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Bærings Saga
Bærings Saga or Bærings saga fagra (The saga of Bæringr the beautiful) is a medieval Icelandic romance-saga. They are otherwise know as a Chivalric Sagas (or riddarasögur: 'sagas of knights') having been practised for centuries in Iceland, they form a core part of the cultural identity of  Icelanders.

Etymology
The first record of publication was in a manuscript JS 624 4to, Jeffrey Scott Love describes as:

The title page describes the codex as: Skiemtileg Saugu Book jnnihalldande nokkur fennt Skiemtileg Saugu Book jnnihalldande nokkur æfenntýr og frödlegar fräsagner af jmsum hofdingium og afreksmonnum (an entertaining book of sagas containing some exempla and instructive tales about various chieftains and accomplished men').

Love surmises that it was the codex was large and so it was probable that it had been commissioned (or indeed owned) by a wealthy individual part of societies elite. It was upon publication in an nineteen volume collection of sagas that Jón Sigurðsson discovered them thus preserving them for their eventual historic and literary value.

Synopsis
The plot of the saga was summarised by Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell:

The saga recounts Baering's efforts to avenge the death of his uncle, ruler of Ertinborg, who had been killed by one of his own knights, Heinrekr. Heinrekr proposes marriage to Baering's widowed mother, sister of the murdered ruler. Rejected, he vows to kill Basringr. Mother and child flee to England, where Baeringr eventually is knighted. He travels to the continent and serves under the rulers of Frakkland, Grikkland, and Romaborg, distinguishing himself in tournament and war. Several princesses fall passfonately in love with him, but he rejects them. Eventually, he vanquishes Heinrekr, becomes ruler of his patrimonial as well as other lands, and marries the daughter of the king of Grikkland.

* Marianne E. Kalinke and P. M. Mitchell, Bibliography of Old Norse–Icelandic Romances, Islandica, 44 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1985) * Jeffrey Scott Love, The Reception of "Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks" from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century, (EU: Utz, Herbert, 2013)