Note to Bkrepp Magndr 10II
[2] arfi Guðrøðar ‘Guðrøðr’s heir [= Lǫgmaðr]’: Guðrøðr crovan ‘Little-hand’ was the son of Haraldr svarti ‘the Black’ of Islay. He fought at the battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 alongside Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson of Norway, escaped to the Isle of Man and later became king of the Hebrides, Man and parts of Ireland. He died of illness in 1095 (see Munch 1860, 50-9).
References
- Bibliography
- Munch, P. A., ed. 1860. Chronica regvm Manniæ et Insvlarvm: The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys Edited from the Manuscript Codex in the British Museum and with Historical Notes. Christiania (Oslo): Brøgger & Christie.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘(Biography of) Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 35-56.