Vífill
Vífill (Old Norse: [ˈwiːvelː]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈviːvɪtl̥]) is the name of different minor characters who appear in several Old Norse sources:
- Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar (the paternal grandfather of the protagonist in the story)
- Hrólfs saga kraka ok kappa hans (saves the lives of young Hroðgar and his brother Halga)
- Landnámabók
- Kálfsvísa (appears to be one of king Onela's warriors, and a comrade of Weohstan)
- Eiríks saga rauða
- Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka
- Orvar-Odd's saga (mentioned in Hjalmar's death song)
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