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Every text is a specific translation of a specific edition, never silently mixed. Document status, translator and copyright are recorded for each.
| Saga | Translator | Edition | Chapters | Characters | Edges | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Njáls saga (Brennu-Njáls saga) | Sir George Webbe Dasent (1861) | Project Gutenberg eBook #17919 (release 2006-03-04, updated 2016-10-18) | 158 | 193 | 382 | annotated |
| Laxdæla saga | Muriel A. C. Press (1899) | Project Gutenberg eBook #17803 (release 2006-02-20) | 78 | 198 | 227 | — |
| Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar | not stated in the eBook; text corresponds to G. A. Hight's 1914 Everyman translation (attribution UNVERIFIED in-file) (1914) | Project Gutenberg eBook #347 (release 2008-07-05) | 93 | 230 | 213 | — |
| Egils saga Skallagrímssonar | W. C. Green (1893) | Icelandic Saga Database (sagadb.org) HTML transcription of Green 1893 | 92 | 220 | 165 | — |
Copyright and sourcing
Njáls saga (Brennu-Njáls saga)
Translator: Sir George Webbe Dasent
Edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #17919 (release 2006-03-04, updated 2016-10-18)
Copyright: Public domain (translation 1861; Project Gutenberg License applies to the eBook packaging)
Original language: non → en
Source
Dasent's chapter numbering (158) differs slightly from the 159-chapter Íslenzk fornrit numbering. Footnotes section removed at segmentation.
Laxdæla saga
Translator: Muriel A. C. Press
Edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #17803 (release 2006-02-20)
Copyright: Public domain (translation 1899)
Original language: non → en
Source
Press anglicises names differently from Dasent (e.g. 'Hoskuld' vs 'Hauskuld'); this matters for cross-saga entity resolution.
Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar
Translator: not stated in the eBook; text corresponds to G. A. Hight's 1914 Everyman translation (attribution UNVERIFIED in-file)
Edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #347 (release 2008-07-05)
Copyright: Public domain in the US (pre-1929 publication)
Original language: non → en
Source
Chapter headings carry titles on the same line.
Egils saga Skallagrímssonar
Translator: W. C. Green
Edition: Icelandic Saga Database (sagadb.org) HTML transcription of Green 1893
Copyright: Public domain (translation 1893); sagadb.org transcription
Original language: non → en
Source
HTML with <h2 id=N>Chapter N - Title</h2> headings and <p> paragraphs.