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    Eyrbyggja saga (Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈœyrˌbyɡːjɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]; Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈeirˌpɪcːa ˈsaːɣa] ) is one of the Icelanders' sagas; its title...
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  • figures in several other sagas, including Njáls saga, Eyrbyggja saga, Eiríks saga rauða and Grettis saga. Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a...
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    likely used are Laxdæla saga, Eyrbyggja saga and Ljósvetninga saga as well as the lost sagas Brjáns saga and Gauks saga Trandilssonar. However, the author...
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  • this method. One saga refers to a high-seat pillar having been carved with an image of the god Thor, and Icelandic saga Eyrbyggja saga relates that when...
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  • 2014). The other attestation of reginnaglar is in the Icelandic saga Eyrbyggja saga, which relates the use of reginnaglar in the construction of a temple...
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  • Ketilsdottir. He was the only son of Flatnose Ketil to not be baptised. The Eyrbyggja saga explains his nickname as follows: Bjorn had been fostered in Sweden...
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  • Sumarliðason in Laxdæla saga; Þórólfr bægifótr (lame-foot) or the ghosts of Fróðá in Eyrbyggja saga. Both these occur in the Eyrbyggja saga. Note similarity...
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  • following texts: Flóamanna saga Laxdæla saga Hænsna-Þóris saga Vatnsdæla saga Eyrbyggja saga Kjalnesinga saga Króka-Refs saga Stjörnu-Odda draumr Bergbúa...
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  • relatives. Ketill was also depicted in such works as the Laxdæla saga, Eyrbyggja saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, while his genealogy was described in detail...
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    Saga Eiríks saga rauða – Saga of Erik the Red Eyrbyggja saga Færeyinga saga Finnboga saga ramma Fljótsdæla saga Flóamanna saga Fóstbræðra saga (two versions)...
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    Grettis saga and Þórólfr bægifótr in Eyrbyggja saga. Aptrgǫngur are not always monstrous, however, as in the case of Gunnar Hámundarson in Njal's saga: Now...
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    the mythical Wendish ruler Burislav. Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa and Eyrbyggja saga agree with all previously mentioned versions by making Styrbjörn take...
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  • following Icelandic sagas: Grettis saga chapter 15 Gísla saga chapters 15 and 18 Egils saga chapter 40 Eyrbyggja saga chapter 43 Vápnfirðinga saga chapter 4 La...
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    saga about Styrbjörn, but most of what is extant is found in the short Styrbjarnar þáttr Svíakappa. Parts of his story are also retold in Eyrbyggja saga...
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    00008. ISBN 978-1-5261-1277-4. "Eyrbyggja saga". heimskringla.no. Retrieved 27 December 2023. "King Olaf Trygvason's saga". sacred-texts.com. Retrieved...
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    words marr and mara." Another possible example is the account in the Eyrbyggja saga of the sorceress Geirrid accused of assuming the shape of a "night-rider"...
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    "Grettir's Saga". Icelandic Saga Database. Retrieved July 1, 2019. William Morris & Eirikr Magnusson (trans). "Eyrbyggja saga". Icelandic Saga Database...
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    Icelandic sagas. The main source of his life is the Eyrbyggja saga, in which he is the main character, although he also figures prominently in Njál's saga and...
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    form with fictional and mythical elements in Eyrbyggja saga. Helgafell also appears in the Laxdæla saga as the location where the heroine Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir...
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    Berserkjahraun [ˈpɛr̥sɛr̥caˌr̥œyːn̥]. The name of the lava field comes from the Eyrbyggja saga, according to which two Berserkers were slain here by their master,...
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    Great Ireland (category Saga locations)
    Greenland, and remained with Eirik the Red during the winter. In the Eyrbyggja saga, Gudleif Gudlaugson with his crew had attempted to sail from Dublin...
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    a number of medieval Icelandic sources, including Eyrbyggja saga, Knýtlinga saga, and Hervarar saga. An account is found in the Old Norse translation...
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    (1935). Eyrbyggja saga, Grœnlendinga sǫgur. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. IV. Reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag. Storm, Gustav, ed. (1891). Eiríks saga rauða...
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  • Hermann (1989). Eyrbyggja saga. Penguin Books. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-14-044530-5. OCLC 26857553. Byock, Jesse (2009). Grettir's saga. Oxford University...
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    beage) to King Alfred after his victory at Wareham. Sagas such as Eyrbyggja saga and Víga-Glúms saga describe rings sitting on the altars of North Germanic...
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  • Snorri Þorbrandsson (category Saga stubs)
    Snorri's life are the semi-historical Icelandic sagas. Snorri appears as a character in the Icelandic Eyrbyggja saga. He was from the area of Álftafjörður in...
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  • 1030) was an Icelandic Viking. He appears in the Sagas of Icelanders, in particular the Eyrbyggja saga. According to Irish tradition, Asbrandsson was a...
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  • Ormstunga. Hrómundur is mentioned in the Saga of Grettir, Saga of Egil Skallagrímsson, Eyrbyggja Saga, and Saga of Hænsna-Þóris. Íslendingabók og Landnámabók...
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  • Sigurd the Stout (category Orkneyinga saga characters)
    Olaf's Saga as incorporated into the Heimskringla and in the Eyrbyggja Saga. There are various tales about his exploits in the more fanciful Njal's Saga as...
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    The Story of Burnt Njal Another instance of quickfire is told in the Eyrbyggja Saga. According to it, in the late 10th century in Iceland, Ulfar, a freedman...
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