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SUMMARY
‘Antiquarianism, poetry, and word-of-mouth fame in the Icelandic family sagas.’
Keywords: Words-of-mouth fame, antiquiarianism in the Icelandic sagas.
The authour discusses in detail the function word-of-mouth praise, the ability of char-
acters to compose verses, and the use of antiquarianism in the Icelandic sagas and their
relationship with oral tradition.
EFNISÁGRIP
Í grein þessari ræðir höfundurinn rækilega sagnaklif í Íslendinga sögum sem vísa annað-
hvort til frægðar söguhetjunnar eða afreka hans eða til þeirrar venju að skýra frá
einstökum atburðum eða fornminjum sem sagt er að sjáist enn leifar af á dögum sagna-
smiðs. Að lokum ber hann þessa frásagnartækni svo saman við þær venjur sem tíðkast
í munnlegum sagnaflutningi.
Robin Waugh
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, Canada
rwaugh@wlu.ca