the island your ancestors anchored to and then it dove — Lyngbakr (King's Mirror, ~1250)

Been deep in Konungs skuggsjá, the Norwegian King's Mirror, written ~1250 to educate the king's son. It's a dad-and-son dialogue about the wonders and dangers of the northern seas, and tucked in with practical seafaring advice is Lyngbakr — the heath-back. Biggest of all whales, lies dead still on t……