Talk:Egil's Saga

message: I corrected the nationality of Egill. Since he was a homicidal maniac, I should perhaps have let it stand uncorrected, me being an Icelander. :-) Anyway, I used it as an opportunity to add a stub about his father. Io 20:11, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

message: I thought you fine folk might be interested in this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oYmc9WTdSs
Perhaps the Icelandic speakers can indicate how authentic the lyrics are. — Chameleon 11:39, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music 

message: In Icelandic Egill is the correct name, but Egil, Agli and Egils (as in Egils saga, corresponding to Egill's saga in English) are also forms of the name but would look wrong to me in English (with or without the added 's). This is at least the modern Icelandic version but I believe also the ancient form. To me only Egill (and Egill's) would be correct English. Or maybe Egil (and Egil's), if that form is preferred. I think only the former should be used in the article and maybe mention the Egil for once. comp.arch (talk) 12:37, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: We've had this discussion before, and the last time I yielded to the expertise of those who knew Old Norse.  This time, I think not.  As pointed out above, Wikipedia is written in English, and in English all editions of the saga that I could find are titled "Egil's Saga".  The only editions titled "Egils Saga" are written in Old Norse, and I could not find any edition with even an introduction in English titled "Egills Saga" or "Egill's Saga".  I'll wait for discussion before doing it, but I think we need to move this article to "Egil's Saga" and standardize the usage in the article.  We can mention that it has other names in Old Norse and in other languages.  Note, for comparison, the Wikipedia article Don Quixote, not "don Quijote".   Rick Norwood (talk) 15:49, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

text: Only saw this now. I added to the original above. Wasn't clear. I do not "know" Old Norse, but I know (modern) Icelandic and I believe it's pretty close and assume what I know applies to Old Norse. I came here originally checking out why people say the name is Egil when Egill would be correct. Egil seems to be some misunderstanding in that Egils (as in English Egil's) would translate to the name Egil. comp.arch (talk) 19:23, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Egill vs. Egil (intentionally both used?) 

message: :The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 00:37, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Egils saga →  – Wikipedia uses English language punctuation and capitalization, not Old Norse.  Also, Egil's Saga is the name most commonly used and most easily recognizable. Rick Norwood (talk) 14:35, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

text: I might not object to using an English title if correct, but think Egill's would be right. See: [saga]. Note previous section. Maybe this should be discussed somewhere elso also, see Njals saga. Maybe not in some individual pages but some project (Icelandic sagas or litteracy) pages first? comp.arch (talk) 19:28, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

text: No, because they're commonly known by their foreign titles in English-speaking countries and those titles are almost never translated! Egil's Saga, on the other hand, is known in English as...Egil's Saga! -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:15, 30 January 2014 (UTC)

text: The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
In response to Necrothesp: don't you mean that Egils saga is known in English as Egil's Saga? And why is its title commonly translated? 76.26.141.174 (talk) 03:54, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: Can we have  Þórólfr/Thorolf's name in one version after the first appearance? I would go with Thorolf (Þórólfr) on first mention, and Thorolf thereafter, since this is the English Wikipedia, but the other way around would be preferable to using both versions each time. Nareek (talk) 19:13, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  One version of  Þórólfr /Thorolf? 

message: I added details on Þórólfr Kveld-Úlfsson, without realize an Thorolf Kveldulfsson page covers the details redundantly.</br>
I'm going to merge the material into the pre-existing page, which will be crossref'd as a WP:SUBARTICLE.--Kiyoweap (talk) 10:04, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thorolf Kvelulfsson 

message: Every Icelander, whose lineage is known for the last few generations, is certainly a descendant of Egill. But what is meant by that family name nonsense in the paragraph? Cheers Werner Vogel (talk) 19:00, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Myrar family