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テ《birningar
The テ《birnings or テ《birningar (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) were a powerful family clan in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth. They dominated Skagafjテカrテーur in the 12th and 13th centuries until their last leader died in the Battle of Haugsnes (''Haugsnesbardagi'') in 1246. The テ《birnings were well-known warriors and politicians. The best known テ《birning is probably Kolbeinn Tumason, a famous Icelandic poet. Other well known テ《birningur were Kolbeinn ungi Arnテウrsson, nephew of Kolbeinn Tumason, and scholar Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir (12th century; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ), was an Icelandic scholar. She belonged to the テ《birningar family clan and was the daughter of Arnテウr テ《bjarnarson and sister of Kolbeinn Arnテウrsson. She was the first woman .... References * テ〉ni Danテュel Jテコlテュusson, Jテウn テ斗afur テ行berg, Helgi Skテコli Kjartansson ''テ行lenskur sテカgu atlas: 1. bindi: Frテ。 テカndverテーu til 18. aldar'' Almenna bテウkafテゥlagiテー, Reykjavテュk 1989 ...
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Battle Of Haugsnes
The Battle of Haugsnes () was fought at Haugsnes, a low peninsula south of Flugumテスri in Skagafjテカrテーur, Northern Iceland. The battle took place on April 19, 1246 between the forces of テ榲ウrテーur kakali Sighvatsson and those of Brandur Kolbeinsson. テ榲ウrテーur was victorious. It was the bloodiest battle ever to be fought in Icelandic history, with about 110 casualties in total, amongst them Brandur Kolbeinsson, chieftain of the テ《birningar family clan The テ《birnings or テ《birningar (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ) were a powerful family clan in the medieval Icelandic Commonwealth. They dominated Skagafjテカrテーur in the 12th and 13th centuries until their last leader died in the Battle of Haugsn .... Defeat in battle led to the end of power for the テ《birningar. The artist and farmer Sigurテーur Hansen of Kringlumテスri created a memorial for the battle at the site, consisting of more than 1100 boulders in battle order, each representing a combatant. Those who fell are marked with ...
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Kolbeinn Tumason
Kolbeinn Tumason (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; 1173窶1208) was a member of the テ《birningar family clan, and was one of the most powerful chieftains in Iceland around the turn of the 13th century. His power was probably at its height around 1200 AD. Kolbeinn used his influence to ensure that men in his favour received positions of power within the clergy, amongst them bishop Guテーmundur Arason Guテーmundur Arason (; 1161 – March 16, 1237; ) was an influential 12th and 13th century Icelandic saintly bishop who took part in increasing the powers of the Catholic Church in medieval Iceland. His story is recorded in several manuscrip .... Guテーmundur, unbeknownst to Kolbeinn, proved to be an advocate of clerical independence and resented interference from the secular chieftains. The two were soon at odds. In 1208, Kolbeinn and his followers attacked Guテーmundur and his supporters in Hjaltadalur by Vテュテーines. The ensuing battle is known as the Battle of Vテュテーines. Kolbeinn ...
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Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir
Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir (12th century; Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ), was an Icelandic scholar. She belonged to the テ《birningar family clan and was the daughter of Arnテウr テ《bjarnarson and sister of Kolbeinn Arnテウrsson. She was the first woman in Iceland to receive a formal academic education and to serve as a teacher. Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir was a student at the Latin school of Bishop Jテウn テ鉾mundsson (reign 1106窶1121) at Hテウlar. She was the only female student at the school and the first woman in Iceland to study Latin and have an academic education. After having completed her studies, she became a teacher at the school. She is said to have taught many Icelandic men, two of whom later became bishops. Jテウns saga ins helga mentions Ingunn Arnテウrsdテウttir in a description of the students who attended the school at Hテウlar. She is described as a young, orderly, female student called Ingunn who was in every way an equal to the male students, and a generous teacher who taught man ...
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Old Norse
Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their Viking expansion, overseas settlements and chronologically coincides with the Viking Age, the Christianization of Scandinavia, and the consolidation of Scandinavian kingdoms from about the 8th to the 15th centuries. The Proto-Norse language developed into Old Norse by the 8th century, and Old Norse began to develop into the modern North Germanic languages in the mid- to late 14th century, ending the language phase known as Old Norse. These dates, however, are not precise, since written Old Norse is found well into the 15th century. Old Norse was divided into three dialects: Old West Norse (Old West Nordic, often referred to as ''Old Norse''), Old East Norse (Old East Nordic), and Old Gutnish. Old West Norse and O ...
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Modern Icelandic
Icelandic ( ; , ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about 314,000 people, the vast majority of whom live in Iceland, where it is the national language. Since it is a West Scandinavian language, it is most closely related to Faroese, western Norwegian dialects, and the extinct language Norn. It is not mutually intelligible with the continental Scandinavian languages ( Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) and is more distinct from the most widely spoken Germanic languages, English and German. The written forms of Icelandic and Faroese are very similar, but their spoken forms are not mutually intelligible. The language is more conservative than most other Germanic languages. While most of them have greatly reduced levels of inflection (particularly noun declension), Icelandic retains a four- case synthetic grammar (comparable to German, though considerably more conservative and synthetic) and is distinguished by a wide assortmen ...
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Icelandic Commonwealth
The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing () in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262. With the probable exception of hermitic Irish monks known as Papar, Iceland was an uninhabited island until around 874. The Icelandic Commonwealth had a unique political system whereby chieftains (''goテーar'') established a common legal code and settled judicial disputes at the Althing, a national assembly. However, there was no executive body in Iceland that enforced the legal code. The Icelandic Commonwealth has consequently been characterized as a stateless society. During the 13th century, Iceland came under the control of the Kingdom of Norway. Goテーorテー system The medieval Icelandic state had a unique judicial structure. The first settlers of Iceland were greatly influenced by their Norwegian roots when creating their own form of g ...
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Skagafjテカrテーur
Skagafjテカrテーur () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjテカrテーur, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Trテカllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. There are two municipalities in the area, Skagafjテカrテーur Municipality (approx. 4140 inhabitants) and Akrahreppur, Akrahreppur Municipality (approx. 210 inhabitants). This is one of Iceland's most prosperous agricultural regions, with widespread dairy and sheep farming in addition to the horse breeding for which the district is famed. Skagafjテカrテーur is the only county in Iceland where horses outnumber people. It is a centre for agriculture, and some fisheries are also based in the settlements of Sauテーテ。rkrテウkur and Hofsテウs. The people living in Skagafjテカrテーur have a reputation for choir singing, horsemanship, and gatherings. There are three islands in the bay: Mテ。lmey, Drangey and Lundey, Skagafjテカrテーur, Lundey (Puffin Island). The bay is l ...
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Icelandic Family Clans
Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic orthography *Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (other) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandair * Icelandic horse, a breed of domestic horse * Icelandic sheep, a breed of domestic sheep * Icelandic Sheepdog, a breed of domestic dog * Icelandic cattle Icelandic cattle ( ) are a breed of cattle native to Iceland. Cattle were first brought to the island during the Settlement of Iceland a thousand years ago. Icelandic cows are an especially colorful breed with a wide variety of colours and marki ..., a breed of cattle * Icelandic chicken, a breed of chicken {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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12th Century In Iceland
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ...
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