Melkorka
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melkorka-173-1471938
title:
Melkorka
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Melkorka is the name given in Landnámabók and Laxdæla saga for the Irish mother of the Icelandic goði Ólafr Höskuldsson. It is possible that her name represents the Irish Mael Curcaig. According to Laxdæla saga, Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson purchased Melkorka, who he believed to be a selective mute thrall-woman, from a Rus' merchant on Brännöyar while on a trading expedition to Norway, and made her his concubine while away from his wife Jorunn Bjarnadottir. When Höskuldur returned home to Iceland, he t
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melkorka
date created:
2008-09-09T15:36:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:32:55Z
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