Úlfr Uggason
Úlfr Uggason (Modern Icelandic: Úlfur Uggason) was an Icelandic skald who lived in the last part of the tenth century. The Laxdæla saga tells how he composed his Húsdrápa for a wedding. Geirmundr married Þuríðr, whose father, Óláfr pái ("peacock") Höskuldsson, had a magnificent hall built in his farm in Hjarðarholt (Iceland), with paintings representing legends on the walls and ceiling: • The wedding feast was a very crowded one, for the new hall was finished.
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Úlfr Uggason
- Born
- 901
- Died
- 999
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Occupation
- skald · poet
- Known for
- Húsdrápa
- Languages
- Icelandic
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Úlfr Uggason (Modern Icelandic: Úlfur Uggason) was an Icelandic skald who lived in the last part of the tenth century. The Laxdæla saga tells how he composed his Húsdrápa for a wedding. Geirmundr married Þuríðr, whose father, Óláfr pái ("peacock") Höskuldsson, had a magnificent hall built in his farm in Hjarðarholt (Iceland), with paintings representing legends on the walls and ceiling: • The wedding feast was a very crowded one, for the new hall was finished.
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Born in 901, died in 999.
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