Hreiðars þáttr heimska

Titre:	Hreiðars þáttr heimska; The tale of Hreiðarr the Stupid; Hreidar's tale; The tale of Hreidar the Fool
Date:	XIII^e siècle
Langue:	Norrois
Genre:
Forme:	Prose
Contenu:
Incipit:	Þórðr hét maðr. Hann var Þorgrímsson, Hreiðarssonar, þess er Glúmr vá. Þórðr var lítill maðr vexti ok vænn. Hann átti sér bróður, er Hreiðarr hét. Hann var ljótr maðr ok varla sjálfbjargi fyrir vits sökum. Hann var manna frávastr ok vel at afli búinn ok hógværr í skapi, ok var hann heima jafnan…
Explicit:	ok hefir hann gert sér at mestum hluta þau kynjalæti, er hann sló á sik inn fyrra hlut ævinnar. Bjó hann til elli í Svarfaðardal, ok eru margir menn frá honum komnir. Ok lýkr hér þessi ræðu.

Manuscrits

Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

Ljósvetninga saga með þáttum, Reykdoela saga ok Víga-Skútu, Hreiðarsþáttr Björn Sigfússon gaf út, Reykjavík, Hið Íslenzka Fornritafélag (Íslenzk fornrit, 10), 1940, xcv + 284 p. + 5 pl. + 1 carte. — Réimpr.: 1959; 1979.
Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars Þáttr, Orms þáttr, edited by Anthony Faulkes. Second edition, London, Viking Society for Northern Research (Viking Society for Northern Research. Text Series, 4), 2011, viii + 168 p. [vsnrweb-publications.org.uk]
Éditions antérieures:
- Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars Þáttr, Orms þáttr, edited by Anthony Faulkes, London, Viking Society (Viking Society for Northern Research. Text Series, 4), 1967, 165 p.
- Two Icelandic Stories: Hreiðars Þáttr, Orms þáttr, edited by Anthony Faulkes. Reprinted with minor additions, London, Viking Society (Viking Society for Northern Research. Text Series, 4), 1978, 165 p.

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories, translated with an introduction by Hermann Pálsson, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books (The Penguin Books), 1971, 137 p. (ici p. 94-108) [IA]
  Réimpressions:
  - 1972
  - 1976
  - 1977
  - 1980
- Forty Old Icelandic Tales, translated with an introduction by W. Bryant Bachman, Lanham, New York et London, University press of America, 1992, xxi + 301 p.
- The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, éd. Viðar Hreinsson, Reykjavík, Leifur Eiríksson Publishing, t. 1, 1997, p. 375-384.
en norvégien:
- Snegle-Halle og andre småsoger. Omsett av Sveinbjørn Aursland, Oslo, Samlaget (Norrøne bokverk, 34), 1980.

Études

Lindow, John, « Hreiðars þáttr heimska and AT 326 », Arv, 34, 1978, p. 152-179.