Halldór Halldórsson. Lund i islänska källor

• Author: Halldór Halldórsson
• Title: Lund i islänska källor
• Published in: Gardar 6
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• Year: 1975
• Pages: 26-34
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• Reference: Halldór Halldórsson. "Lund i islänska källor." Gardar 6 (1975): 26-34.

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In the ... article the author discusses material he has found concerning the city of Lund in Icelandic sources. He points out that according to Landnámabók (The Book of Settlement) one of the first discoverers of Iceland was Swedish. His name, his father's name and the name of his slave, which is found in a South Swedish placename, indicate that this story is not absolutely without foundation. Much more dubious is the episode in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar in which Egill participated in an attack on Lund about 936. If this story, however, is true the first occurrence of the name Lund is found in a strophe which Egill is said to have composed on this occasion. Many philologists think that this strophe is genuine.

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• Written by: Halldór Halldórsson
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