[6] Vǫrl ‘Valderøy’: Located off the coast of Sunnmøre in western Norway, near Ålesund and east of Giske (see st. 3/6). This is the place where Egill Skallagrímsson fought his hólmganga ‘duel’ against Ljótr inn bleiki ‘the Pale’ (Eg ch. 64, ÍF 2, 202-6). See also Þul Islands l. 5.
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 2 = Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar. Ed. Sigurður Nordal. 1933.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 162-389. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=14> (accessed 24 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (EgillV)
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Heiti for islands’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 994. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2987> (accessed 24 April 2024)