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According to the
Ynglinga saga, king
Ingvar Harra of
Sweden invades Adalsysla (present day Lääne
County in Estonia), but is
killed by the
locals (approximate...
- and in
Latin Oesel. The name
Eysysla appears sometimes together with
Adalsysla, 'the big land',
perhaps 'Suuremaa' or 'Suur Maa' in
Estonian which refers...
- [ˈœyˌsyːslɑ],
meaning "the
island district"), and
named in
contrast with
Aðalsýsla ("the
great district") or the
Estonian mainland. The
island is called...
-
mound at a
place called Stone or Hill fort (at Steini) on the s****s of
Aðalsýsla, that is what is now
mainland Estonia.
After this
Snorri cites a verse...
- late 10th century. Eric also
plundered in
western Estonia (Old Norse:
Aðalsýsla) and the
island of
Saaremaa (Old Norse: Eysýsla).
According to the ****rskinna...
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place called Stone or Hill fort (at Steini) on the s****s of
Estonia (
Aðalsýsla).[citation needed]
Snorri then
quotes a
stanza from Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's...
- Scandinavians, who used
separate names for each:
Eysysla for Saaremaa,
Adalsysla for Läänemaa,
Refaland for
Harjumaa and
Virland for Virumaa. The historic...
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According to the
Ynglinga saga, king
Ingvar Harra of
Sweden invades Adalsysla (present day Lääne
County in Estonia), but is
killed by the
locals (approximate...
