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'a kind of handbook or illustrated lexicon of Old Norse emotions in alphabetical order as these were preserved and promulgated in several Icelandic saga genres. The coverage of the volume extends well beyond the classic Íslendingasögur (“sagas of Icelanders”), accounts of founding ancestors set during the settlement period and early Commonwealth (ca. 870-1030 CE). It also includes the samtíðarsögur (“sagas of current times”) set in the thirteenth century, the konungasögur (“sagas of the [Norwegian] kings”) and biskupasögur (“bishops’ sagas”), as well as some other religious texts.
Craig R. Davis, The Medieval Review'
Gareth Lloyd Evans is Associate Professor of Old Norse at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow and Tutor in English at St John’s College, Oxford
Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir is Assistant Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland
Carolyne Larrington is Emeritus Professor of Medieval European Literature at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Research Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford
Introduction
1 angr, hryggr (sadness) – Edel Maria Porter
2 ást (Christian love) – Siân Grønlie
3 ást, elska, unna (Secular love) – Sif Rikhardsdottir
4 aumka, líkn, sampíning (compassion) – Ásdís Egilsdóttir
5 berserksgangr and víghugr (going berserk and the killing mood) – Gareth Lloyd Evans
6 girnd (desire) – Alexander Wilson
7 gleði (happiness, joy) – Carolyne Larrington
8 harmr, ho¨rmung, sorg, tregi (grief) – Kristen Mills
9 leiðask, leiðendi, viðbjóðr (disgust) – Rebecca Merkelbach
10 ofsi (pride) – Kate Olley
11 ótti (fear) – Teodoro Manrique Antón
12 reiði (anger) – George Manning
13 skomm, skammask (shame) – Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir
Index