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    Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. Flateyjarbók consists of the following texts: Flateyjarbók is currently being translated into English by...
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    Isles and the Kingdom of the Isles in the west. The fourteenth-century Flateyjarbók features a Þáttr called Haralds þáttr hárfagra, literary "Harald Fairhair's...
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  • 1943, p. 101: citing Flateyjarbók: Óláfs Saga Helga, II, 5, pp. 6– Davidson 1943, p. 112 Davidson 1943, p. 139, citing Flateyjarbók: Óláfs Saga Helga, II...
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    to Encomium Emmae. Some hint of Cnut's childhood can be found in the Flateyjarbók, a 13th-century Icelandic source that says he was taught his soldiery...
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    manuscripts called Saga of Óláfr Tryggvason, Flateyjarbók and one registered as AM 62 fol. According to Flateyjarbók, Grímr Kamban settled in Faroe when Harald...
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    Lagertha coming to Ragnar's aid with flying hair is similar to how the Flateyjarbók describes Thorgerd and her sister Irpa assisting Haakon. Christen Pram's...
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    14th-century Flateyjarbók image of Harald Fairhair (right, with fair hair), who took control of Hjaltland c. 875....
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    and Finnbogi Literature Saga of Erik the Red Saga of the Greenlanders Flateyjarbók Hauksbók Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum Book of Icelanders...
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    happened around 1000 and is preserved only in the late 14th century Flateyjarbók manuscript. The Saga of the Greenlanders starts with Erik the Red, who...
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    Thjóðhild's Church. A different version of Olaf Tryggvason's Saga, found in Flateyjarbók, makes no reference to Leif being blown off course and discovering Vinland...
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