Egils Saga (Old Norse), Paperback/Egill Skallagrimsson

Perhaps the best known of the Iclenadic Sagas - Egils Saga recounts the incredible life of Egill Skallagr msson, an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The story flows at a break-neck speed through every part of early Icelandic life and includes some of the most prized fragments of Old Norse poetry. The text printed here is the original Old Norse.