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Thorgils Skarthi (hare-lip) (Old Norse: Þorgils Skarði) was a
Viking leader and poet. He is ****ociated with the
founding of Scarborough, England. Thorgils...
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found in 1796 at
Danevirke and
moved to a park in Schleswig. Like the
Skarthi Stone, it is
believed to have been
raised around 995, the year when Hedeby...
- have had a
slightly cleft palate according to
diagnostic imaging Thorgils Skarthi Thorgils 'the hare-lipped'—a 10th-century
Viking warrior and
founder of...
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local area . The
remains of the
settlement of
Viking Age
Haithabu and the
Skarthi Stone, a
runestone probably erected at the
beginning of the 11th century...
- Forkbeard, as
elsewhere on the
Hedeby stones.
Another runestone there, the
Skarthi stone (DR 3), was
apparently personally raised by king Svein: King Sveinn...
- 10th century, when
Thorgil (also
known as
Skarthi,
meaning 'hare-lip')
built a
stronghold here –
hence '
Skarthi's burh'. The town is
claimed to have been...
- 400 feet (120 m) high. For
information about its founding, see
Thorgils Skarthi.
According to the 2011 UK Census,
Flamborough parish had a po****tion of...
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author Þorgils
Mathiesen (born 1962),
Icelandic handball player Thorgils Skarthi, 10th
century Viking leader and poet
Thorgil Sprakling, 10th
century Danish...
- "Land of the Saxons". Germany. Skarðaborg "Fortified
place of
Thorgils Skarthi" or "gap hill". Scarborough,
North Yorkshire.
Seeburg Grobiņa in Latvia...
- ("flat-topped hill"). Scarborough, Yorkshire, from Old
Norse Skarthiborg ("
Skarthi's fort"). Scole, Norfolk, from Old
Norse skáli ("shielings"). S****horpe...
