As I have written on several occasions, I spend some of my free time reading and indexing Landnámabók (the Book of Settlement). It’s a fascinating read, at least for people who have a compulsion towards collecting names and/or indulging themselves in anecdotes of the Viking Age — so, me, in essence. My names index is …
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Eyjólfr the Quick, son of Gunnlaugr
Skilled archer because he has been training since he was a small boy, but has started to develop aching swellings and stiffness in the joints, causing shooting and arrow-making to be painful. His mother makes ointments from herbs and fat for him, and while he thinks they help, he sometimes gets drunk and tearful and …