In the canon
Njal's Saga
Iceland
- Form
- Form Epic Poem
- Year
- Year 1280
- Originally in
- Originally in Old norse
- Pages
- Pages 380
Riding away into exile, Gunnar of Hlidarendi glances back at his farm and finds the hillside fairer than it has ever looked, its fields pale and its hay new-mown, and he turns his horse for home knowing what staying will cost him. That is how Njal's Saga breaks a heart: in a sentence as plain as a ledger entry, spending not a word on what anyone feels.
With law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled.
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