  egill skallagrÃ­msson also known as egil skallagrimssonthorsson, 3 (c. 904c. 995)palsson and edwards pp. 248-9 was a viking-age poet, warrior and farmer. he is also the protagonist of the eponymous egil's saga. egil's saga historically narrates a period from approximately 850-1000 ce, being written somewhere between 1220 and 1240. ==life== :the following is based on the icelandic saga "egil's saga"; like many sagas, it can be unreliable as a source of historical fact.  egill was born in iceland, the son of skalla-grÃ­mr kveldÃºlfssonskalla- refers to his baldness and grÃ­mr was a frequent name, being one of the names of ÃÃ°inn, but also being a heiti for snake, billy-goat and dwarf and bera yngvarsdÃ³ttir, and the grandson of kveld-Ãlfr ("evening wolf"). his ancestor, hallbjorn, was norwegian-sami.pÃ¡lsson, hermann. "the sami people in old norse literature." nordlit 3.1 (2012): 29-53. "the following nouns were used about people of mixed parentage:".."halftroll 'a half troll'. this is used as the nickname of hallbjorn of ramsta in namdalen, father of ketill hoengr, and ancestor of some of the settlers of iceland, including skalla-grimr." when grÃ­mr arrived in iceland, he settled at borg, the place where his father's coffin landed. grÃ­mr was a respected chieftain and mortal enemy of king harald fairhair of norway. egill composed his first poem at the age of three years. he exhibited berserk behaviour, and this, together with the description of his large and unattractive head, has led to the theory that he might have suffered from paget's disease. at the age of seven, egill was cheated in a game with local boys. enraged, he went home and procured an axe, and returning to the boys, split the skull of the boy who cheated him, to the teeth. after berg-Ãnundr refused to allow egill to claim his wife ÃsgerÃ°r's share of her father's inheritance, he challenged Ãnundr to a holmgang. later, after being grievously insulted, egill killed bÃ¡rÃ°r of atley, a retainer of king eirik bloodaxe and kinsman of queen gunnhildr, both of whom spent the remainder of their lives trying to take vengeance. seething with hatred, gunnhildr ordered her two brothers to assassinate egill and his brother ÃÃ³rÃ³lfr, who had been on good terms with her previously. however, egill slew the queen's brothers when they a
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