Authors who clearly write in Nynorsk are so identified. The final chapters treat children's literature and literature by women. Covers a wide range of material relevant to the study of the language, literature, and civilization of Norway and Iceland in the Middle Ages. Includes English and German as well as Scandinavian sources. A selective bibliography on Old Norse language and literature and medieval Norwegian and Icelandic history.
Publication is somewhat slow.
After 1968 it was published by the Royal Library in Copenhagen. AMS Press, 1980. An alphabetical listing by saga of all translations located by the compiler. Recommended translations are starred and unreliable ones noted. Also lists sagas needing translation.