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Orkneyinga saga

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In saga: Kings’ sagas
…of the 11th century, and Orkneyinga saga, dealing with the rulers of the earldom of Orkney from about 900 to the end of the 12th century. These two works were probably written about 1200. The history of the kings of Denmark from circa 940 to 1187 is told in Knýtlinga…
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