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Gunnlaugr ormstunga (Old Norse: [ˈɡunːˌlɔuɣz̠ ˈormsˌtʰuŋɡɑ]; Icelandic:
Gunnlaugur ormstunga [ˈkʏnːˌlœyːɣʏr ˈɔ(r)msˌtʰuŋka]; "serpent-tongue") was an...
- þáttur víðförla)
refer to him
simply as
Gunnlaugr munkr or
Gunnlaugr the Monk.
Little is
known about Gunnlaugr's family or life, but a
miracle in Jóns saga...
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introduction of
Christianity in Iceland,
tells the
story of two
Icelandic poets,
Gunnlaugr Ormstunga and
Hrafn Önundarson, and
their love of
Helga the Fair, granddaughter...
- [ˈkʏnːˌlœyːɣʏr̥] is an
Icelandic given name,
originally from Old
Norse Gunnlaugr [ˈɡunːˌlɔuɣz̠].
Notable people with the name include:
Gunnlaugur Jónsson...
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Latin lives of Óláfr
Tryggvason were
written by Oddr
Snorrason and by
Gunnlaugr Leifsson; both are now lost, but are
thought to have
formed the basis...
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holmgangs were
outlawed in
Iceland in 1006, as a
result of the duel
between Gunnlaugr Ormstunga and
Hrafn Önundarson, and in
Norway in 1014. In the allegorical...
- Hallkelsson,
active c. 1000, one of Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson's
court poets Gunnlaugr Ormstunga, 10th–11th century,
nicknamed "Wormtongue" on
account of his...
- also be fictional, as that
aspect of his
story is
often attributed to
Gunnlaugr Leifsson's
version of Óláfs saga
Tryggvasonar (which
likely served as...
- Lítilvölva (c. 10th
century CE),
renowned seeress of
Norse colonial Greenland Gunnlaugr ormstunga (c. 983–1008 CE),
Icelandic skald who
widely served in Iceland...
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content from the
previous biographies of the king by Oddr
Snorrason and
Gunnlaugr Leifsson as well as less
directly related material. The saga is preserved...
