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The sagas tell the stories of the early settlers of Iceland, their families, and their descendants. Íslendingasögur are considered to be some of the finest examples of medieval literature. The sagas were originally written down in the 13th and 14th centuries, but they are believed to have been passed down orally for many years before that.
* Runes are letters of several related alphabets historically used by various Germanic peoples, including the Norse. In Nordic

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