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Aud the Deep-Minded (Old Norse: Auðr djúpúðga Ketilsdóttir [ˈɔuðz̠ ˈdjuːpˌuːðɣɑ ˈketelsˌdoːtːez̠]; Modern Icelandic: Auður djúpúðga Ketilsdóttir [ˈœyːðʏr ˈtjuːpˌuðɣa ˈcʰɛːtɪlsˌtouhtɪr̥]; Norwegian: Aud den djuptenkte), also known as Unn, Aud Ketilsdatter or Unnur Ketilsdottir, was a 9th-century settler during the age of Settlement of Iceland.
Aud the Deep-Minded or Auðr the Deep-Minded may refer to: Auðr the Deep-Minded (Ívarsdóttir) , 7th/8th century Norse princess Aud the Deep-Minded (Ketilsdóttir) , 9th century settler in Iceland
Auðr the Deep-Minded (Old Norse: Auðr in djúpúðga) was a legendary Norse princess, the daughter of Ivar Vidfamne, and the mother of Harald Wartooth, who appears in Sögubrot, Hversu Noregr byggdist and in the Lay of Hyndla. She would have lived during the 7th or 8th century.
Unn may refer to: Unn Ketilsdatter, known as Aud the Deep-Minded; Unn (Bhiwani), a village in the Indian state of Haryana; Unnilnilium, the former placeholder name for Fermium; UNN may stand for: The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; The University of Northumbria at Newcastle, now Northumbria University, in England; Ranong Airport (IATA ...
The saga focuses in particular on Ketill's daughter Unnr the Deep-Minded. Unnr leaves Norway to travel with her family to Iceland. Unnr leaves Norway to travel with her family to Iceland. Later in the saga when she hears that her father and her son are dead, she has a ship built so that she can take all of her surviving kinsmen as well as a ...
After the death of his father Olaf was reared by his grandmother Aud the Deep-minded, [2] and emigrated with her to Iceland, where they settled at the estate called Hvamm in the Laxardal region. Olaf married a woman named Alfdis of Barra, [ 3 ] around 920. [ 4 ]
The Battle of Sulcoit was fought in the year 968 between the Irish of the Dál gCais, led by Brian Boru, and the Vikings of Limerick, led by Ivar of Limerick.It was a victory for the Dál gCais and marked the end of Norse expansion in Ireland.
L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. ' Meadows Cove ') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.