Heimskringla
Heimskringla
The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway
by Snorri Sturlson
PREFACE OF SNORRE STURLASON.
In this book I have had old stories written down, as I have heard them told by intelligent people, concerning chiefs who have have held dominion in the northern countries, and who spoke the Danish tongue; and also concerning some of their family branches, according to what has been told me. Some of this is found in ancient family registers, in which the pedigrees o ...