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[4] Herðla ‘Herdla’: An island in Hordaland, north of Askøy near Bergen. This is where Egill Skallagrímsson raised a níðstǫng ‘pole of derision’ against King Eiríkr blóðøx ‘Blood-axe’ and Queen Gunnhildr (Eg ch. 57, ÍF 2, 170-1).