Melkorkustead

Melkorkustead

Melkorkustead (Old Norse "Melkorkustaðir") was a farm in western Iceland during the Icelandic Commonwealth period. It was the home of Melkorka, mother of the godi Olaf the Peacock.

References

*Magnusson, Magnus and Hermann Palsson, transl. Laxdaela Saga. Penguin Classics, 1969.


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