Snorri Sturluson

American  

[snor-ree stœr-luh-son, snawr-ee stur-luh-suhn] / ˈsnɒr ri ˈstœr lə sɒn, ˈsnɔr i ˈstɜr lə sən /

noun

1. 1179–1241, Icelandic historian and poet.

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Snorri Sturluson British  

/ ˈsnɔːrɪ ˈstɜːləsən /

noun

1. 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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Snorri Sturluson

It is the 1594 printed edition of a work by the 13th-century historian Snorri Sturluson, and tells medieval stories of Viking kings, queens, farmers and warriors.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

Cnut called out, according to Snorri Sturluson, the great Icelandic poet and chronicler of the era.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022

Morris even began to look like the chieftain-poet Snorri Sturluson, his London friends complained.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 27, 2010

The Younger Edda, in prose, was written down by one Snorri Sturluson in the last part of the twelfth century.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“In the ‘Prose Edda’ just alluded to, a piece of ancient Norse literature commonly ascribed to Snorri Sturluson, we get a good deal respecting the veneration and regard paid by the people to this tree.

From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous