Alison Finlay is a retired Professor of Medieval English and Icelandic Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London.

“The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardale Men, is not as well known as it should be and this new English translation deserves a warm welcome.”Professor Peter Foote,Dept of Scandinavian Studies, University College London“This translation, with a full accounting for the literary-historical background of the saga, will set the standard for the next round of English translations.”Professor Theodore AnderssonDept of Germanic Studies, Indiana University“It is a very great pleasure to welcome Bjorn to the pantheon of the saga champions of medieval Iceland. He has been sadly neglected in the past. In this elegant and lively translation by Alison Finlay he springs to life for English-speaking readers: a champion in all but love, a poet, a doughty warrior whose finest moment is his heroic last stand against his enemies.”Magnus Magnusson KBE

• Acknowledgements                                     ivNote on the Translation                              vMaps                                                       viIntroduction                                              viiiThe Saga of Bjorn,Champion of the Men of Hitardale              1Appendix 1:From the Separate Saga of Saint Olaf         85Appendix 2:The Court Verses of Thord Kolbeinsson   86Bibliography                                              93Index of Names                                       104

Alison Finlay is a retired Professor of Medieval English and Icelandic Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London.

“The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardale Men, is not as well known as it should be and this new English translation deserves a warm welcome.”Professor Peter Foote,Dept of Scandinavian Studies, University College London“This translation, with a full accounting for the literary-historical background of the saga, will set the standard for the next round of English translations.”Professor Theodore AnderssonDept of Germanic Studies, Indiana University“It is a very great pleasure to welcome Bjorn to the pantheon of the saga champions of medieval Iceland. He has been sadly neglected in the past. In this elegant and lively translation by Alison Finlay he springs to life for English-speaking readers: a champion in all but love, a poet, a doughty warrior whose finest moment is his heroic last stand against his enemies.”Magnus Magnusson KBE

• Acknowledgements                                     ivNote on the Translation                              vMaps                                                       viIntroduction                                              viiiThe Saga of Bjorn,Champion of the Men of Hitardale              1Appendix 1:From the Separate Saga of Saint Olaf         85Appendix 2:The Court Verses of Thord Kolbeinsson   86Bibliography                                              93Index of Names                                       104