In a public park in Borgarnes is the mound in which Egil buried first his father Skalla-Grímr and later his drowned son Böðvar. I went to see it this morning. On top of the mound is a stone inscribed with Younger Fuþark runes reading
skallakrimr*. Unfortunately I don't know when the stone was carved and placed there.
*In the Younger Fuþark, voiced and unvoiced consonant pairs (such as b and p; g and k) share the same transliteration.
My bus to Hólmavík doesn't leave until 5pm and there's now a 21mph North wind blowing outside, so I'm waiting inside the hostel with sagas and blueberry skyr.
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