Tag: Saga
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The Viking Society for Northern Research
This week we’re looking at the wonderful Viking Society for Northern Research, a society founded in 1892 to further the study of the ‘medieval North’ and Old Norse studies. Today, it is one of the foremost academic societies for the study of the ‘Vikings’ in the world. You can access the website for the society…
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Old English Poetry in Fascimile
Finding Old English sources can be difficult, especially for some of the less frequently published poems. Old English Poetry in Fascimile begins to address this issue, and is an important step in the democratisation of history and increased access to sources. Now, if you’re looking for a straightforward set of translations into English, then the…
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Onund ‘Treefoot’ the Viking
Onund appears in the beginning of Grettir’s Saga, a 14thC Icelandic Saga, as a kind of genealogical backstory. A free version of the saga is available on the Saga Database here if you want to explore it more, based Morris and Magnusson’s translation, and for the purpose of accessibility this will be the translation used…