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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Egil's Saga (section Eirik's power, cursed by Egill)
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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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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Thorolf Skallagrímsson (Old Norse: Þórólfr Skallagrímsson [ˈθoːrˌoːlvz̠ ˈskɑlːɑˌɡriːmsˌson]; Modern Icelandic: Þórólfur Skallagrímsson [ˈθouːrˌoulvʏr...
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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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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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arranged a marriage for him with Thorgerd Egilsdottir, the daughter of Egill Skallagrímsson. Thorgerd was initially reluctant to marry the son of a slave, refusing...
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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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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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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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Norse term landáss ("land-áss") is used in a poem attributed to Egill Skallagrímsson to refer to one of a list of gods which he wishes to turn against...
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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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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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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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Sighvatsdóttir (died 1271 CE), influential Icelandic matriarch and skald Egill Skallagrímsson (c. 904–995), Icelandic war poet, sorcerer, berserker, farmer, and...
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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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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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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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ok Hálfsrekka, and in Sörla þáttr. Egils saga In Egils saga, when Egill Skallagrímsson refuses to eat, his daughter Þorgerðr (here anglicized as "Thorgerd")...
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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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(1976). It devoted particular focus to early Icelandic poets such as Egill Skallagrímsson and Þjóðólfr of Hvinir. Scaldic Poetry provides testimony to his...
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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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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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Egill Skallagrímsson in a seventeenth-century manuscript of Egil's Saga...
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blood-worm N sword icicle of blood N sword wound-hoe ben-grefill N Egill Skallagrímsson, Höfuðlausn 8 sword leek of battle ímun-laukr N Eyvindr Skáldaspillir...
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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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