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Grímr Kveldúlfsson,
usually called Skalla-
Grímr, was a
Norwegian who
lived in the
ninth and
tenth centuries. He is an
important character in
Egils saga...
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Grímr Kamban was,
according to the Færeyinga saga, the
first Norse settler in the
Faroe Islands. The
modern Faroese form of the name is Grímur, but it...
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called the Hrafnistumannasögur
surrounding Ketill Hængr and his relatives.
Grimr Loðinkinni (Shaggy Ch****) was the son of
Ketill Hængr (Salmon). From birth...
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figures in the
Norse Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar. She is a
daughter of
Grímr of Grímsgarðr in Jötunheimr and his wife Alvör, the
sister of King Álf the...
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landed after being ritualistically set
adrift as Skalla-
Grímr's boat
approached Iceland. Skalla-
Grímr and wife Bera had two daughters, Sæunn and Þórunn, and...
- questioned. Both the Saga of Ólafr
Tryggvason and the Flateyjarbók
claim that
Grímr Kamban was the
first man to
discover the
Faroe Islands. The two sources...
- Úlfljótr
becomes the
first man to
bring laws
there from Norway.
Another man,
Grímr Goatshoe (or
possibly Goatbeard),
investigates all of
Iceland before Alþingi...
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Salbjorg had two sons,
Thorolf and Grim (who was
better known as Skalla-
Grímr or "Bald Grim").
Kveldulf opposed the
rising power of
Harald Fairhair, king...
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Norse text
Modern English translation Grímr hét maðr Ingjaldsson, Hróaldssonar ór Haddingjadal, bróðir Ása bersis. Hann fór til Íslands í landaleit...
- Bjalf****on and
brother of the Norwegian/Icelandic goði and
skald Skalla-
Grimr. His
ancestor (great uncle)
Hallbjorn was
nicknamed "halftroll", possibly...
