Olaf Geirstad-Alf
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Who is Olaf Geirstad-Alf?
Olaf Gudrødsson, or as he was named after his death Olaf Geirstad-Alf, was a legendary Norwegian king of the House of Yngling from the Ynglinga saga. He was the son of Gudrød the Hunter and according to the late Heimskringla, the half-brother of Halfdan the Black. Gudrød and Olaf conquered a large part of Raumarike.
In the Ynglinga saga portion of the Heimskringla, the king is reported to have died of a "disease in his foot" or gout, although the Flateyjarbók suggests the king succumbed to a plague epidemic.
The Ynglinga saga also inserts the following verse by Þjóðólfr of Hvinir:
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on July 23, 2013
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