Thorbjorn the Black

1151, 1153

Thorbjorn the Black was another of Earl Rognvald's poets, who set out with him on the expedition to the Holy Land. Thorbjorn died of disease in Acre, and Oddi the Little composed his obituary.

Earl Rognvald of Orkney, Bishop William of Orkney, Eindridi the Young, Jon Petersson, Armod, Erling Wry-neck, Aslak Erlendsson, Guthorm Mjolukoll, Magnus Havardsson, Svein Hroaldsson, Oddi the Little, Sigmund Fish-Hook

Orkneyinga Saga: The History of the Earls of Orkney, trans. Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards (London: Penguin, 1981), 178. Orkneyinga Saga, ed. Finnbogi Guðmundsson (Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka Fornritafélag, 1965), 208–37.