Illustrations of northern antiquities, from the earlier Tentonie and Scandinavian romances;
being an abstract of the Book of heroes, and Nibelungen lay; with translation of metrical tales, from the Old German, Danish, Swedish, and Icelandie languages; with notes and dissertations.

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Related Names

Weber, Henry William, 1783-1818, editor.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832, editor.
Jamieson, Robert, 1780?-1844, editor.

Language(s)

English

Published

Edinburgh : Printed by J. Ballantyne and co., for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London [etc.], 1814.

Subjects

German literature > German literature / Middle High German > German literature / Middle High German / Translations into English.
Scandinavian literature > Scandinavian literature / Translations into English.
English literature > English literature / Tranlations from foreign literature.

Note

Abstract of the Eyrbiggiasaga; being the early annals of that district of Iecland lying around the promontory called Snæfells, by W. S. [i.e. Sir Walter Scott] Glossary, by R. Jamieson.
Popular heroic and romantic ballads, tr. from the Northern languages, with notes and illustrations, by R. Jamieson.
Edited by H. W. Weber, R. Jamieson and Sir Walter Scott.

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ix, 522 p. ; 32cm.

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