Egill

Sonatorrek - Structure and Content of The Poem
... Sonnatorrek is composed in kviðuháttr, a relatively undemanding meter which Egill also employed in his praise-poem, Arinbjarnarkviða. 1-4 Egill struggles to find words to express his grief he laments the end of his family line. 5-12 Egill relates his grief over Böðvarr’s death using the image of the sea breaking a cruel gap in the “fence of his kinsmen” (frændgarðr) ...

Baltic Expeditions Runestones - Gästrikland - Gs 13
... in style Pr2 and it commemorates a brother name Egill who died in Tavastia ... Egill probably fell in a leidang expedition, led by Freygeirr who was a military leader ... B.F Jansson 1981 "Brúsi had this stone erected in memory of Egill, his brother ...

Egill Skallagrímsson - Poems
... Apart from being a warrior of immense might in literary sources, Egill is also celebrated for his poetry, considered by many historians to be the ... The following works are attributed to Egill Aðalsteinsdrápa ... sometimes referred to as "Head-Ransom"), with which Egill bought his life from Eiríkr Bloodaxe, who had sentenced him to death in England ...

Eric Bloodaxe - Reputation in The Sagas - Conflict With Egill Skallagrimsson (Egils Saga)
... his wife Gunnhild, King Eric became involved in a prolonged conflict with Egill Skallagrimsson, the well-known Icelander Viking and skald ... The account seems designed to enhance Egill's abilities as a warrior, wizard and poet ... Egill had killed Bárðr of Atley, one of the king's retainers, thus making an enemy of Queen Gunnhild, who never forgave him and did everything within her power to take revenge ...

Gillz
... Egill Einarsson or Gillz (born 13 May 1980), also known as Gillzenegger, Störe, Stóri G, Big G, Þykki Þykkeh and G-Man, is an Icelandic television personality, motivational speaker, writer and ... Egill first became known as a blogger on the now defunct website kallarnir.is in the mid-2000s ... Recent speculation has been rising on Egill's sexuality, but many consider him homosexual most of which are men, although this may be because of other men envy his figure ...