Re: Hrafnkel Chapter One (Lines 1-19)

Gordon has the following note:

"freys: the original genealogy, as in Ari, has frets, but the evidence of the Hrafnkels saga manuscripts suggests that the author deliberately altered to freys, perhaps to establish a connexion with the nickname of his hero."

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From: Christian Johnson

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Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:41 PM

Subject: [norse_course] Re: Hrafnkel Chapter One (Lines 1-19)

Hi! > Eysteins sonar freys, I've only seen "Eysteins sonar freTs" (=son of Eystein the fart) in this saga. Are there different versions? Chris