Heimskringla

American  

[heyms-kring-lah] / ˈheɪms krɪŋ lɑ /

noun

Scandinavian Mythology.

1. a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.

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Etymology

Origin of Heimskringla

< Old Norse, from kringla heimsins orb of the world, the first two words of the text

Example Sentences

But at the same time the complete harmony between what Tertulianus tells about Mithra and Heimskringla about Odin is manifest.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

An Icelandic version, interpolated in Peringskiold's edition of the Heimskringla, 1697, is translated in Laing, vol. iii. pp. 344-361.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John

See Mallet’s Northern Antiquities, pp. 168-71 and 194; Snorro’s Heimskringla, ii., p.

From Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by Knapp, William

Wherever possible, therefore, reference has been made in this study to Snorre's Kings' Sagas, commonly known as "Heimskringla," in preference to other saga sources.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

The story is also told by Snorre in Heimskringla, see p. 231.

From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn