Magnusson, Finnur

Magnusson, Finnur fĭn´nər mäg´no͞osôn [key], 1781–1847, Icelandic archaeologist and scholar. Educated at the Univ. of Copenhagen, he was appointed (1815) professor of Northern literature and mythology there. He compiled, edited, and translated theElder Eddaand published a lexicon of Norse mythology (1828) and works on the origin of theEddasayings.

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