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the Rímur of Hrólfr Gautreksson.
Keywords: Hrólfs rímur Gautrekssonar, Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar, ballads, late
medieval literature, legendary sagas, bridal quests.
Hrólfs rímur Gautrekssonar are rímur (a metrical romance) in five fits, 263 stanzas
in total, based on the second half of the legendary saga Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar.
these late medieval rímur are set in england and Ireland and relate the adven-
tures of Hrólfur gautreksson, king of Sweden, and his companions, especially
Þórir ‘Iron-shield’. the rímur, a versification of the saga, are only preserved in
one manuscript, AM 146 a 8vo, a slightly defective paper codex written in flatey
in Breiðafjörður in the first half of the seventeenth century. Five post-medieval
ballads of the same story are extant, which suggests that the story of Hrólfr and
his friends and foes was extremely popular in Iceland both in verse and prose form
throughout the ages.
this anonymous metrical romance, which probably follows Hrólfs saga’s short-
er redaction, is here dated to ca. 1500 on linguistic grounds. this article discusses
its manuscript preservation, metre, style, language, and content, and situates it
within the wider literary and socio-historical context in northwest Iceland in
the late medieval period. Finally, the article presents a diplomatic edition of the
rímur.
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