King Eiríkr Bloodaxe
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King Eiríkr Bloodaxe was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler and later king of Northumbria, famed in saga literature for his fierce warrior reputation and turbulent reign.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eiríkr Bloodaxe | 1 |
| Eric Bloodaxe | 1 |
| King Eiríkr Bloodaxe canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16236199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Eiríkr Bloodaxe Context triple: [Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, mainCharacter, King Eiríkr Bloodaxe]
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A.
Hakon Jarl
Hakon Jarl is a dramatic work by Danish poet and playwright Adam Oehlenschläger that draws on Norse history and legend surrounding the powerful earl of Lade in Viking-age Norway.
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B.
Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
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C.
Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson
Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson was a Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known for his role in the Battle of Clontarf and his influence on the politics of Ireland and the Irish Sea region.
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D.
Ulf Jarl
Ulf Jarl was an influential early 11th-century Danish nobleman and military leader, brother-in-law to King Cnut the Great and father of the later Danish king Sweyn II.
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E.
King Geirröðr
King Geirröðr is a legendary Norse ruler known from the Poetic Edda, where he inhospitably mistreats the disguised god Odin in the poem Grímnismál.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Eiríkr Bloodaxe Target entity description: King Eiríkr Bloodaxe was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler and later king of Northumbria, famed in saga literature for his fierce warrior reputation and turbulent reign.
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A.
Hakon Jarl
Hakon Jarl is a dramatic work by Danish poet and playwright Adam Oehlenschläger that draws on Norse history and legend surrounding the powerful earl of Lade in Viking-age Norway.
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B.
Olaf Tryggvason
Olaf Tryggvason was a late 10th-century king of Norway known for his aggressive efforts to Christianize the country and his dramatic death at the Battle of Svolder.
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C.
Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson
Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson was a Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin in the late 10th and early 11th centuries, known for his role in the Battle of Clontarf and his influence on the politics of Ireland and the Irish Sea region.
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D.
Ulf Jarl
Ulf Jarl was an influential early 11th-century Danish nobleman and military leader, brother-in-law to King Cnut the Great and father of the later Danish king Sweyn II.
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E.
King Geirröðr
King Geirröðr is a legendary Norse ruler known from the Poetic Edda, where he inhospitably mistreats the disguised god Odin in the poem Grímnismál.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: King Eiríkr Bloodaxe
linked to: King Eiríkr Bloodaxe