Hjalti Skeggjason, who had been converted by Þangbrandr, talked him out of it. They explained that Þangbrandr had failed because he had proceeded with violence...
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skrælingjar of Vínland. King Olaf I of Norway sends the missionary priest Þangbrandr to Iceland to convert the inhabitants to Christianity. He has some success...
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Icelandic skald known for her verses taunting the Christian missionary Þangbrandr Rusla (c. 5th–11th century CE), a.k.a. the "Red Woman", legendary Norwegian...
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Two verses by her are preserved, in which she taunts the missionary Þangbrandr. The daughter of Refr hinn mikill ("the Great") and Finna, Steinunn was...
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patron Jarl Hákon Sigurðarson and the níð that provoked the missionary Þangbrandr into killing Vetrliði Sumarliðason, and occasionally love poems and erotic...
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Olaf Tryggvason sent a Saxon missionary, Þangbrandr, to Iceland. Many Icelanders were angered by Þangbrandr's proselytising, and he was outlawed after...
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chapter 102, the skald Þorvaldr veili, who has gathered a troop to slay Þangbrandr (a missionary sent to Iceland by Óláfr Tryggvason) and his companion Guðleifr...
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conversion to Christianity. He composed defamatory verses (níð) about Þangbrandr, a missionary sent to Iceland by Óláfr Tryggvason. He was killed by the...
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as Embla Egill Ólafsson as Olaf I of Norway Tomas Norström as Bishop Þangbrandr Þorsteinn Hannesson as Jarl Godbrandur Helgi Skúlason as Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi...
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composed defamatory verses (níð) about Þangbrandr, a missionary sent to Iceland by Óláfr Tryggvason. When Þangbrandr arrived in his area, in Grímsnes, Þorvaldr...
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