Hafliði Másson (died 1130;

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. Hafliði was the son of the goði Már Húnröðarson from Breiðabólstaður í Vesturhópi; they claimed direct patrilineal descent from the settler Ævar gamli Ketilsson, whose dynasty was known as the Æverlingar.

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* Konan á Breiðabólstað í Vesturhópi. ''Sunndagsblað Tímans'', 19. August 1962. http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3550838 * ''Sturlungasaga I'' (Reykjavík: Svart á hvítu, 1988), pp. 7–46 (Þorgilssaga og Hafliða) * Lúðvík Ingvarsson, ''Goðorð og goðorðsmenn'', 3 vols (Egilsstaðir 1987), III, 197-200 and 300. 11th-century Icelandic people 12th-century Icelandic people 1130 deaths Goðar {{Iceland-bio-stub