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  "path": "/2026/02/27/a-tale-of-two-sveins-2/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T07:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://theorkneynews.scot",
  "tags": [
    "stories and poems",
    "Culture",
    "Earl Paul",
    "Gairsay",
    "News",
    "Orkneyinga Saga",
    "Orphir",
    "sea wolf",
    "Svein Asleifarson",
    "The Bu",
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  "textContent": "By Fiona Grahame. Images by Martin Laird. This tale is set at a time when Orkney was ruled by the Norse Earls. The Vikings had long been settled in the islands. Many of them held large areas of land which they farmed. They would spend part of the year in Orkney but during the summer […]",
  "title": "A Tale of Two Sveins"
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