Kjalnesinga saga

Kjalnesinga saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcʰalˌnɛːsiŋka ˈsaːɣa] ^ⓘ, lit. 'saga of the people of Kjalarnes'^[a]) is one of the sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur). It is preserved in a parchment manuscript AM 471 4to.^[1][2]

The work concerns historical ages from the ninth to eleventh centuries,^[1] and was composed in the fourteenth century, among the last group of sagas composed.^[3][4] The saga is about Búi Andríðsson, his wife Fríðr and his son Jökull Búason. The story takes place in Iceland and Norway. Búi becomes a chieftain of Iceland but dies in a quarrel with his son Jökul. The tale continues with the adventures of Jökul in the short story (þáttr) Jökuls þáttr Búasonar.^[5][6]

Footnotes

1. Kjalnesinga is the adjective and demonym of Kjalarnes.