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    Landnámabók mentions descendants significantly later than the actual settlement period, at least into the 11th century. Five versions of Landnámabók survive...
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    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...
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    that intentionally sailed to Iceland. His story is documented in the Landnámabók manuscript; however, the precise year of his arrival is not clear. He...
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  • Vikings (2013). Landnámabók (Sturlubók), ch. 11, 36. Laxdæla saga, ch. 1. Landnámabók (Sturlubók), ch. 36. Laxdæla saga, ch. 4–6. Landnámabók (Sturlubók)...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    existing inhabitants. On the basis of Íslendingabók by Ari Þorgilsson, and Landnámabók, histories dating from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and providing...
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    location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to Landnámabók, was established by Ingólfr Arnarson in 874 AD. Until the 18th century...
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    its islands have a polar climate. According to the ancient manuscript Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in 874 AD when the Norwegian chieftain...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    people who live there if the landvættir do not consider them welcome. Landnámabók for example describes how two brothers, Ingólf and Hjörleif, went to...
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  • "mereman", "sea-mannikin" and "sea-goblin". In the Hauksbók version of Landnámabók, it is spelt as margmelli, with other medieval variants including marmandill...
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    Icelandic Annals record that Svalbarði was discovered in 1194, while the Landnámabók places it four dægrs' sailing north of Langanes. The word dægr "day"...
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    A page from the Landnámabók, an early Icelandic manuscript...
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    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...
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    Freyr. Other Icelandic sources referring to Freyr include Íslendingabók, Landnámabók, and Hervarar saga. Íslendingabók, written c. 1125, is the oldest Icelandic...
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  • and that Þorgilsson based his history on the writings of Dicuil. The Landnámabók (The Icelandic Book of Settlements), possibly dating from the 11th century...
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  • genealogies of the founding families of Iceland as recorded by the Landnámabók. The Landnámabók mentions "Kormlöð", "Rafarta, the daughter of Kjarval", "Dufnial...
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    may have settled in Iceland before the arrival of the Norsemen. The Landnámabók ("Book of Settlements"), written in the 1100s, mentions the presence...
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    Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to settle there around 825. Landnámabók, a medieval Icelandic manuscript, describes in considerable detail the...
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    sources and the Landnámabók records that it has been in use in Iceland as a personal name since the pagan period (10th century). Landnámabók records two incidents...
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    volcanic caves Surtshellir in western Iceland was already recorded in the Landnámabók manuscript. Simek notes that jötnar are usually described as living to...
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  • 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...
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    vessels once enter they cannot be driven back by wind." According to the Landnámabók, Ari Marsson discovered the land six days' sailing west of Ireland. This...
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  • 2 Landnámabók Book 2 Chapter 14 hálfr þriði tögr = half of thirty and ten Grænlendinga saga Chapter 1 Norrøne Texts: Grænlendinga saga Landnámabók Partial...
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