- Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson
Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson (c. 910-965) was an
Iceland icgodi or chieftain of the earlyIcelandic Commonwealth period. He was the son ofDala-Koll (Koll of the Dales) and Thorgerd Thorsteinsdottir, daughter ofThorstein the Red . His father died when he was a child and his mother married a landowner named Herjolf, who became the father of Hoskuld's half-brotherHrut Herjolfsson .Hoskuld was enormously influential in northwestern Iceland, particularly in theLaxardal region, and is one of the main characters of the first half of "Laxdaela saga ". By his wife Jorunn he was the father of Bard and Thorleik and the grandfather ofBolli Thorleiksson . By his Irish concubine Melkorka he was the father ofOlaf the Peacock and possibly of another son named Helgi.References
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