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                            SAGA-BOOK
                                  VOL. XXVIII
                   VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH
                            UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
                                     2004
                             VIKING SOCIETY FOR NORTHERN RESEARCH
                                        OFFICERS 2003–2004
                                              President
                                JOHN HINES, M.A., D.Phil, F.S.A., Cardiff University.
                                            Hon. Secretaries
                                          MICHAEL BARNES, M.A.,
                              University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT.
                                 Judith Jesch, B.A., Ph.D., University of Nottingham.
                                            Hon. Treasurer
                                 Kirsten Williams, B.A., University College London.
                                         Hon. Assistant Secretary
                             Alison Finlay, B.A., B.Phil., D.Phil., Birkbeck College, London.
                                       Saga-Book: Editors of Articles
                    .       Anthony Faulkes, B.Litt., M.A., dr phil., University of Birmingham.
                             Alison Finlay, B.A., B.Phil., D.Phil., Birkbeck College, London.
                                   John McKinnell, M.A., University of Durham.
                                    Desmond Slay, M.A., Ph.D., Aberystwyth.
                                   Saga-Book: Editors of Notes and Reviews
                             Alison Finlay, B.A., B.Phil., D.Phil., Birkbeck College, London.
                                  Andrew Wawn, B.A., Ph.D., University of Leeds.
                                            ISSN: 0305-9219
                                    Printed by Short Run Press Limited, Exeter
                                                                                                                  CONTENTS
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                                                                  WHOM DID AL-GHAZAL MEET? AN EXCHANGE OF EMBASSIES BETWEEN
                                                                        THE ARABS FROM AL-ANDALUS AND THE VIKINGS. Sara M. Pons-
                                                                        Sanz ....................................................................................................           5
                                                                  MEDIEVAL NORSE VISITS TO AMERICA: MILLENNIAL STOCKTAKING.
                                                                        Richard Perkins .............................................................................                     29
                                                                  SOME OBSERVATIONS ON MARTYRDOM IN POST-CONVERSION SCANDINAVIA.
                                                                        Haki Antonsson ..............................................................................                     70
                                                                  WORD-PLAY ON BJÑRG IN DREAMS AND ELSEWHERE. Jamie Cochrane...                                                           95
                                                                  DESMOND SLAY .....................................................................................                    105
                                                                  REVIEWS
                                                                  ODDAANNÁLAR OG ODDVERJAANNÁLL. Edited by Eiríkur Þormóðsson and
                                                                        Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir. (Haki Antonsson) .............................                                          108
                                                                  BISKUPA SÖGUR II: HUNGRVAKA, ÞORLÁKS SAGA BYSKUPS IN ELZTA, JARTEINA-
                                                                        BÓK ÞORLÁKS BYSKUPS IN FORNA, ÞORLÁKS SAGA BYSKUPS YNGRI,
                                                                        JARTEINABÓK ÞORLÁKS BYSKUPS ÖNNUR, ÞORLÁKS SAGA BYSKUPS C,
                                                                        ÞORLÁKS SAGA BYSKUPS E, PÁLS SAGA BYSKUPS, ÍSLEIFS ÞÁTTR BYSKUPS,
                                                                        LATÍNUBROT UM ÞORLÁK BYSKUP. Edited by Ásdís Egilsdóttir.
                                                                        (Kirsten Wolf) .................................................................................                110
                                                                  SAGA HEILAGRAR ÖNNU. Edited by Kirsten Wolf. (Katrina Attwood) ....                                                   113
                                                                  BEVERS SAGA. Edited by Christopher Sanders. (Christine Lorenz) .....                                                  115
                                                                  ÚLFHAMS SAGA. Edited by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir. (Andrew
                                                                        Wawn) ..............................................................................................            118
                                                                  LJÓÐMÆLI 2. By Hallgrímur Pétursson. Edited by Margrét Eggerts-
                                                                        dóttir, Kristján Eiríksson and Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir. (Silvia
                                                                        Cosimini) .........................................................................................             120
                                                                  FAGRSKINNA, A CATALOGUE OF THE KINGS OF NORWAY. A TRANSLATION WITH
                                                                        INTRODUCTION AND NOTES. By Alison Finlay. (Theodore M.
                                                                        Andersson) .......................................................................................              122
                                                              THE SAGA OF OLAF TRYGGVASON. By Oddr Snorrason. Translated by
                                                                   Theodore M. Andersson. (Elizabeth Ashman Rowe) ..............                                             127
                                                              LANGUAGE AND HISTORY IN VIKING AGE ENGLAND. LINGUISTIC RELATIONS
                                                                   BETWEEN SPEAKERS OF OLD NORSE AND OLD ENGLISH. By Matthew
                                                                   Townend. (Michael Barnes) ...........................................................                    129
                                                              HRAFNKELS SAGA ELLER FALLET MED DEN UNDFLYENDE TRADITIONEN. By
                                                                   Tommy Danielsson; SAGORNA OM NORGES KUNGAR: FRÅN MAGNÚS
                                                                   GÓÐI TILL MAGNÚS ERLINGSSON. By Tommy Danielsson. (Gísli
                                                                   Sigurðsson, translated by Nicholas Jones) ....................................                           134
                                                              ERZÄHLTES WISSEN: DIE ISLÄNDERSAGAS IN DER MÖÐRUVALLABÓK (AM 132
                                                                   FOL.). By Claudia Müller. (Richard North) .....................................                          136
                                                              STURLA ÞÓRÐARSONS HÁKONAR SAGA HÁKONARSONAR. By Ulrike Sprenger.
                                                                   (David Ashurst) ...................................................................................      139
                                                              CHAOS AND LOVE. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ICELANDIC FAMILY SAGAS. By
                                                                   Thomas Bredsdorff. Translated by John Tucker. (Heather
                                                                   O’Donoghue) ...................................................................................          141
                                                               LJÓÐMÁL. FORNIR  ÞJÓÐLÍFSÞÆTTIR. By Jón Samsonarson. Edited by
                                                                   Einar G. Pétursson, Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir and Vésteinn
                                                                   Ólason. (Bo Almqvist) .....................................................................              144
                                                              MYTHIC IMAGES AND SHAMANISM: A PERSPECTIVE ON KALEVALA POETRY. By
                                                                   Anna-Leena Siikala. (Clive Tolley) .................................................                     148
                                                              THE SCANDINAVIANS FROM THE VENDEL PERIOD TO THE TENTH CENTURY. AN
                                                                   ETHNOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE. Edited by Judith Jesch. (John Hines)                                           150
                                                              ANTOLOGÍA DE LA LITERATURA NÓRDICA ANTIGUA (EDICIÓN BILINGÜE). Edited
                                                                   by M. Pilar Fernández Álvarez and Teodoro Manrique Antón.
                                                                   (Manuel Aguirre) ...............................................................................          152