Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the...

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Anderson, Joseph; ed., Hjaltalin, Jon A. & Goudie, Gilbert. (Translated from the Icelandic) The Orkneyinga Saga. Edinburgh: Edmonston & Douglas (1873), citing, “When Thorfinn’s maternal grandfather, King Malcolm, died, Kali Hundason took the kingdom in Scotland. He attempted to exact tribute from Thorfinn for his dominions in the north of Scotland, and failing in this…Earl Thorfinn overran Scotland as far south as Fife, burning and slaying, and subduing the land wherever he went. By these conquests he became the most powerful of all the Earls of Orkney.” IV. The Earldom in the Norse Line, 872-1231.

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