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Hjalti Þórðarson
Hjalti Þórðarson was a viking chief and one of the first of Iceland's settlers in the ninth century. History His story is intertwined with that of Kolbeinn Sigmundarson and the Skagafjörður region in Iceland. He established his residence in Hóf in Hjaltadalur valley, which is named for him and was previously acquired by Kolbeinn and Sleitu-Björn Hróarsson in his time. According to the ''Landnámabók'', his two sons, Þorvaldur and Þórður, became prominent figures in the Icelandic Commonwealth. Upon their father's death, they organized the most ostentatious funeral in his honor with 1,440 guests, an event that was not equaled until decades later by the funeral rites for Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson. On one occasion, the brothers led the Þorskafjörður Thing and organized a magnificent reception that impressed the guests so much that they said that the Æsir must be walking among them. Hjalti's grandson, Þorbjörn öngull Þórðarson (Þorbjörn "the ishook" Þórð ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hjaltadalur
Hjaltadalur is a valley on the east side of Skagafjörður, Iceland that was previously a part of Hólahreppur. The majority of the valley is surrounded by 1,000–2,000-meter-tall mountains, and it intersects with various remote valleys. Hjaltadalsá river runs through the valley, originating at Hjaltadalsjökull glacier located at the head of Hjaltadalur. Several tributaries and streams flow into Hjaltadalsá. Hjaltadalur is named after the settler Hjalti Þórðarson (Hjalti, son of Þórður "the scabbard"). The Landnámabók states, "Hjalti, the son of Þórður came to Iceland and settled Hjaltadalur upon the advice of Kolbeinn and he lived at Hof; his sons were Þorvaldur and Þórður, both great men." The bishop's residence, and later the school, in Hólar í Hjaltadal is in the middle of the valley and leaves quite an impression. The mountain overlooking Hólar is called Hólabyrða and is 1,244 meters (4,081 feet) tall. The valley's innermost town is Reykir. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolbeinn Sigmundarson
Kolbeinn Sigmundarson (or Sigmundsson) was a viking chief and one of the first Icelandic settlers in the 9th century. His history is intertwined with that of Sleitu-Björn Hróarsson and the Skagafjörður region. History According to the ''Landnámabók'', Sleitu-Björn acquired Hjaltadalur and Kolbeinsdalur valleys, the latter of which is named for Kolbeinn, although Hjaltadalur was subsequently ceded to Hjalti Þórðarson. Very little is known about his genealogy, only that his wife was Þorsteinn svarfaður Rauðsson's sister. The '' Svarfdæla saga'' mentions that Kolbeinn was shipwrecked and died on the island Kolbeinsey Kolbeinsey (; also known as Kolbeinn's Isle, Seagull Rock, Mevenklint, Mevenklip, or Meeuw Steen) is a small Icelandic islet in the Greenland Sea located off the northern coast of Iceland, north-northwest of the island of Grímsey. It is the n ..., which is also named for him. References Bibliography *Ólafur Lárusson (1940), Landnám í Skagaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skagafjörður
Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. There are two municipalities in the area, Skagafjörður 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. Skagafjörður 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 Sauðárkrókur and Hofsós. The people living in Skagafjörður have a reputation for choir singing, horsemanship, and gatherings. There are three islands in the bay: Málmey, Drangey and Lundey, Skagafjörður, Lundey (Puffin Island). The bay is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hof í Hjaltadal
Hof í Hjaltadal (Hof in Hjaltadalur), or simply Hof, is a farm in Hjaltadalur in Skagafjörður, Iceland. According to the ''Landnámabók'', it was the homestead of Hjalti Þórðarson. Hof was also reportedly the location of the most well-attended and finest wake in the country, which Hjalti's sons held for their father. There are a lot of archaeological artifacts but there have not been any significant studies in Hof. Still, it seems that there was a large farm whose residence fell into disuse in the 11th century; the farm moved to Hólar Hólar (; also Hólar í Hjaltadal ) is a small community in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland. Location Hólar is in the valley Hjaltadalur, some from the national capital of Reykjavík. It has a population of around 100. It is t ..., which is a very short distance from Hof. The settlement in Hof seems to have been intermittently inhabited up until 1827 when it was built into one of Hólar's smallholdings. The farm s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleitu-Björn Hróarsson
Sleitu-Björn Hróarsson (born c. 890 - date of death unknown) was a Vikings, viking chief and the first to found a settlement in Skagafjörður, Iceland in the ninth century. It was one of the largest settlements of this period, spanning from the river ( in the Landnámabók) through half of Viðvíkursveit, Hjaltadalur, Kolbeinsdalur, and Óslandshlíð, and part of Höfðaströnd and Deildardalur. Later on, three more settlers joined him: Öndóttur, Kolbeinn Sigmundarson, and Hjalti Þórðarson. Sleitu-Björn divided part of the settlement and his estate was founded in Sleitustaðir. There is a historical controversy in which various researchers believe that Sleitu-Björn is the same person as Sléttu-Björn, a colonist who settled in Saurbær, Dalasýsla who abandoned his settlement in Skagafjörður to relocate to the west. However, others maintain, either based on his list of descendants and the Saga, sagas, that these are two different people. Sléttu-Björn also appears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landnámabók
