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Encyclopedia > Eirik

Eirik is a name with roots in Norway. It is derived from the old form Eirikur which was a common name for kings and noblemen. Famous people bearing the name of Eirik includes the Viking and explorer Eirik Raude, king Eirik Blodøks, football player Eirik Bakke, Norwegian musician Eirik Glambek Bøe and acclaimed poetry slam artist Eirik Ott aka Big Poppa E. This article concerns the Viking explorer. ... Eirik Bloodaxe (Old Norse:Eiríkr blóðöx, Icelandic:Eiríkur blóðöx, Norwegian:Eirik Blodøks) (circa 885 – 954), was the second king of Norway (930-934) and the eldest son of his father Harald Fairhair. ... Eirik Bakke (born September 13, 1977 in Sogndal, Norway) is a Norwegian football player. ... Eirik Glambek Bøe born October 20th 1975 is from Bergen Norway and is a musician, writer and vocalist, best known for being part of the pop duo Kings of Convenience together with Erlend Øye. ... Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that occurs within a competitive poetry event, called a slam, at which poets perform their own poems (or, in rare cases, those of others) that are judged on a numeric scale by randomly picked members of the audience. ... Big Poppa E is the stage name of slam poetry performer Eirik Ott. ...


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        Eternity             (Eirik Fanlisting) (182 words)
Welcome to eternity, the approved fanlisting (by tfl) for eirik (also known as Eirika), the beautiful leading female character of the game fire emblem seima no kouseki (imported in NA as Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones).
Eirik is my favourite female character of the game and probably one of the best one in all the history of Fire Emblem (at least among the lords).
Eirik and Fire Emblem Seima no Kouseki belong to nintendo ltd.
Angelcynn - Eirik of Borgund (324 words)
Eirik was of Norse blood, coming from the settlement at the head of the Sognefjord in western Norway.
Eirik's son, Olaf, also followed his father's inclinations and by the time he was 14 years old was fighting and sailing as a Dreng alongside his father.
Eirik and Wulfwyn found happiness in each other's company and so it was that she stayed at his side in the kingdom of Hwicce.
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