--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia Wilson"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:

>
> http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/78291.html

The link was blank when I looked, but there's an oblituary at the BBC
site [ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3561915.stm ], and others, I'm
sure. The Wikipedia entry has more to say about his translations.

> I felt that this might be of sad interest to the People of Norse Course
> We have all I believe - reason to be grateful for the opportunity of
> using his translations

I'd just like to second that. I remember how inspiring I found his TV
series Vikings! when I was young, and later my excitement when I came
across the book he wrote to accompany it. That's probably where I
first met Old Norse poetry in translation. Salutes to Magnus Magnusson.

LN