Egill Skallagrímsson
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Egill Skallagrímsson (abt. 910 - abt. 990)

Born about in Borg, Mýrasýsla, Western Region, Icelandmap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 80 in Mosfell, Kjósarsýsla, Capital Region, Icelandmap
Profile last modified | Created 14 Nov 2021
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Biography

Egill Skallagrímsson was a viking and and a poet. He lived at Borg on Icleand.[1][2][3][4][5]

Egill a Borg skald og mikill bardagamadur.

Skjald og stor høvding. Boet i Borg i Myrum, Skáld, bjó á Borg á Mýrum. Heimildir: Landnáma, Egils saga, Sturl., DI. I Subject of the Saga of Egil Skallagrimsson.

Sources

  1. ’Egill Skallagrímsson’ (~ 910 - ____). Retrieved from the Icelandic genealogical database Íslendingabók 14 Nov 2021
  2. Various. Landnámabók I-III: Hauksbók, Sturlubók, Melabók (https://baekur.is/bok/000233823/Landnamabok). Det Kongelige Nordiske oldskrifts-selskab (1900): Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000233823/Landnamabok) on Bækur.is. Accessed 14 Nov 2021.
  3. Egils Saga Skallagrímssonar. Samfund til Udgivelse af Gammel Nordisk Litteratur: Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000099866/0/4/Egils_saga_Bls_4) on Bækur.is. Accessed 14 Nov 2021.
  4. Various. Sturlunga saga. Retrieved from (https://baekur.is/bok/000379393/Sturlunga) on Bækur.is 14 Nov 2021
  5. HIÐ ÍSLENZKA BÓKMENTAFJELAG (1923-1932). Diplomatarium Islandicum. Íslenskt fornbréfasafn. Sem hefir inni að halda bréf og gjörninga, dóma og máldaga og aðrar skrár, er snerta Ísland eða íslenzka menn, Volume 1, page 188. HIÐ ÍSLENZKA BÓKMENTAFJELAG, Reykjavík, Iceland. Retrived from (https://baekur.is/bok/000197700/1/218/Diplomatarium_Islandicum___Bindi_1_Bls_218) on Bækur.is 14 Nov 2021.
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Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Shaunna.ged on 11 February 2011.




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Grimsson-2 and Skallagrímsson-1 appear to represent the same person because: Comparing the descendants and ancestors of Egill Grimsson and Egill Skallagrímsson they seem to represent the same person.
posted by Dagmar Thorisdottir
Skalla-Grimsson-1 and Skallagrímsson-1 appear to represent the same person because: Please merge
posted by Sigurður Eysteinsson

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