Hringadróttinssaga
(Icelandic)
Icelandic is often equated with Old Norse since many of the Old Norse sagas were preserved in Iceland. The following video was made by one of the leading scholars of Old Norse, Dr. Jackson Crawford, and is a translation of the Ring Poem into Old Norse with good Old Germanic alliterative patterns. (Whenever you visit a YouTube video, please click the Like button to thank the content creator for their work.)
Icelandic is often equated with Old Norse since many of the Old Norse sagas were preserved in Iceland. The following video was made by one of the leading scholars of Old Norse, Dr. Jackson Crawford, and is a translation of the Ring Poem into Old Norse with good Old Germanic alliterative patterns. (Whenever you visit a YouTube video, please click the Like button to thank the content creator for their work.)
I looked for the Icelandic translation for several years without success. One day I happened upon the ebay-like site bland.is and found that there were about a dozen sets for sale there. One of them became mine very quickly. I have occasionally looked back there, but not found them again in such quantity (all from one seller). Most of the time I have not found them at all. In terms of the number of clicks on my site based on internet searches, this page is always number one or number two.
I looked for the Icelandic translation for several years without success. One day I happened upon the ebay-like site bland.is and found that there were about a dozen sets for sale there. One of them became mine very quickly. I have occasionally looked back there, but not found them again in such quantity (all from one seller). Most of the time I have not found them at all. In terms of the number of clicks on my site based on internet searches, this page is always number one or number two.
This set was printed twice--the first time with dust jackets and plain boards, the second time with the dust jackets replaced by boards that contained the same art. In my set FR and TT are from the second printing with printed board covers and RK is from the first printing with a dust jacket. I didn't actually notice the difference until November 2022 when another collector pointed it out. The printed boards mimicked the tight-fitting dust jacket so exactly that I had never noticed the difference. Coincidentally, the other collector happens to have FR and TT from the first printing and RK from the second printing (which was produced with a matching box). Between the two of us we have two perfect sets--one from the first printing with dust jackets and one from the second printing without dust jackets, but with a box. One wonders if perhaps these two sets were in the same place at the same time in the past and got mixed up.
This set was printed twice--the first time with dust jackets and plain boards, the second time with the dust jackets replaced by boards that contained the same art. In my set FR and TT are from the second printing with printed board covers and RK is from the first printing with a dust jacket. I didn't actually notice the difference until November 2022 when another collector pointed it out. The printed boards mimicked the tight-fitting dust jacket so exactly that I had never noticed the difference. Coincidentally, the other collector happens to have FR and TT from the first printing and RK from the second printing (which was produced with a matching box). Between the two of us we have two perfect sets--one from the first printing with dust jackets and one from the second printing without dust jackets, but with a box. One wonders if perhaps these two sets were in the same place at the same time in the past and got mixed up.
6 July 2024 Update: The owner of the other set of Hringadróttinssaga with an "odd" RK, Frode Vinje, and I exchanged our copies so that both of our sets have now been "healed".
6 July 2024 Update: The owner of the other set of Hringadróttinssaga with an "odd" RK, Frode Vinje, and I exchanged our copies so that both of our sets have now been "healed".
Hringadróttinssaga (Icelandic A), purchased on-line from Ríkharður Sveinsson, Reykjavik, Iceland on bland.is in 2019 (hardback)
Hringadróttinssaga (Icelandic A), purchased on-line from Ríkharður Sveinsson, Reykjavik, Iceland on bland.is in 2019 (hardback)
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 1, Föruneyti Hringsins. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1993. ISBN: 9979-58-228-6
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 1, Föruneyti Hringsins. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1993. ISBN: 9979-58-228-6
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 2, Tveggjaturna-tal. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1994. ISBN: 9979-58-258-8
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 2, Tveggjaturna-tal. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1994. ISBN: 9979-58-258-8
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 3, Hilmir Snýr Heim. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1995. ISBN: 9979-58-277-4
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 3, Hilmir Snýr Heim. Fjölvaútgáfan, 1995. ISBN: 9979-58-277-4
Hringadróttinssaga (Icelandic), purchased on-line from Tonaval1953 on ebay in 2023 (paperback in box [box design below])
Hringadróttinssaga (Icelandic), purchased on-line from Tonaval1953 on ebay in 2023 (paperback in box [box design below])
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 1, Föruneyti Hringsins. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-364-9
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 1, Föruneyti Hringsins. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-364-9
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 2, Tveggja Turna Tal. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-365-7
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 2, Tveggja Turna Tal. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-365-7
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 3, Hilmir Snýr Heim. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-366-5
———. Hringadróttinssaga. Translated by Þorsteinn Thorarensen and Geir Kristjánsson. Vol. 3, Hilmir Snýr Heim. Fjölvaútgáfan, 2003. ISBN: 9979-58-366-5
Like some other Germanic languages, Icelandic makes wide use of compound words. However, when the need arises, the compounds can be broken down into their constituent parts. Thus on the covers of Icelandic A, there is room for the full compound, Hringadrótinssaga 'Ring Lord's Saga'. But on the box of Icelandic B, the long compound is broken into its constituent parts, Hringa Dróttins Saga. On the covers of the individual volumes of Icelandic B, however, the compound is printed as a unit in the phrase ... bindi Hringadróttinssögu 'X volume of Hringadróttinssaga'. The full compound also appears on the copyright page and elsewhere in each of the volumes. On the title pages of Icelandic A, the compound is broken into its constituent elements, but with hyphens to indicate the longer full compound.
Like some other Germanic languages, Icelandic makes wide use of compound words. However, when the need arises, the compounds can be broken down into their constituent parts. Thus on the covers of Icelandic A, there is room for the full compound, Hringadrótinssaga 'Ring Lord's Saga'. But on the box of Icelandic B, the long compound is broken into its constituent parts, Hringa Dróttins Saga. On the covers of the individual volumes of Icelandic B, however, the compound is printed as a unit in the phrase ... bindi Hringadróttinssögu 'X volume of Hringadróttinssaga'. The full compound also appears on the copyright page and elsewhere in each of the volumes. On the title pages of Icelandic A, the compound is broken into its constituent elements, but with hyphens to indicate the longer full compound.
The title of TT, however, is not used in its full compound form in Icelandic B, but is written as three words, Tveggja Turna Tal, 'Two Towers Tale'. The title on the cover of TT in Icelandic A is the compound Tveggjaturna-tal, but is written as three words on the copyright and title pages as in Icelandic B.
The title of TT, however, is not used in its full compound form in Icelandic B, but is written as three words, Tveggja Turna Tal, 'Two Towers Tale'. The title on the cover of TT in Icelandic A is the compound Tveggjaturna-tal, but is written as three words on the copyright and title pages as in Icelandic B.