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The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor

by George Webbe Sir Dasent

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The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to George Webbe Sir Dasent. Catalog subjects include Njáll Þorgursson, approximately 930-1011. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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158 chapters

  1. 011. OF FIDDLE MORD2 min
  2. 02ENDNOTES:2 min
  3. 032. HRUT WOOS UNNA5 min
  4. 043. HRUT AND GUNNHILLDA, KING'S MOTHER5 min
  5. 054. OF HRUT'S CRUISE2 min
  6. 065. ATLI ARNVID SON'S SLAYING4 min
  7. 076. HRUT SAILS OUT TO ICELAND6 min
  8. 087. UNNA SEPARATES FROM HRUT4 min
  9. 098. MORD CLAIMS HIS GOODS FROM HRUT3 min
  10. 109. THORWALD GETS HALLGERDA TO WIFE2 min
  11. 1110. HALLGERDA'S WEDDING2 min
  12. 1211. THORWALD'S SLAYING3 min
  13. 1312. THIOSTOLF'S FLIGHT6 min
  14. 1413. GLUM'S WOOING6 min
  15. 1514. GLUM'S WEDDING2 min
  16. 1615. THIOSTOLF GOES TO GLUM'S HOUSE2 min
  17. 1716. GLUM'S SHEEP HUNT2 min
  18. 1817. GLUM'S SLAYING4 min
  19. 1918. FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH2 min
  20. 2019. GUNNAR COMES INTO THE STORY2 min
  21. 2120. OF NJAL AND HIS CHILDREN2 min
  22. 2221. UNNA GOES TO SEE GUNNAR2 min
  23. 2322. NJAL'S ADVICE5 min
  24. 2423. HUCKSTER HEDINN.4 min
  25. 2524. GUNNAR AND HRUT STRIVE AT THE THING.4 min
  26. 2625. UNNA'S SECOND WEDDING2 min
  27. 2726. OF ASGRIM AND HIS CHILDREN2 min
  28. 2827. HELGI NJAL'S SON'S WOOING2 min
  29. 2928. HALLVARD COMES OUT TO ICELAND2 min
  30. 3029. GUNNAR GOES ABROAD2 min
  31. 3130. GUNNAR GOES A-SEA-ROVING7 min
  32. 3231. GUNNAR GOES TO KING HAROLD GORM'S SON AND EARL HACON2 min
  33. 3332. GUNNAR COMES OUT TO ICELAND2 min
  34. 3433. GUNNAR'S WOOING4 min
  35. 3534. OF THRAIN SIGFUS' SON4 min
  36. 3635. THE VISIT TO BERGTHORSKNOLL2 min
  37. 3736. KOL SLEW SWART6 min
  38. 3837. THE SLAYING OF KOL, WHOM ATLI SLEW4 min
  39. 3938. THE KILLING OF ATLI THE THRALL5 min
  40. 4039. THE SLAYING OF BRYNJOLF THE UNRULY2 min
  41. 4140. GUNNAR AND NJAL MAKE PEACE ABOUT BRYNJOLF'S SLAYING2 min
  42. 4241. SIGMUND COMES OUT TO ICELAND4 min
  43. 4342. THE SLAYING OF THORD FREEDMANSON2 min
  44. 4443. NJAL AND GUNNAR MAKE PEACE FOR THE SLAYING OF THORD2 min
  45. 4544. SIGMUND MOCKS NJAL AND HIS SONS6 min
  46. 4645. THE SLAYING OF SIGMUND AND SKIOLLD5 min
  47. 4746. OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND GEIR THE PRIEST2 min
  48. 4847. OF OTKELL IN KIRKBY3 min
  49. 4948. HOW HALLGERDA MAKES MALCOLM STEAL FROM KIRKBY3 min
  50. 5049. OF SKAMKELL'S EVIL COUNSEL4 min
  51. 5150. OF SKAMKELL'S LYING3 min
  52. 5251. OF GUNNAR4 min
  53. 5352. OF RUNOLF, THE SON OF WOLF AURPRIEST2 min
  54. 5453. HOW OTKELL RODE OVER GUNNAR3 min
  55. 5554. THE FIGHT AT RANGRIVER5 min
  56. 5655. NJAL'S ADVICE TO GUNNAR2 min
  57. 5756. GUNNAR AND GEIR THE PRIEST STRIVE AT THE THING5 min
  58. 5857. OF STARKAD AND HIS SONS4 min
  59. 5958. HOW GUNNAR'S HORSE FOUGHT3 min
  60. 6059. OF ASGRIM AND WOLF UGGIS' SON2 min
  61. 6160. AN ATTACK AGAINST GUNNAR AGREED ON3 min
  62. 6261. GUNNAR'S DREAM2 min
  63. 6362. THE SLAYING OF HJORT AND FOURTEEN MEN4 min
  64. 6463. NJAL'S COUNSEL TO GUNNAR2 min
  65. 6564. OF VALGARD AND MORD3 min
  66. 6665. OF FINES AND ATONEMENTS3 min
  67. 6766. OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON2 min
  68. 6867. OF THORGEIR STARKAD'S SON2 min
  69. 6968. OF NJAL AND THOSE NAMESAKES3 min
  70. 7069. OLAF THE PEACOCK'S GIFTS TO GUNNAR3 min
  71. 7170. MORD'S COUNSEL2 min
  72. 7271. THE SLAYING OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON3 min
  73. 7372. OF THE SUITS FOR MANSLAUGHTER AT THE THING3 min
  74. 7473. OF THE ATONEMENT2 min
  75. 7574. KOLSKEGG GOES ABROAD5 min
  76. 7675. THE RIDING TO LITHEND2 min
  77. 7776. GUNNAR'S SLAYING7 min
  78. 7877. GUNNAR SINGS A SONG DEAD5 min
  79. 7979. HOGNI TAKES AN ATONEMENT FOR GUNNAR'S DEATH2 min
  80. 8080. OF KOLSKEGG: HOW HE WAS BAPTIZED2 min
  81. 8181. OF THRAIN: HOW HE SLEW KOL6 min
