Oddr Snorrason
{{Short description|12th-century Icelandic monk}}
{{Icelandic name|Oddr}}
Oddr Snorrason whose name is also sometimes Anglicized as Odd Snorrason was a 12th-century Icelandic Benedictine monk at the Þingeyraklaustur monastery (Þingeyrarklaustur). The monastery was founded in 1133 and was the first in Iceland.[http://www.northwest.is/1sogulegirstadir2.asp#hauganes Þingeyrarklaustur (Historical Places in Northwest Iceland)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012001621/http://www.northwest.is/1sogulegirstadir2.asp#hauganes |date=October 12, 2014 }}
Work
One Latin version of the Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar is attributed to Oddr – the original work has been almost completely lost but a translation into Old Norse is preserved in two nearly complete versions and a fragment of a third. Oddr made use of previous written works including those of Sæmundr fróði and Ari Þorgilsson as well as Acta sanctorum in Selio and possibly Historia de Antiquitate Regum Norwagiensium.{{sfn|Hoops|2003|p=66}} In turn Snorri Sturluson made use of Oddr's work when writing the Heimskringla, as did the author of Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta.
Yngvars saga víðförla also credits Oddr with its original authorship. Scholars have been skeptical towards this claim but in recent years it has gained more acceptance.{{sfn|Ross|2000|pp=306-8}}{{sfn|Snorrason|2003|p=3}}
References
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=Sources=
{{refbegin}}
- {{cite book
|last= Hoops |first= Johannes
|year= 2003
|title= Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde: Band 22
|lang= de
|publisher= Walter de Gruyter
|isbn= 3-11-017351-4
}}
- {{cite book
|first=Oddr |last= Snorrason
|translator-first= Theodore M. |translator-last= Andersson
|year= 2003
|title= The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
|publisher= Cornell University Press
|isbn= 0-8014-4149-8
}}
- {{cite book
|last= Ross |first= Margaret Clunies
|year= 2000
|title= Old Icelandic Literature and Society
|publisher= Cambridge University Press
|isbn= 0-521-63112-2
}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [https://archive.org/details/detarnamagnansk00kildgoog Det Arnamagnæanske Haandskrift 310 qvarto.] An 1895 edition of one of the Old Norse versions
- {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121209032322/http://sagnanet.is/saganet/?MIval=/SinglePage&Manuscript=100231&Page=14&language=english Saga Olafs konungs Tryggvasonar]}} An 1853 edition of the other two Old Norse versions
= ''Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar'' =
;Manuscripts
- AM 310 4to
- Stock. Perg. 4to no. 18
- Uppsala University Library, DG 4-7
;Editions
- {{Cite book|title = Saga Ólafs Tryggvasonar af Oddr Snorrason munk|year = 1932|location = Copenhagen|editor-last = Finnur Jónsson|editor-link = Finnur Jónsson}}
- {{Cite book|title = Saga Olafs konungs Tryggvasonar er ritaði Oddr muncer|publisher = Grøndahl &Søn|year = 1985|location = Christiania|pages = 49–50|editor-last = Groth|editor-first = P.}}
- {{Cite book|title = Konunga sögur|publisher = Íslendingasaganaútgáfan|year = 1957|pages = 80–85|editor-last = Guðni Jónsson|editor-link = Guðni Jónsson|volume = 1/3}}
- {{Cite book|title = Olav Tryggvasons saga etter AM 310 qv.|publisher = Selskapet til utgivelse av gamle norske håndskrifter|year = 1974|location = Oslo|editor-last = Holtsmark|editor-first = Anne|editor-link = Anne Holtsmark}}
- {{Cite book|title = Saga Olafs konungs Tryggvasunar: Kong Olaf Tryggvesöns saga forfattet paa latin henimod slutningen af det tolfte arrhundrede af Odd Snorreson|publisher = Brøgger & Christie|year = 1853|location = Christiania|pages = 25–26|url = https://archive.org/details/sagaolafskonung00snorgoog|editor-last = Munch|editor-first = P. A.|editor-link = Peter Andreas Munch}}
;Translation
- {{Cite book|title = The saga of Olaf Tryggvason by Oddr Snorrason|last = Andersson|first = Theodore M.|publisher = Cornell University Press|year = 2003|isbn = 0801441498|location = Ithaca|pages = 77–79 |series = Islandica|volume = 52|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4oEKvSLTZx4C&dq=albanus%20sunniva&pg=PA77}}
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