Ulf the Brave
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Ulf the Brave (Úlfr inn óargi)[1] was a Norwegian hersir who lived in Namdalen in the eighth century CE.[2] He was the father of Hallbjörn Half-Troll and Hallbera Ulfsdóttir, who was the mother of Kveldúlfr Bjálfason.[3] Thus Ulf the Brave was the ancestor of the clan of Egill Skallagrimsson. He is briefly mentioned in Egils Saga.[4]
According to Skáldatal B (Codex Upsaliensis) Ulf was a skald and composed, in one single night, a drápa praising his own heroic deeds; after that accomplishment, he died before dawn came.[5]
The drápa is not preserved.
