Late-Medieval Aristocratic Landownership in Shetland and the "The lords of Norroway"
Here is a very interesting page for those with a special interest in the historical connections between Norway and Shetland in the auld times.
http://arkeologi.blogspot.no/2007/03...d-estates.html
Though its a blogspot it contains a lot of interesting and detailed info on both Shetland and the powerful families of Western Norway that ruled the islands.
Norse/Norn: [B]"Með lögum skal land byggja en með ólögum eyða".[/B]
Norwegian: "Med lov skal land bygges og med ulov ødelegges".
British: "with law shall land be built and with bad laws be destroyed".
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