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Espihóll
Espihóll is a farm and old manor in Eyjafjarðarsveit county, Iceland that previously belonged to the rural municipality Hrafnagilshreppur. There is a large hill of the same name (the in is the Icelandic word for "hill") south of the farm. History According to the ''Landnámabók'', the first farmer in Espihóll was , the son of and grandson of Helgi "" ("the meager") Eyvindarson. The farm is mentioned in several sources in old Icelandic literature and appears in Víga-Glúms saga. Espihóll is also named in Sturlunga saga, in which Kolbeinn "" ("the mustachioed") Dufgusson was killed by Gissur Þorvaldsson's men in 1253 in retaliation for the Flugumýri Arson. In Espihóll there was a ranch where some of the major Eyjafjörður county chiefs lived. The farm long served as the residence of the sýslumaður, or sheriff. In the 17th century, Sheriff Björn Pálsson, the grandson of Bishop Guðbrandur Þorláksson lived there and so did his son Magnús after died. Magnús' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Víga-Glúms Saga
''Víga-Glúms saga'' (Modern Icelandic pronunciation: ) is one of the Sagas of Icelanders. It takes place mostly in and around Eyjafjörður in North Iceland, and recounts the life and fall of Glúmr Eyjólfsson, a powerful man whose nickname, ''Víga'', refers to his propensity for killing people. It is believed to have been written in the first half of the 13th century and one passage may allude to a political scandal of that time. Plot Glúm's grandfather, Ingjald, was a son of (the Lean), the settler of Eyjafjörður, and farmer at Þverá (later the site of Munkaþverá monastery). Glúmr is the youngest son of his son Eyjólfr, and initially unpromising. After Eyjólfr's death, his second son also dies and soon after that his infant grandson, and the son's wife inherits half the farm; her father, (the Tall), and his son Sigmundr take the half where the house is and start to encroach on the half where Glúmr and his widowed mother Astrid live. Glúmr goes to Norway to visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elín Briem
Elín Rannveig Briem (19 October 1856 – 4 December 1937) was an Icelandic teacher and writer who in 1889 published one of Iceland's most popular books, (The Women's Instructor). Principally a cookbook, it also provided advice to housewives on health, hygiene and economics. The work was based on the classes she gave to her students while headmistress of the girls college at Ytri-Ey near Skagaströnd in the north of Iceland. Early life and education Born on 19 October 1856 at Espihóll on the Eyjafjörður, Elín Rannveig Briem was the daughter of Eggert Gunnlaugson Briem, a county magistrate (''sýslumaður'') in northern and northwestern Iceland, and his wife Ingibjörg Eiríksdóttir. Elín was the 10th in a family of 19 children. The family moved frequently, settling in Reynistaður near Sauðárkrókur in 1872. There the children were taught privately at home, learning all the normal subjects as well as English, Danish and German. Elín and her sister Kristin strongly suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
