Strengleikar

Strengleikar is the scientific term for a group of 21 Old Norse prose pieces that were transferred from the Old French Lais to Nordic in the middle of the 13th century under King Håkon IV (Norway) . The pieces were not faithfully transcribed by different hands according to the French model, and in some cases even very severely shortened.

The content of the plays is based in the region of Brittany , southern England and Wales . In Januals Ljod after the submission Lanval and Geitarlauf from Cheèèvrefeuil (the honeysuckle ) contain substances of Arthurian legend .

See also

• Lais of Marie de France

literature

expenditure

• R. Keyser, CR Unger (red.): Strengleikar, eða Lioðabók. En Samling af romantiske Fortællinger efter bretoniske Folkesange (Lais), oversat fra fransk paa norsk ved Midten af ​​trettende Aarhundrede efter Foranstaltning af Kong Haakon Haakonssön. Feilberg og Landmark, Christiania 1850 ( heimskringla.no ).

Research literature

• Rudolf Simek , Hermann Pálsson : Lexicon of Old Norse Literature (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 490). Kröner, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-520-49001-3 .