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Laxdæla saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlaksˌtaiːla ˈsaːɣa] ), also Laxdœla saga (Old
Norse pronunciation [ˈlɑksˌdøːlɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]) or The Saga of the People...
- of an ox". The
close similarity of
these descriptions have been noted.
Laxdæla saga
describes how
bones were dug up
belonging to a dead
sorceress who...
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Bolli Bollison) was a key
historical character in the
Medieval Icelandic Laxdæla saga, born
around 1004. He grew up in Orlygsstadir, at
Helgafell on the...
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information about her life in
Iceland is
Sturla Þórðarson's Landnámabók;
Laxdæla saga,
which calls her Unn,
gives a
varying account but has more on her...
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settlement of
Greenland and
Vinland (modern Newfoundland).
Egils saga,
Laxdæla saga,
Grettis saga, Gísla saga and
Gunnlaugs saga
ormstungu are also notable...
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proud bearing and
magnificent wardrobe. He is a
major character in the
Laxdæla saga and is
mentioned in a
number of
other Icelandic sources. The son of...
- Ósvífrsdóttir, who is a main
character in
Laxdæla saga. The
thermal bath
exists at the
place described in the saga. In
Laxdæla saga Guðrúnarlaug (literally "Guðrún's...
- character,
although he also
figures prominently in Njál's saga and the
Laxdæla saga.
Snorri was the
nephew of Gísli Súrsson, the hero of Gísla saga, and...
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skalds (such as Fóstbrœðra saga) 1230 to 1280 –
Family sagas (such as
Laxdæla saga) 1280 to 1300 –
Works that
focus more on
style and
storytelling than...
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Modern Icelandic: [ˈmɛlˌkʰɔr̥ka]) is the name
given in Landnámabók and
Laxdæla saga for the
Irish mother of the
Icelandic goði Ólafr Höskuldsson. It is...
