Egil or Egill is a masculine given name derived from

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was 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 ...

. It may refer to:

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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 Hymir (Old Norse: ) is a jötunn in Norse mythology, and the owner of a brewing- cauldron fet ...

, 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) a ...

, hero of Völundarkviða and the Thidreks saga *

Egil One-Hand Egil One-Hand is a berserker hero from the Icelandic legendary saga . Life Egil was the son of Hring ruler of Småland and Ingibjorg, daughter of Earl Bjarkmar of Gautland. Egil was a troublesome young boy who would often go with a gang of his fri ...

, hero from the Icelandic saga ''Egils saga einhenda ok Ásmundar berserkjabana'' *

Ongentheow Ongentheow (Old English: ''Ongenþeow'', ''Ongenþio'', ''Ongendþeow''; Old Norse: ''Angantýr'') (died ca. 515) was the name of a semi-legendary Suiones, Swedish king of the house of Yngling, Scylfings, who appears in Old English sources. He ...

, also known as Egil

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Eğil Eğil (; ; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Diyarbakır Province, Turkey. Its area is 449 km2, and its population is 21,434 (2022). It is populated by Kurds. The elected mayor Mustafa Akkul of the Peoples' Democratic P ...

, 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 Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent terri ...

, Sverdrup Mountains, Antarctica

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Egil (given name) Egil or Egill is a masculine given name derived from Old Norse. It may refer to: People Various *Ongentheow (died 515), legendary Swedish king Egil *Egil, brother of Volund, legendary archer of Germanic mythology *Egil, leader of Mechonis and anta ...

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