Saga Játvarðar konungs hins helga

Titre:	Saga Játvarðar konungs hins helga; Játvarðar saga
Date:	XIV^e siècle
Langue:	Norrois
Genre:	Saga scandinave
Forme:	Prose
Contenu:
Incipit:	Hinn helgi Játvarðr konungr í Englandi var son Aðalráðs konungs Etgeirs sonar, er fyrstr var einn konungr yfir Englandi. Af honum heyrði hinn helgi Dunstanus biskup engla-söng í lopti á hans burðartíma…
Explicit:	… Landit liggr sex dægra haf í ætt austrs [beggja] ok land-norðrs frá Miklagarði; ok er þat hinn bezti landkostr; ok hefir þetta fólk þar jafnan síðan bygt. Explicit.

Manuscrits

Éditions anciennes

Traductions anciennes

Éditions modernes

Saga Játvarðar konúngs hins helga, udgiven efter islandske oldböger af det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab, [éd. Carl Christian Rafn et Jón Sigurðsson], København, Qvist, 1852, 43 p. + [1] pl. [GB] [IA]
Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles. Vol. I. Orkneyinga Saga, and Magnus Saga, with Appendices. Edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson, London, Eyre and Spottiswood (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages, 88), 1887, liii + 426 p. (ici p. 388-400) [GB] [IA]

Traductions modernes

en anglais:
- Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles. Vol. III. Orkneyinga Saga, and Magnus Saga, with Appendices. Edited by Gudbrand Vigfusson, London, Eyre and Spottiswood (Rerum Britannicarum Medii Aevi Scriptores or Chronicles and Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland during the Middle Ages, 88), 1894, lxiii + 470 p. (ici p. 416-428) [GB] [IA]
en danois:
- Rafn et Jón Sigurðsson 1852 (voir sous Éditions modernes)

Études

Fell, Christine, « The Icelandic saga of Edward the Confessor: the hagiographic sources », Anglo-Saxon England, 1, 1972, p. 247-258. DOI: 10.1017/S0263675100000181
Fell, Christine, « The Icelandic Saga of Edward the Confessor: its version of the Anglo-Saxon emigration to Byzantium », Anglo-Saxon England, 1, 1972, p. 179-196.
Rogers, H. L., « An Icelandic life of St Edward the Confessor », Saga-Book of the Viking Society, 14, 1956-1957, p. 249-272.