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    Íslendingabók (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈistlɛntiŋkaˌpouːk], Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈiːslɛndɪŋɡaˌboːk], Book of Icelanders; Latin: Libellus Islandorum)...
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  • Morgunblaðið, '20 þúsund hafa sótt um aðgang að Íslendingabók', January 20, 2003. DV, 'Íslendingabók: 100 þúsund notendur', February 13, 2003 Larissa...
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    claimed without conflict with existing inhabitants. On the basis of Íslendingabók by Ari Þorgilsson, and Landnámabók, histories dating from the twelfth...
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    addition to his shorter Íslendingabók; or early versions may have been based on the genealogies that Ari states he left out of Íslendingabók. The oldest surviving...
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    by the earliest Icelandic prose account of Harald, Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók. Dating from the early twelfth century, this was written over 250 years...
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    Þorgilsson. "Islendingabok". Heimskringla.no. Retrieved 18 February 2016. Heimskringla in English Guðni Jónsson's edition of Íslendingabók Íslendingabók in English...
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    precedes Agne and Agne is succeeded by Yngvi. The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it gives the same line...
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    allusiveness of the references. According to sources such as Ynglingatal and Íslendingabók, the Fairhair dynasty in Oppland, Norway was in fact a branch of the...
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    that he fell from his horse and died while he worshipped his god. In Íslendingabók from the early 12th century, Eadgils only appears as a name in the listing...
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    of their verdant isle is a myth. According to both Landnámabók and Íslendingabók, monks known as the Papar lived in Iceland before Scandinavian settlers...
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  • Iceland's most prominent medieval chronicler. He was the author of Íslendingabók, which details the histories of the various families who settled Iceland...
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    Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Vanlandi as...
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    earliest two versions based on Ynglingatal, i.e. Historia Norwegiæ and Íslendingabók (see below) say that Dag was succeeded by his sons Alrekr and Eírikr...
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  • Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók also cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it also gives Dyggvi...
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    Icelandic sources referring to Freyr include Íslendingabók, Landnámabók, and Hervarar saga. Íslendingabók, written c. 1125, is the oldest Icelandic source...
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    on the settlement of Greenland are sparse. The main sources are the Íslendingabók by the scholar Ari Thorgilsson, the Landnámabók (the land seizure book)...
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  • to Christianity. Thorgeir's story is preserved in Ari Thorgilsson's Íslendingabók. "Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi - Conversion to Christianity". The Saga...
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    succeeded by Yngvi (incorrectly called Ingialdr). The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it gives the same line...
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  • consequently older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók from the early 12th century, cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal...
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    in the fifth century. He was succeeded by his son Egil Vendelcrow (Íslendingabók: Egill Vendilkráka) identified with Ongentheow of the Beowulf narrative...
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    Hrafnkels saga Hrana saga hrings (post-medieval) Hænsna-Þóris saga Íslendingabók (One of the earliest sagas written about the founding of Iceland by...
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    Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Dómaldr as the...
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  • Scandinavian source mentioning the existence of the Papar, however, the Íslendingabók ("Book of the Icelanders") by Icelandic chronicler Ari Þorgilsson, was...
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    fled to the Geats and the wars began anew. Ynglingatal, Ynglinga saga, Íslendingabók, and Historia Norvegiae all present Óttarr as the son of Egill (called...
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  • orders the infant bastard son of Marjatta to be drowned in a marsh. The Íslendingabók, the main source for the early history of Iceland, recounts that on...
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    term is thought to have first been used by Ari Thorgilsson in his work Íslendingabók, also called The Book of the Icelanders, written well after the period...
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  • Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Dómarr as the...
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    continuing after Yngvi (called Ingialdr): The even earlier source Íslendingabók also cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and it gives the same...
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    Ynglingatal, older than Snorri's quotation: The even earlier source Íslendingabók cites the line of descent in Ynglingatal and also gives Visburr as the...
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    and has probably evolved from a common invocation of the god. In the Íslendingabók (written in the early twelfth century by the Icelandic priest Ari Þorgilsson)...
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