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"ref": "1842, The Prose Or Younger Edda",
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"ref": "1884, George Stephens, The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England",
"text": "Scores of the old rune-stones speak of the Warings and Captains and Shipmen (and perhaps, now and then, Merchants or Pilgrims going to or from the Holy Land) who served \"in Greece\", \"in Greekland\", who \"gained wealth in Greece\", who \"died in Greekland\", who were mere \"Greek farers\", visited \"Greek Havens\" &c. in the 10th, 11th, 12th centuries.",
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"ref": "1933, Henry Goddard Leach, The American-Scandinavian Review, volume 21, page 216",
"text": "They speak about men who perished on Viking expeditions to faraway countries — westward to England, most especially eastward to Gardarike (the present Russia), to Greekland (the lands comprising the Byzantine Empire), to Sarkland (the Mohammedan countries about the Black Sea), to Jorsalaland (Jerusalem), to Langbardaland (the present Italy).",
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"ref": "1968, Nelo Drizari, Scanderbeg",
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"ref": "2000, Lars Walker, The Year of the Warrior",
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"text": "Scores of the old rune-stones speak of the Warings and Captains and Shipmen (and perhaps, now and then, Merchants or Pilgrims going to or from the Holy Land) who served \"in Greece\", \"in Greekland\", who \"gained wealth in Greece\", who \"died in Greekland\", who were mere \"Greek farers\", visited \"Greek Havens\" &c. in the 10th, 11th, 12th centuries.",
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