Landnámabók mentions descendants significantly later than the actual settlement period, at least into the 11th century. Five versions of Landnámabók survive... 6 KB (636 words) - 01:35, 1 May 2024 |
Thord of Hofdi's grandfather to "Hróaldr hryggr" given by the Landnámabók. Landnámabók: Ellwood 1898, Part III, Ch. X, pp.136-; Pálsson 2007, §208. Thord... 26 KB (2,587 words) - 13:08, 11 May 2024 |
that intentionally sailed to Iceland. His story is documented in the Landnámabók manuscript; however, the precise year of his arrival is not clear. He... 6 KB (699 words) - 02:51, 29 April 2024 |
Vikings (2013). Landnámabók (Sturlubók), ch. 11, 36. Laxdæla saga, ch. 1. Landnámabók (Sturlubók), ch. 36. Laxdæla saga, ch. 4–6. Landnámabók (Sturlubók)... 10 KB (1,113 words) - 13:33, 30 January 2024 |
Thord of Hofdi's grandfather to "Hróaldr hryggr" given by the Landnámabók. Landnámabók: Ellwood 1898, Part III, Ch. X, pp.136-; Pálsson 2007, §208. Thord... 21 KB (1,661 words) - 16:37, 29 April 2024 |
legal oath sworn on a temple ring, mentioned in Landnámabók (Hauksbók 268). The reference in Landnámabók is found in a section describing the old heathen... 5 KB (421 words) - 19:19, 19 November 2023 |
as his nephew Eric Anundsson was the contemporary of Harald Fairhair. Landnámabók mentions a Swede named Þórðr knappr who was one of the first settlers... 7 KB (655 words) - 06:34, 26 December 2023 |
of Erik the Red, while his genealogy was described in detail in the Landnámabók. However, like many other medieval histories, all of these Old Norse... 16 KB (2,069 words) - 18:51, 1 January 2024 |
its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain... 224 KB (20,480 words) - 09:26, 7 May 2024 |
with the War of the Gods. In a study by McKinnell of Norse sagas and Landnámabók, there is only one instance of a woman named Heiðr who does not act as... 85 KB (11,068 words) - 18:24, 29 April 2024 |
around 1100, the oldest single text being Íslendingabók followed by Landnámabók. Some of the poetry, such as the Eddas, that were written down a little... 26 KB (3,501 words) - 15:25, 1 April 2024 |
He is an important character in Egils saga and is mentioned in the Landnámabók. Skalla-Grímr was the son of Kveldúlfr Bjálfason and Salbjörg Káradóttir... 6 KB (653 words) - 23:35, 31 March 2024 |
The Vikings. Pegasus Books LLC. pp. 212–213. ISBN 978-1-60598-483-4. "Landnámabók". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2020... 21 KB (2,228 words) - 13:55, 21 April 2024 |
people who live there if the landvættir do not consider them welcome. Landnámabók for example describes how two brothers, Ingólf and Hjörleif, went to... 20 KB (2,123 words) - 15:41, 18 March 2024 |
volcanic caves Surtshellir in western Iceland was already recorded in the Landnámabók manuscript. Simek notes that jötnar are usually described as living to... 19 KB (2,308 words) - 08:50, 2 May 2024 |
"mereman", "sea-mannikin" and "sea-goblin". In the Hauksbók version of Landnámabók, it is spelt as margmelli, with other medieval variants including marmandill... 9 KB (704 words) - 16:06, 28 January 2024 |
A page from the Landnámabók, an early Icelandic manuscript... 39 KB (3,924 words) - 17:19, 29 April 2024 |
the first settler of Iceland and founder of Reykjavík. According to Landnámabók, she was the daughter of Fróði and the sister of Loft the Old. She and... 3 KB (159 words) - 12:50, 29 January 2024 |
Cerball mac Dúnlainge (section Landnámabók) genealogies of the founding families of Iceland as recorded by the Landnámabók. The Landnámabók mentions "Kormlöð", "Rafarta, the daughter of Kjarval", "Dufnial... 38 KB (4,841 words) - 15:35, 21 January 2024 |
may have settled in Iceland before the arrival of the Norsemen. The Landnámabók ("Book of Settlements"), written in the 1100s, mentions the presence... 71 KB (8,365 words) - 14:58, 10 May 2024 |
Icelandic Annals record that Svalbarði was discovered in 1194, while the Landnámabók places it four dægrs' sailing north of Langanes. The word dægr "day"... 104 KB (9,830 words) - 13:51, 13 May 2024 |
and that Þorgilsson based his history on the writings of Dicuil. The Landnámabók (The Icelandic Book of Settlements), possibly dating from the 11th century... 9 KB (1,167 words) - 16:02, 9 March 2024 |
Icelandic Sagas with the principal source from Haukr Erlendsson's edition of Landnámabók. Svavarsson is described as a Swedish Viking who owned land in Zealand... 4 KB (488 words) - 18:14, 13 May 2022 |
perhaps skin "pale as death". The sources for Geirmund's life are the Landnámabók and the Geirmundar þáttr heljarskinns [no], the first saga in the Sturlunga... 3 KB (254 words) - 17:59, 3 May 2024 |