  82. 8282. NJAL'S SONS SAIL ABROAD2 min
  83. 8383. OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON2 min
  84. 8484. OF EARL SIGURD2 min
  85. 8585. THE BATTLE WITH THE EARLS2 min
  86. 8686. HRAPP'S VOYAGE FROM ICELAND7 min
  87. 8787. THRAIN TOOK TO HRAPP10 min
  88. 8888. EARL HACON FIGHTS WITH NJAL'S SONS.6 min
  89. 8989. NJAL'S SONS AND KARI COME OUT TO ICELAND2 min
  90. 9090. THE QUARREL OF NJAL'S SONS WITH THRAIN SIGFUS' SON7 min
  91. 9191. THRAIN SIGFUS' SON'S SLAYING9 min
  92. 9292. KETTLE TAKES HAUSKULD AS HIS FOSTER-SON2 min
  93. 9393. NJAL TAKES HAUSKULD TO FOSTER2 min
  94. 9494. OF FLOSI THORD'S SON2 min
  95. 9595. OF HALL OF THE SIDE2 min
  96. 9696. OF THE CHANGE OF FAITH3 min
  97. 9797. OF THANGBRAND'S JOURNEYS2 min
  98. 9898. OF THANGBRAND AND GUDLEIF5 min
  99. 9999. OF GEST ODDLEIF'S SON3 min
  100. 100100. OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND HJALLTI2 min
  101. 101101. OF THORGEIR OF LIGHTWATER3 min
  102. 102102. THE WEDDING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS8 min
  103. 103103. THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD NJAL'S SON6 min
  104. 104104. THE SLAYING OF LYTING'S BROTHERS4 min
  105. 105105. OF AMUND THE BLIND2 min
  106. 106106. OF VALGARD THE GUILEFUL2 min
  107. 107107. OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS2 min
  108. 108108. OF THE SLANDER OF MORD VALGARD'S SON.4 min
  109. 109109. OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS2 min
  110. 110110. THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS2 min
  111. 111111. OF HILDIGUNNA AND MORD VALGARD'S SON3 min
  112. 112112. THE PEDIGREE OF GUDMUND THE POWERFUL2 min
  113. 113113. OF SNORRI THE PRIEST, AND HIS STOCK2 min
  114. 114114. OF FLOSI THORD'S SON3 min
  115. 115115. OF FLOSI AND HILDIGUNNA4 min
  116. 116116. OF FLOSI AND MORD AND THE SONS OF SIGFUS2 min
  117. 117117. NJAL AND SKARPHEDINN TALK TOGETHER3 min
  118. 118118. ASGRIM AND NJAL'S SONS PRAY MEN FOR HELP9 min
  119. 119119. OF SKARPHEDINN AND THORKEL FOULMOUTH4 min
  120. 120120. OF THE PLEADING OF THE SUIT3 min
  121. 121121. OF THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT BETWEEN FLOSI AND NJAL3 min
  122. 122122. OF THE JUDGES6 min
  123. 123123. AN ATTACK PLANNED ON NJAL AND HIS SONS6 min
  124. 124124. OF PORTENTS2 min
  125. 125125. FLOSI'S JOURNEY FROM HOME2 min
  126. 126126. OF PORTENTS AT BERGTHORSKNOLL2 min
  127. 127127. THE ONSLAUGHT (1) ON BERGTHORSKNOLL4 min
  128. 128128. NJAL'S BURNING7 min
  129. 129129. SKARPHEDINN'S DEATH8 min
  130. 130130. OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON4 min
  131. 131131. NJAL'S AND BERGTHORA'S BONES FOUND6 min
  132. 132132. FLOSI'S DREAM2 min
  133. 133133. OF FLOSI'S JOURNEY AND HIS ASKING FOR HELP6 min
  134. 134134. OF THORHALL AND KARI8 min
  135. 135135. OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS4 min
  136. 136136. OF THORGEIR CRAGGEIR2 min
  137. 137137. OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON8 min
  138. 138138. OF ASGRIM, AND GIZUR, AND KARI6 min
  139. 139139. OF ASGRIM AND GUDMUND2 min
  140. 140140. OF THE DECLARATIONS OF THE SUITS5 min
  141. 141141. NOW MEN GO TO THE COURTS20 min
  142. 142142. OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON2 min
  143. 143143. THE COUNSEL OF THORHALL ASGRIM'S SON10 min
  144. 144144. BATTLE AT THE ALTHING4 min
  145. 145145. OF KARI AND THORGEIR8 min
  146. 146146. THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT WITH THORGEIR CRAGGEIR4 min
  147. 147147. KARI COMES TO BJORN'S HOUSE IN THE MARK3 min
  148. 148148. OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS5 min
  149. 149149. OF KARI AND BJORN6 min
  150. 150150. MORE OF KARI AND BJORN4 min
  151. 151151. OF KARI AND BJORN AND THORGEIR3 min
  152. 152152. FLOSI GOES ABROAD3 min
  153. 153153. KARI GOES ABROAD3 min
  154. 154154. GUNNAR LAMBI'S SON'S SLAYING4 min
  155. 155155. OF SIGNS AND WONDERS3 min
  156. 156156. BRIAN'S BATTLE9 min
  157. 157157. THE SLAYING OF KOL THORSTEIN'S SON2 min
  158. 158158. OF FLOSI AND KARI2 min
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