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A new saga translation of The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck in a dual-language English and Old Norse format with annotations, vocabulary, maps, and notes. All the tools necessary to read a complete short saga in both English and the original Old Norse. Each chapter contains a specific vocabulary of Old Norse words and phrases. www.oldnorse.org. The rear of the book offers a full vocabulary removing the need to consult outside dictionaries. The combination of English translation, Old Norse text, and targeted Old Norse word lists is supplemented with maps, notes, and cultural sections about Iceland's feuding society. This edition is an example of textual archaeology, unearthing a crucial saga text from Iceland's East Fjords recounting the lives of people in Weapon's Fjord a thousand years ago. For more information visit www.oldnorse.org

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Jesse Byock is distinguished research professor of Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) specializing in the Viking World, its sagas, history, and archaeology. He is a professor at the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. He studied in France, Iceland, and Sweden and earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. In Iceland, he directs the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) and is a professor at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) in the Department of History and the Programs of Medieval Icelandic and Viking Studies. He is the author of Viking Age Iceland, Feud in the Icelandic Sagas, and numerous articles and saga translations. Randall Gordon is a specialist in historical linguistics of Celtic and Germanic Languages with concentrations on the development and grammar of Old Norse and Old Irish. He received his Ph.D. in Indo-European Studies from UCLA.

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