Groa

The love story between Thorfinn/Macbeth and his wife Groa/Gruoch, which begins as a political marriage to secure the spoils of war and is forged into a relationship of enduring love and trust, is one of my favourites in fiction.

Archive 2006-07-01 Carla 2006

The love story between Thorfinn/Macbeth and his wife Groa/Gruoch, which begins as a political marriage to secure the spoils of war and is forged into a relationship of enduring love and trust, is one of my favourites in fiction.

Five favourite historical novels Carla 2006

At first Groa stared at her husband as if she had never seen him before.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

Groa, Macbeth's wife's cup of poison, but possibly of her husband's dagger at Bothgowanan or Pitgavenny, a smithy about two miles from

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Groa had just taken the skin down off the nail on the wall.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

Arni grinned and, trotting to the door of the house, called: Groa, a visitor to see you.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various

Groa, to Duncan, Maormor of Duncansby in Caithness, the most ancient

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Thorstein the Red, seized C. and S.; father of Groa, who m.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

Maormor of Caithness by Groa, daughter of Thorfinn the Red, thus further Gaelicising the strain of the Norse Jarls of Orkney, [20] but adding greatly to their mainland territories.

Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns James Gray

No, God be praised, they're -- not -- yours, said Groa, allowing the blows to rain on Arni.

Seven Icelandic Short Stories Various