Egil or Egill is a masculine given name derived from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

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Egil (Hymiskvida) In Norse mythology, Egil is the name of a farmer in the poem '' Hymiskvida'' who looked after Thor's goats while the god was visiting the giant Hymir. Egil is possibly the father of Thor's servants Þjálfi and Röskva due to certain similaritie ...

, farmer in the poem ''Hymiskvida'' *

Egil, brother of Volund Egil is a legendary hero of the ''Völundarkviða'' and the '' Thidreks saga''. The name is from Proto-Germanic *Agilaz,https://web.archive.org/web/20110225031159/http://www.sofi.se/servlet/GetDoc?meta_id=1472 (archived link, 25 February 2011) and ...

, hero of Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga *

Egil One-Hand Egil One-Hand is a berserker hero from the Icelandic legendary saga Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana. Life Egil was the son of Hring ruler of Småland and Ingibjorg, daughter of Earl Bjarkmar of Gautland. Egil was a troublesome youn ...

, hero from the Icelandic saga ''Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana'' * Ongentheow, also known as Egil

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* Eğil, a district of Diyarbakır Province, south eastern Turkey *

Egil Peak Egil Peak () is a peak, high, at the east side of Isingen Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–39). It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from ...

, Sverdrup Mountains, Antarctica

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* Egil (given name) *Electrical Generation and Integrated Lighting Systems Engineer, NASA flight controller

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