Eyrawyggla

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  • invoking Humphrey Chipden Earwicker (HCE)
  • Era, Eye
  • referring to the story of HCE
  • Eyre: A circuit court held by itinerant royal justices in medieval England.
  • Eire: Ireland
  • Eyrbyggja saga: one of the great Icelandic sagas (Roland McHugh). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyrbyggja_Saga
  • A saga is prose narrative usually written in Iceland between 1120 and 1400, dealing with the families that first settled Iceland and their descendants, with the histories of the kings of Norway, and with the myths and legends of early Germanic gods and heroes.
  • Earwig Saga – suggests 'ear wagging' stories (made up from rumours, gossip etc.). Stories entering the ear like earwigs... or Viking invaders.