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Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar is the name of several kings' sagas on the life of Óláfr Tryggvason, a 10th-century Norwegian king.. Latin lives of Óláfr Tryggvason were written by Oddr Snorrason and by Gunnlaugr Leifsson; both are now lost, but are thought to have formed the basis of Old Norse sagas on his life including in the collection of texts referred to as Heimskringla by scholars.
The Saga of King Olaf Tryggwason An 1895 English translation (also at the Internet Archive) Hèr hefr upp Sögu Ólafs konúngs Tryggvasonar Text based primarily on AM 61 fol. (Also here, in modern Icelandic spelling
In the 1190s, two Latin versions of "Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar" were written in Iceland, by Oddr Snorrason and Gunnlaugr Leifsson – these are now lost, but are thought to form the basis of later Norse versions. Snorri Sturluson gives an extensive account of Olaf in the Heimskringla saga of circa 1230, using Oddr Snorrason's saga as his ...
Saga Olafs konungs Tryggvasunar: Kong Olaf Tryggvesöns saga forfattet paa latin henimod slutningen af det tolfte arrhundrede af Odd Snorreson. Christiania: Brøgger & Christie. pp. 25–26. Translation. Andersson, Theodore M. (2003). The saga of Olaf Tryggvason by Oddr Snorrason. Islandica. Vol. 52. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. pp. 77–79.
Flateyjarbók is the largest medieval Icelandic manuscript, comprising 225 written and illustrated vellum leaves. It contains mostly sagas of the Norse kings as found in the Heimskringla, specifically the sagas about Olaf Tryggvason, St. Olaf, Sverre, Hákon the Old, Magnus the Good, and Harald Hardrada.
The tale is recorded in Oddr Snorrason’s Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar and the later Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta. Oddr’s work was originally composed in Latin and only survives in Old Norse-Icelandic translation. Oddr’s work in turn derives from an earlier Latin account, Acta sanctorum in Selio. [3]
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar is the name of several closely related works on the life of the king Olaf Tryggvason - these include : A lost version in latin by Oddr Snorrason; A lost version in latin by Gunnlaugr Leifsson; Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar in Heimskringla; A version in the Fagrskinna
Óláfsdrápa Tryggvasonar (The drápa of Óláfr Tryggvason) is an Icelandic skaldic poem from ca. 1200. It relates the life story of the 10th century King Óláfr Tryggvason from his upbringing in Russia to his death at Svöldr .