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Encyclopedia > Saemund

Saemund the wise (1056-1133) was an Icelander and Christian priest, who studied in Paris. He founded a long-lived school in Oddi.


The authorship of the Elder Edda, or, more plausibly, just the editor's role in the compilation, have traditionally been attributed to him. This idea dates back the discovery in 1643 of the Codex Regius manuscript.



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Saemund Magnussun (3722 words)
Saemund was raised in a valley deep in the craggy spires of the Wundvold Mts.
Saemund's Oldest brother died on his first Faring and his next older brother Gyol was affected by a plague when he was a child before Saemund was born.
Saemund's skills as a smith progressed eventually to journeyman and from then on often Farbjorn would enlist Saemund's aid in making two suits of armor for a client that he said was a special order for plate armor, a rare and expensive armor learned long ago from the Var, one that wasn't to be rushed.
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