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Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic linguist, born 1 Febr 1833.

1859 Bachelor's degree at Iceland's clergy school
1862 moved to England
1871 librarian at Cambridge University
1893 lecturer at Cambridge
1893 won a gold medal in Paris for a plan for a library building capable of unlimited expansion (!)

Works

Lilja, 1870

Thomas' saga erkibiskups, 1875--1883

J. L. Runeberg's Lyric Songs, Idylls and Epigrams, 1878

English translation by Eirikr Magnusson and E. H. Palmer (the orientalist?) of works by Finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Saga library, 5 vol., 1890--1895

Eyrbyggja Saga, Icelandic medieval saga

English translation by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, The Story of the Ere-Dwellers

Electronic edition of the English translation from The Online Medieval and Classic Library (OMACL) at the Berkeley SunSite.

Heitharviga Saga, Icelandic medieval saga

English translation by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, The Story of the Heath Slayings

Electronic edition of the English translation from The Online Medieval and Classic Library (OMACL) at the Berkeley SunSite.

Volsungasaga, medieval saga

English translation by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson, Volsungs

Electronic edition of the English translation from The Online Medieval and Classic Library (OMACL) at the Berkeley SunSite.

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