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"This is corroborated by an archeological find of a head from Viking age which is likely to be Egill's." Really? Why is it likely? Who says so? What's the evidence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.45.16 ( talk) 12:44, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
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I moved the page from Egill Skallagrímsson to Egill Skallagrímssonr to comply with a proposed standard for Old Norse spellings. Personally, I much prefer "Egil Skallagrimson" since that looks more like something a native English speaker could pronounce. Cleasby says that it should have had an -r, but User:Edinborgarstefan showed me a vellum from Möðruvallabók with the r out.
If anyone wants to move the page back I doubt anyone would mind. Wighson 00:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
The popular culture (shrudder) section says that there is a pub in Reykjavík named after Egill. Is that true? Stefán Ingi 14:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
I added an English translation of Egil's poem. Not really sure if it belongs here, but I thought it might be fun for people to know what it means. It should be noted that I have no poetic ambitions, nor am I a native Icelandic speaker, so anyone with better qualifications may want to edit/delete this.
Trinite 19:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I belive it should be important to also submit a sentence which clearly indicates that the eanglosxian definition is false:
Björn var farmaður mikill, var stundum í víking, en stundum í kaupferðum; Björn var hinn gervilegasti maður.
english: Björn was a great traveller; sometimes as viking, sometimes as tradesman.
It clearly indicates those two activities were not the same.
Dan Koehl 19:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Is Paget's actually associate with Berserk behavior (as the article currently implies), or just with deformations? Trinite 19:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I stand by my translation as "Helm" which reads a bit better than "Bald Hood/Cowl that covers the top of the face". Grimmr might translate as "grim", though I imagine the meaning is distorted when read by modern English speakers, but grímr translates as "hood or cowl that covers the top of the face". Grímr is used as man's name, as a part of a man's name, is used to indicate a man in disguise and is also used as a proper noun for Odin to indicate he is travelling in disguise. While wikipedia is no place for original research, it is entirely conceivable that this fellow was literally bald or had such an appearance that disguise was impossible or he may have disdained any effort at subterfuge or concealing his identity. Waerloeg 03:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 09:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Why does this article treat Egill's story in the saga at face value rather than describing a mostly literary character? radek ( talk) 23:05, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The start of this page explains his name is Egill, I find this a bit confusing as each link reference names him Egil with one L. Where has the second L been 'decided', as it were? Can it be clarified in the article? SirShill ( talk) 11:52, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Egil's Saga is the primary source for information about Egil, Skallagrim's son. Dcattell ( talk) 17:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
The following needs revision:
First, Egill didn't compose a poem at the age of three. There are two lausavísur attributed to him at that age, but the mainstream opinion is, that Egill might have composed them in old age, when telling stories about his youth and these vísur are far too perfect for a three year old.
The second paragraph cited leads straight from Egill's murder at the age of seven to his victory in a duel decades later. All the best 85.220.22.139 ( talk) 17:27, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
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"This is corroborated by an archeological find of a head from Viking age which is likely to be Egill's." Really? Why is it likely? Who says so? What's the evidence? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.3.45.16 ( talk) 12:44, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
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I moved the page from Egill Skallagrímsson to Egill Skallagrímssonr to comply with a proposed standard for Old Norse spellings. Personally, I much prefer "Egil Skallagrimson" since that looks more like something a native English speaker could pronounce. Cleasby says that it should have had an -r, but User:Edinborgarstefan showed me a vellum from Möðruvallabók with the r out.
If anyone wants to move the page back I doubt anyone would mind. Wighson 00:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
The popular culture (shrudder) section says that there is a pub in Reykjavík named after Egill. Is that true? Stefán Ingi 14:13, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
I added an English translation of Egil's poem. Not really sure if it belongs here, but I thought it might be fun for people to know what it means. It should be noted that I have no poetic ambitions, nor am I a native Icelandic speaker, so anyone with better qualifications may want to edit/delete this.
Trinite 19:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I belive it should be important to also submit a sentence which clearly indicates that the eanglosxian definition is false:
Björn var farmaður mikill, var stundum í víking, en stundum í kaupferðum; Björn var hinn gervilegasti maður.
english: Björn was a great traveller; sometimes as viking, sometimes as tradesman.
It clearly indicates those two activities were not the same.
Dan Koehl 19:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Is Paget's actually associate with Berserk behavior (as the article currently implies), or just with deformations? Trinite 19:07, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
I stand by my translation as "Helm" which reads a bit better than "Bald Hood/Cowl that covers the top of the face". Grimmr might translate as "grim", though I imagine the meaning is distorted when read by modern English speakers, but grímr translates as "hood or cowl that covers the top of the face". Grímr is used as man's name, as a part of a man's name, is used to indicate a man in disguise and is also used as a proper noun for Odin to indicate he is travelling in disguise. While wikipedia is no place for original research, it is entirely conceivable that this fellow was literally bald or had such an appearance that disguise was impossible or he may have disdained any effort at subterfuge or concealing his identity. Waerloeg 03:12, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 09:06, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Why does this article treat Egill's story in the saga at face value rather than describing a mostly literary character? radek ( talk) 23:05, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
The start of this page explains his name is Egill, I find this a bit confusing as each link reference names him Egil with one L. Where has the second L been 'decided', as it were? Can it be clarified in the article? SirShill ( talk) 11:52, 21 March 2011 (UTC)
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Egil's Saga is the primary source for information about Egil, Skallagrim's son. Dcattell ( talk) 17:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
The following needs revision:
First, Egill didn't compose a poem at the age of three. There are two lausavísur attributed to him at that age, but the mainstream opinion is, that Egill might have composed them in old age, when telling stories about his youth and these vísur are far too perfect for a three year old.
The second paragraph cited leads straight from Egill's murder at the age of seven to his victory in a duel decades later. All the best 85.220.22.139 ( talk) 17:27, 22 December 2012 (UTC)