)
Sighvat (sĭg´ văt)
Snorri (snŏr´ r[+e])
Sôl´ fĭ

Thor (thôr)
Thôr´ bĭ ôrn
Thôr´ fĭnn
Thôr´ gĕst
Thôr´ hĭld
Thôr´ kĕl
Thôr´ leīf
Thôr´ ôlf
Thôr´ steīn
Tyrker (tẽr´ kẽr)

Văl hăl´ lȧ
Valkyria (văl kĭr´ yȧ)
Vī´ kĭng

A Guide To Pronunciation

ā as in āle
ă as in ădd
ă as in finăl
ȧ as in ȧsk
ȧ as in sofȧ
ä as in ärm
a̤ as in a̤ll

ē as in ēve
[+e] as in [+e]vent´
ĕ as in ĕnd
ẽ as in hẽr

ī as in īce
ĭ as in ĭt

ō as in ōld
[+o] as in [+o]bey´
ŏ as in ŏdd
ô as in lôrd

ŭ as in ŭp
ŭ as in circŭs
ṳ as in rṳde

ȳ as in flȳ

Silent letters are italicized. (End)