Melkorkustaðir Explained

Melkorkustead (Old Norse: Norse, Old: Melkorkustaðir in Norse, Old pronounced as /ˈmelˌkorkoˌstɑðez̠/; Modern Icelandic: in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈmɛlˌkʰɔr̥kʏˌstaːðɪr̥/) was a farm in western Iceland during the Icelandic Commonwealth period. It was the home of Melkorka, mother of the gothi Olaf the Peacock.

The name in Irish could be: Myr Kjartan King of Irland or mael-Curcaigh or Muirchertach of the Leather Cloaks, King of Aileach son af Niall Glundubh.

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