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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.
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 story of Ketill and his daughter Auðr, or Aud the Deep-Minded, was probably first recorded by the Icelander Ari Þorgilsson (1067 – 1148). [2] Ari was born not long after the death of his great-grandmother Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir – a prominent character in the Laxdæla saga whose husband, Thorkell Eyjolfsson, was descended from Auðr.
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
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 ...
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He was born around 850 AD and was the son of Olaf the White, King of Dublin, and Aud the Deep-minded, who was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose. [1] After the death of Olaf, Aud and Thorstein went to live in the Hebrides, then under Ketil's rule. [2] Thorstein eventually became a warlord and allied with the Jarl of Orkney, Sigurd Eysteinsson. [1]
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.