Jökuls þáttr Bárðarsonar

The Jökuls þáttr Bárðarsonar or Known as of Jökull, wire of Bárðr is a very short þáttr appearing in the Óláfs saga helga ( Saga of saint Óláf ) of Snorri Sturluson. It evokes the death of Jökull, a Icelandic with the service of the Jarl of Lade Hákon Eiríksson.

During the conflict which opposed it to the king de Norvège Óláfr Haraldsson, Hákon seized the ships of the king, which had been drawn with ground. It made carry out a drawing lot to appoint the captains of the boats, and it is in Jökull, wire of Bárðr of the Vatsdalr, that it échut to order the Vison . It composed a Lausavísa on this subject.

Well later, it was made prisoner on the island of Gotland by the men of the king, who ordered his decapitation. But when he heard the sound of the axe, Jökull raised the head, and the blow reached it with cranium. Indicator who the wound was fatal, the king ordered to leave it thus. Before dying, Jökull composed a stanza evoking its wound.

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the '' þáttr '' as old man norrois.

Jokuls thattr Bardarsonar

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