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Earl Hákon uses his own and the magic of Þorgerðr Hörgabrúðr to revenge the doings of Þorleifr jarlaskáld
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[excerpt from] ÞorlJ ch. 7b
7b. The death of Þorleifr
En nú er þar til at taka, er ... | Going back to Earl Hakon, he ... |
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| Flateyjarbók is the largest preserved manuscript from the Icelandic middle ages, written in the late 14th century. Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds is part of this work. |
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Þorgerðr’s second name appears in the following forms, Hǫlga-, Hǫlda-, Hǫrða-, Hǫrga-brúðr, and Hǫlga-, Hǫlda-, Hǫrða-, Hǫrga-troll. See, for example, Storm, G., ‘Om Thorgerd Hölgebrud’ Arkiv II (1885) 124 ff. and “Jómsvíkinga saga. The saga of the Jomsvikings”, in Icelandic Texts, (eds.) Sigurður Nordal and G. Turville-Petre (1962), Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, Toronto/New York pp.51-52. |
(Contributed by Liv Marit Aurdal.)
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Main text: Þorleifs þáttr jarlaskálds
Attributes: Woman Ritual Magical ritual Mound Burial Magic Seiðr Funeral customs Death Women/woman
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Text sections: unattrib ÞorlJ 7bI