Snorri Sturluson

[ snor-ree stœr-luh-son; English snawr-ee stur-luh-suhn ]

noun

1. 1179–1241, Icelandic historian and poet.

Snorri Sturluson

/ ˈsnɔːrɪ ˈstɜːləsən /

noun

1. Snorri Sturluson11791241MIcelandicHISTORY: historianWRITING: poet 1179–1241, Icelandic historian and poet; author of Younger or Prose Edda (?1222), containing a collection of Norse myths and a treatise on poetry, and the Heimskringla sagas of the Norwegian kings from their mythological origins to the 12th century

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The Reykholt parsonage is on the site of the house of Snorri Sturluson, the historian, who lived nearly seven hundred years ago.

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In the view of Snorri Sturluson, the old gods are exempt from any touch of controversy.

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Such is the story as told by Snorri Sturluson, the Icelandic historian, in 1222.

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The figure of Snorri Sturluson is there, though he is rather disappointing in his nephew's view of him.

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Some eighty paces off is to be seen the wool-bath erected by Snorri Sturluson.

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