Aud the deep minded biography channel

9th-century Icelandic settler

For an earlier and more legendary Aud the Deep-Minded, see Auðr the Deep-Minded (Ívarsdóttir).

For other uses, see Aud (disambiguation).

Aud the Deep-Minded (Old Norse: Auðr djúpúðga Ketilsdóttir[ˈɔuðz̠ˈdjuːpˌuːðɣɑˈketelsˌdoːtːez̠]; Modern Icelandic: Auður djúpúðga Ketilsdóttir[ˈœyːðʏrˈtjuːpˌuðɣaˈcʰɛːtɪlsˌtouhtɪr̥]; Norwegian: Aud den djuptenkte), also known as Unn, Aud Ketilsdatter or Unnur Ketilsdottir, was a 9th-century settler during the age of Settlement of Iceland.

The main source of information about her life in Iceland is Sturla Þórðarson's Landnámabók; Laxdæla saga, which calls her Unn, gives a varying account but has more on her background, and she also figures in several other sagas, including Njáls saga, Eyrbyggja saga, Eiríks saga rauða and Grettis saga.

Biography

Aud was the second daughter of Ketill Flatnose, a Norwegian hersir, and Yngvid Ketilsdóttir, daug