Definition of Laxdaela. Meaning of Laxdaela. Synonyms of Laxdaela

- Laxdæla saga (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlaksˌtaiːla ˈsaːɣa] ), also Laxdœla saga (Old Norse pronunciation [ˈlɑksˌdøːlɑ ˈsɑɣɑ]) or The Saga of the People...
- great-grandmother Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir – a prominent character in the Laxdæla saga whose husband, Thorkell Eyjolfsson, was descended from Auðr. Ari was...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bolli Bollison) was a key historical character in the Medieval Icelandic Laxdæla saga, born around 1000. He grew up in Orlygsstadir, at Helgafell on the...
- Orkneyinga Saga § 9 (Palsson 27). Laxdaela Saga § 4 (Magnusson 51-52). Eirik the Red's Saga § 1 (Jones 127); Laxdaela Saga § 4 (Magnusson 52); Njal's Saga...
- 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...
- Olaf married a woman named Alfdis of Barra, around 920. According to the Laxdæla saga Aud (called "Unn" in the saga) held Olaf dearer than anyone else,...
- and mythical elements in Eyrbyggja saga. Helgafell also appears in the Laxdæla saga as the location where the heroine Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir last lived...
- Modern Icelandic: [ˈmɛlˌkʰɔr̥ka]) is the name given in Landnámabók and Laxdæla saga for the Irish mother of the Icelandic goði Ólafr Höskuldsson. It is...