(, "Book of Settlements"), often shortened to , is a medieval Icelandic written work which describes in considerable detail the settlement () of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries CE. is divided into five parts and over 100 chapters. The first part tells of how the island was found. The latter parts count settlers quarter by quarter, beginning with west and ending with south. It traces important events and family history into the 12th century. More than 3,000 people and 1,400 settlements are described. It tells where each settler settled and provides a brief genealogy of his or her descendants. Sometimes short anecdote-like stories are also included. lists 435 people (', which includes men and women) as the initial settlers, the majority of them settling in the northern and southwestern parts of the island. It remains an invaluable source on both the history and genealogy of the Icelandic people. Some have suggested a single author, while others have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 (''goðar'') 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. Goðorð 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson
Hoskuld Dala-Kollsson (Old Norse: ; Modern Icelandic: ; c. 910–965) was an Icelandic gothi or chieftain of the early Icelandic Commonwealth period. He was the son of Dala-Koll (Koll of the Dales) who has a fjörd named after him, and Thorgerd Thorsteinsdottir, daughter of Thorstein the Red. His father died when he was a child and his mother married a landowner named Herjolf, who became the father of Hoskuld's half-brother Hrútr Herjólfsson. Hoskuld was enormously influential in northwestern Iceland, particularly in the Laxardal region, and is one of the main characters of the first half of ''Laxdæla saga''. By his wife Jorunn he was the father of Bard, Thorleik, and Hallgerd and the grandfather of Bolli Thorleiksson. By his Irish concubine Melkorka he was the father of Olaf the Peacock and possibly of another son named Helgi. References *Ari the Learned. ''The Book of the Settlement of Iceland'' ''(Landnámabók (, "Book of Settlements"), often shortened to , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þorskafjörður
Þorskafjörður is a roughly sixteen-kilometre-long fjord in the Iceland, Icelandic county of Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla. Geography Þorskfjörður lies between headlands called Reykjanes and Skálanes. Like other fjords in its area, Þorskafjörður is shallow; its innermost shore is formed of clay. Two short and shallow fjords branch off Þorskafjörður: Djúpifjörður and Gufufjörður. The average flood height in Þorskafjörður is 3.60m and the highest measured flood height is 5.66m. From the bottom of Þorskafjörður, Þjóðvegur 60 runs through Þorskafjarðarheiði across to Ísafjarðardjúp. This road was laid in 1940-1946 and served as the main route between Reykjavík and Djúp until 1987, when a road through Steingrímsfjarðarheiði was opened. In 2021, work began to bridge the fjord, then due to be completed in 2024. The work is part of the extension of Vestfjarðarvegur into Gufudalsveit. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thing (assembly)
A thing, also known as a folkmoot, assembly, tribal council, and Thing (assembly)#Etymology, by other names, was a governing assembly in early Germanic peoples, Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place regularly, usually at prominent places accessible by travel. They provided legislative functions, as well as social events and trade opportunities. In modern usage, the meaning of this word in English and other languages has shifted to mean not just an assemblage of some sort but simply an object of any kind. Thingstead () or "thingstow" () is the English term for the location where a thing was held. Etymology The word appears in Old Norse, Old English, and modern Icelandic language, Icelandic as , in Middle English (as in modern English), Old Saxon, Old Dutch, and Old Frisian as (the difference between ''þing'' and ''thing'' is purely orthographical), in German language, German as , in Dutch language, Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Æsir
Æsir (Old Norse; singular: ) or ēse (Old English; singular: ) are deities, gods in Germanic paganism. In Old Nordic religion and Nordic mythology, mythology, the precise meaning of the term "" is debated, as it can refer either to the gods in general or specifically to one of the main families of gods, in contrast to the Vanir, with whom the Æsir Æsir–Vanir War, waged war, ultimately leading to a joining of the families. The term can further be applied to local gods that were believed to live in specific features in the landscape - such as fells. The Old English medical text Wið færstice refers to the Ēse, along with elves, as harmful beings that could cause a stabbing pain, although exactly how they were conceived of by the author of the text is unclear. and its cognate forms feature in many Germanic names, such as Oswald (given name), Oswald and , and in some place-names in Norway and Sweden. The Æsir further likely give their name to the Ansuz (rune), A-rune, atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
