Robert K. Painter has translated works from German and Old Icelandic into English for such journals of literary translation as Exchanges and Metamorphoses. He teaches linguistics at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Note on the Translation

[...] First Settlers in the Faroe Islands

2.Thrandur of Göta

3.Thrandur Earns a Fortune

4.Brestir and Beinir of Skufey

[...] Incident on South Island

6.Hafgrimur Seeks Allies

7.Standoff at Little Dimun

[...] ­Holmgard-Traveler

[...] Boys Are Set Free

10.Shelter from the Storm

[...] the Farmer

12.Sigmundur Comes of Age

13.Departure from the Farm

[...]'s Story

15.Thorkell and Ragnhild

16.Thorkell in Exile

[...] Hakon's Court

18.Sigmundur in Denmark

19.Sigmundur in Sweden

20.Sigmundur's Reputation Grows

21.Haraldur ­Iron-Skull

22.Össur Hafgrimsson

23.Departure from Norway

24.Return to the Faroe Islands

[...] Hakon's Settlement

26.Sigmundur and Thurid

[...] Jomsvikings

[...] Olaf Tryggvason

29.Sigmundur Converts to Christianity

30.Christianity Comes to the Faroe Islands

31.Thrandur Forced to Accept Christianity

[...] Olaf Turns on Thrandur

33.Sigmundur and King Olaf

[...] Eirikur and Earl Svein

[...] Earls Welcome Sigmundur

36.A Growing Feud

37.Hostilities Escalate

38.A Narrow Escape

39.A Partnership Comes to an End

[...] Sigmundursdottir

[...] Truth Comes Out

[...] End of the Feud

[...] Olafur Haraldursson

44.A Bad Omen

45.Trouble Brews Abroad

[...] King Broods

[...]-Maerskur

48.Thrandur's Foster Sons Take Action

49.A Cunning Trap

50.Thorhallur the Wealthy

51.Unwelcome Guests Arrive

52.Gautur the Red on Sandey

53.Leifur Thorirsson

[...] and an Omen

55.Another Narrow Escape

[...] Opportunity Arises

57.Flight from Austurey

[...] Vengeance of the ­Skuf-Islanders

[...] Saga Ends

Appendices

A: Excerpt of Jómsvíkinga saga, Chapters 31-33

B: Earl Hakon and Þorgerðr Horðabrúðr

C: Social Background and Technical Terms

D: Chronology

E: Genealogical Tables

References and Further Reading

Index of Proper Names

General Index