Excerpt from The Heimskringla, or Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Vol. 1 of 3: Translated From the IcelandicThe translator can lay claim to no considerable know ledge of or great familiarity with the Icelandic. To get at the meaning and spirit of the text in any way was his main object; and where he met difficulties, which generally lay only in his own ignorance, he.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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