Óláfr Leggsson () was a 13th-century

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. He is usually referred to as Olafr Svartaskald (black skald) to distinguish him from his contemporary, Olafr Thordarson, "hvitaskald" (white skald). Olafr is believed to have been the son of the Icelandic priest Leggr Torfason.Nordal, Gudrun. Tools of Literacy: The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. He is mentioned in ''Sturlunga Saga'' as being involved with the killing of

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's only legitimate son, Jon Murti. Very little of Olafr Leggson's poetry survives, but he is credited in Skaldatal as being King Hakon Hakonarson's court poet.

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