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Ásbjǫrn's name as it appears on folio 141v of AM 132 fol (Möðruvallabók): "Asbiorn".[1]

Ásbjǫrn skerjablesi (died 874), also known as Ásbjǫrn jarl skerjablesi, is a ruler of the Hebrides attested by Landnámabók[2] and Droplaugarsona saga.[3] His epithet, skerjablesi, translates to "skerry blaze".[4] One possibility is that this name means "the man with a blaze from the Skerries", although the particular skerry which this might refer to is unknown. Another possibility is that, whilst the word element blesi ("blaze") refers to Ásbjǫrn's nickname, the element sker ("skerry") refers to his hangout.[5] According to Landnámabók, Ásbjǫrn was slain in 874 by Hólmfastr Véþormsson and Grímr (a nephew of Hólmfastr's father). Ásbjǫrn's killers are stated to have enslaved Ásbjǫrn's wife, Álof (daughter of Þórðr vaggagði), and his daughter Arneiðr.[6]

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Citations

  1. ↑ Jakobsen (1902–1903) p. 142 ch. 1; AM 132 Fol (n.d.) p. 142 ch. 1.
  2. ↑ Wyatt (2007b) pp. 120, 141, 153 n. 437; Pálsson; Edwards (2006) pp. 112 ch. 278, 144 ch. 388; Landnámabók I–III (1900) pp. 89 ch. 240, 121 ch. 342, 204 ch. 278, 229 ch. 388.
  3. ↑ Wyatt (2007b) p. 153; Jakobsen (1902–1903) pp. 141–142 ch. 1.
  4. ↑ Peterson (2015) pp. 134, 214–215, 271.
  5. ↑ Peterson (2015) pp. 214–215.
  6. ↑ Wyatt (2007b) pp. 120, 141, 153 n. 437; Pálsson; Edwards (2006) pp. 112 ch. 278, 144 ch. 388; Landnámabók I–III (1900) pp. 89 ch. 240, 121 ch. 342, 204 ch. 278, 229 ch. 388.

References

Primary sources

  • "AM 132 Fol". Handrit.is. n.d. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  • Jakobsen, J, ed. (1902–1903). Austfirðinga Sǫgur. Copenhagen: S.I. Møllers Bogtrykkeri. OL 6578830M – via Internet Archive.
  • Landnámabók I–III: Hauksbók, Sturluboók, Melabók. Copenhagen: Thieles Bogtrykkeri. 1900 – via Internet Archive.
  • Pálsson, H; Edwards, P, eds. (2006) [1972]. The Book of Settlements: Landnámabók. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 0-88755-698-1.

Secondary sources

  • Peterson, PR (2015). Old Norse Nicknames (PhD thesis). University of Minnesota. hdl:11299/172669.
  • Wyatt, D (2009). Slaves and Warriors in Medieval Britain and Ireland, 800–1200. The Northern World: North Europe and the Baltic c. 400–1700 AD. Peoples, Economics and Cultures (series vol. 45). Leiden: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-17533-4. ISSN 1569-1462.
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