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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 w