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    Egil Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Egill Skallagrímsson [ˈeɣelː ˈskɑlːɑˌɡriːmsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈeijɪtl̥ ˈskatlaˌkrimsˌsɔːn]; c. 904 – c. 995) was...
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    Olgerdin (Icelandic: Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson) is an Icelandic brewery and beverage company based in Reykjavík. Established on 17 April 1913, the...
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    context. It is arguable whether its preservation in two lausavísur by Egill Skallagrímsson and a contemporary skald genuinely dates to the 10th century or had...
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    the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Gunnhild was the nemesis of Egill Skallagrímsson, and his saga and poetry present her in a particularly negative light...
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    Kristoffer Joner and Trond Høvik Egil's Saga, 13th century Icelandic saga Egill Skallagrímsson Brewery, an Icelandic brewery and beverage company based in Reykjavík...
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  • Thorolf Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Þórólfr Skallagrímsson [ˈθoːrˌoːlvz̠ ˈskɑlːɑˌɡriːmsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þórólfur Skallagrímsson [ˈθouːrˌoulvʏr...
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    saga (family saga) on the lives of the clan of Egill Skallagrímsson (Anglicised as Egill Skallagrimsson), an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald. The saga...
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    combatants' dueling on a small island, or holm, as they do in the saga of Egill Skallagrímsson, alternatively figuratively in reference to an arena. At least in...
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    skalds, such as Sonatorrek, a 10th-century poem by Icelandic skald Egill Skallagrímsson. The Old Norse common noun rán means 'plundering' or 'theft, robbery'...
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  • Appelsín is a fizzy orange-flavored soft drink, manufactured by Egill Skallagrímsson Brewery in Iceland since 1955. The products are accompanied by the...
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    Icelandic saga Egils saga, Egill Skallagrímsson composes a poem in praise of Arinbjörn (Arinbjarnarkviða). In stanza 17, Egill writes that all others watch...
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    without preparation were especially valued, to judge by the sagas. Egill Skallagrímsson is supposed to have composed his Höfuðlausn in one night to ransom...
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    of Egill Skallagrímsson, the saga's poet-hero protagonist. A museum in Borgarnes, the Settlement Center, is devoted to the region's ties to Egill Skallagrímsson...
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  • Solsvik (1916–2005), Norwegian wrestler Egill Skallagrímsson, the protagonist of Egil's Saga - see Egill Skallagrimsson Egil Sundar (1932–1994), Norwegian...
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  • not be unsheathed without killing a man. Dragvandil – The sword of Egill Skallagrímsson. Forseti's axe (also Fosite's axe) – A golden battle axe that Forseti...
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  • govern the killings." Otherwise, Róta appears in two kennings, one by Egill Skallagrímsson and one by Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld. Theories have been proposed about...
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    Icelandic settlement. Events in the Icelandic sagas such as that of Egill Skallagrímsson are situated here. The name of the fjord seems to have come from...
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  • e Icelandic brands List of Icelandic brands 66°NORTH Icelandair Egill Skallagrímsson Brewery FRISK Software International Icelandair Group Íslandsbanki...
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  • 1220–1240), an Icelandic saga focusing on the life of skald and viking, Egill Skallagrímsson (ca. 910–990). The work laments the death of two of the poet's sons...
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    with a description of Freyja's hall Sessrúmnir. In Egils saga, when Egill Skallagrímsson refuses to eat, his daughter Þorgerðr (here anglicized as "Thorgerd")...
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    Egill Skallagrímsson in a seventeenth-century manuscript of Egil's Saga...
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    Pastry Day (United States) Navy Day (Sri Lanka) Remembrance for Egill Skallagrímsson (The Troth) Yuri's Day in the Autumn (Russian Orthodox Church) December...
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    Sonatorrek attributed to 10th century Icelandic skald Egill Skallagrímsson. In the poem, Egill laments the death of his son Böðvar, who drowned at sea...
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  • of Skallagrímur Kveldúlfsson (Skalla-Grímr), the father of skald Egill Skallagrímsson. With the birth of Jón korpur Hrafnsson, the feuding clans of the...
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    saga attributes the poem to 10th-century skald Egill Skallagrímsson, and writes that it was composed by Egill after the death of his son Gunnar. The final...
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  • an Icelandic woman of the tenth century. She was the daughter of Egill Skallagrímsson and the wife of Olaf the Peacock. Olaf and Thorgerd had a number...
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    is cited as a kenning for Odin as used by the 10th century skald Egill Skallagrímsson. In chapter 9, "feeder of the wolf" is given as a kenning for Týr...
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  • Borg as his land, built a farm and made his home there. His son Egill Skallagrímsson then continued to live and farm at Borg á Mýrum. Borg á Mýrum was...
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  • Bjǫrn, a relative of Egill Skallagrímsson in Egil's Saga, grows up at Borg á Mýrum, the homestead that has passed from Egill to his son and grandson...
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  • first born son of Sveinn Björnsson, and an Waffen-SS volunteer Egill Skallagrímsson, Viking skald Eiríkur rauði, (e. Eirík the Red, Old Norse. Eirīkr...
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