Einarr Helgason or Einarr skálaglamm was a 10th century Icelandic skald. He was a court-poet of Lord Hákon to whom he composed his magnum opus, the Vellekla (Gold Dearth). The skald was a member of a group of courtly poets, whose poetry is associated with the courts of Scandinavian and Icelandic leaders during the Viking age, who composed and performed renditions of aspects of what we now characterise as Old Norse poetry. ... Haakon Sigurdsson Jarl (d. ...
The part of Einarr's poetry that has come down to us is preserved in the Kings' sagas, the Prose Edda, Egils saga and Jómsvíkinga saga. According to Egils saga, Einarr was a friend of Egill Skalla-Grímsson and once gave him a decorated shield which he had received in Norway. Egill was greatly displeased since tradition compelled him to compose a drápa on the shield. The Kings sagas are Norse Sagas which tell of the lives of Scandinavian kings. ... The Younger Edda, known also as the Prose Edda or Snorris Edda is an Icelandic manual of poetics which also contains many mythological stories. ... Egill SkallagrÃmsson in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egils saga is an epic Icelandic saga possibly by Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241 A.D.), who may have written the account between the years 1220 and 1240 A.D. It is an important representative of the sagas and has... The JómsvÃkinga saga relates of the founding of Jomsborg by Palnatoke, and of the famous Viking brotherhood of the Jomsvikings. ... Picture of Egill in a 17th century manuscript of Egils Saga Egill SkallagrÃmsson (sometimes given as Egil Skallagrimsson) was a viking and a skald. ...
According to Landnámabók and other sources, Einarr drowned in Breiðafjörður. Landnámabók (the book of settlement), is one of the strangest of the works of Icelandic literature. ... Breiðafjörður - as the name indicates - is a rather broad fjord in the west of Iceland. ...
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Of Einar Helgi's son and Egil A chapter from Egils saga
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