Takk fyrir! I'm glad you're enjoying them. We'll keep them coming!

Thanks for your interest, and for your kind words. I also went to high school in Canada and wish we'd done a saga or two. I had to wait until my fourth year of university before reading my first one, but I've been hooked ever since! Really glad you liked it and I hope you'll stay tuned for more Saga Stories in the future. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

Hello again Wanda! Thanks again for your interest in all of our videos. Are you referring to the 1981 adaption of Gísla saga entitled "Útlaginn?" If so, the whole thing is up on youtube. It's not very good quality and the uploader is probably infringing on some kind of copyright. But, in any case, here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pp2UdqeglcrFY40.html. Hope you enjoy it! As for more Saga Stories videos, there has indeed been a delay in the release of the next one, but it should be out in the next few days. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thanks for your interest! Yes, we have many more Saga Stories videos on the horizon. If you are interested in the recent volcanic eruption, I think you'll like the next one very much! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine I'm here for the same reason @BeardeDragon77, though I came here after Matthew was spotted on today's episode. I look forward to the one mentioned today :)

Same here, I'm Aussie too, but I've not been to Iceland, probably because I very much dislike being cold, which is pretty rich seeing that I live Tassie, lol😅🤦‍♀️

Thank you for your interest in the videos, and for your kind words. We hope you enjoy the rest! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

It's our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

Excellent point: it's definitely nice to hear them told aloud, as that must have been how they were received by many medieval audiences. We're glad you're enjoying them and we hope you'll stay tuned for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Merci beaucoup! Cordialement, Matthew Roby et la Reykjavík Grapevine

Our goal with this series is to spread the word about the sagas as far as we can, so it's great to see people are enjoying them all around the world! Thanks for watching and we hope you'll stay tuned for more. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

We'll keep them coming!

Thanks for your interest. We'll keep them coming for you! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thank you for your interest. We'll keep them coming! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Thanks for your interest! Yes, there's undeniably a fair bit violence and hatred in the sagas, but there's also an encouraging amount of decency and respect. I hope the same is true of most cultures and bodies of literature, if we look hard enough! Hope you'll stay tuned for more Saga Stories in the future. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Glad you enjoyed it :) Next episode on Friday!

There will be more!

Can‘t wait for more!

Thanks for your interest. Hope you'll enjoy exploring more of the videos, and that you'll stay tuned for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Takk fyrir að horfa! Bestu kveðjur, Matthew Roby

Thank you for your continued support. We'll keep them coming! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thank you Adam, we are very excited about this :)

you prolly dont give a shit but does any of you know a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.

@Kristopher Saul instablaster ;)

@Marcus Tristan Thanks for your reply. I found the site on google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

@Marcus Tristan It worked and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thanks so much you saved my account !

The whole production is brilliant, I completely agree, and if they were walking backwards.... then it’s astonishing, surely it has to be something like a side balanced rig? .... if such a thing exists....

Art's magic tricks with the camera remain a mystery to all... myself included! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine Art is indeed a magician, walking unerringly backwards for those long takes. And I'm impressed by how fit Matthew is, talking unhesitatingly going uphill and down. Of course we're not seeing the outtakes, but the end result between Matthew and Art is perfection.

Thank you very much for your interest and support! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Great to have you on board the good ship Grapevine, Elizabeth!

Very interesting and beautiful location 👍🏼😍. I’m looking forward to the next episode 😉

Thank you both! Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Hello again Wanda! Yes, this is something I often think too. As modern tourists, we're so interested in the geological wonders of Iceland, but medieval Icelanders (and even most Icelanders until relatively recent times) would trade it all for a gently sloping, south-facing hillside with decent soil cover and easy access to a stream. And a warm geothermal spring as a bonus! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it and we hope you stay tuned for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thanks for your interest. Don't worry: many troll stories and tricksters coming soon! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thank you very much. We'll keep them coming!

It's our pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Thank you for your interest, and for your kind words. We hope you'll stay tuned for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thank you for your interest in the video, and for your kind words! We hope you'll stay tuned for more Saga Stories videos coming soon! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your interest in the series. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thanks for taking the time to explore the series. I'm glad you enjoyed it and hope you'll stay tuned for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you'll stay tuned for more Saga Stories in the future. Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

They are coming back on screen tomorrow :)

Yes, so beautiful!

Glad you think so!

Yes, Iceland is such a fascinating case study for so many disciplines: geology, genetics, linguistics, literature, politics. Glad you enjoyed the video and we hope you'll stick around for more! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for taking the time to explore the series. Glad you enjoyed it! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby

Yes, these videos are certainly keeping me fit. But, as you rightly imply, walking backwards all that way while holding a camera is even harder, so hats off to Art for that!

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine wow, seriously, that is phenomenal, walking backwards and keeping the camera steady and walking backwards😲👏💝🇦🇺.

Thank you for your interest, and for your exceedingly kind words. If you wanted to read more, the best and most readable introduction is "Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction" by Heather O'Donoghue. If you're in the UK, neither the paperback nor kindle edition is too expensive. For some reason, I see that it's more expensive elsewhere in the world. And the best value book of actual sagas is the Penguin collection entitled "The Sagas of the Icelanders," with preface by Jane Smiley. I got into medieval Icelandic literature through medieval English literature, which I started studying as an undergraduate student in Canada. I have to credit a few wonderful professors at Queen's University in Canada, Dalhousie University in Canada, and the University of Oxford in the UK for inspiring me to pursue it further. Yes, things are very exciting here right now! If you're interested in the volcano and earthquakes, you're going to love the next Saga Stories video! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

Sadly this was something we had to cut from the video to keep it short! The older forms of the English word 'thing' used to mean the same thing in all Germanic languages: a meeting or assembly. As you can see from the video, and from the name of the present-day Icelandic parliament (Alþingi), this meaning has survived in Icelandic. In English, the meaning changed: first to a matter one might discuss at a meeting, and then finally to just a matter (or thing) in general. Thank you for your interest in the video and we hope you'll stick around for more Saga Stories videos in the future! Best wishes, from Matthew Roby and the Reykjavík Grapevine team

I LOVE learning word origins, especially what people and place they are tied to.

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine I LOVE learning about word origins, especially from what people and place words have their origins. Perhaps this can be a recurring “thing”? You can pick an icelandic word to focus on. Perhaps some that influenced English.

Great idea. We'll try to incorporate more interesting etymologies into future videos!

@@TheReykjavikGrapevine Yes, that would be great! And thank you very much for your answer about the word "thing"!

Thank you!

Thanks for your support!

Ekkert mál! Takk fyrir að horfa.

Thanks. Trying to speak 'off the cuff' without looking at my notes is quite new to me, but I'm relishing the challenge! I'm glad you enjoyed it.