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Þórhaddr takes land in Iceland and declares it sacred.
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[excerpt from] Ldn ch. 80b
80b. Þórhaddr The Temple Priest
Þórhaddr enn gamli var hofgoð... | Thorhadd the Old was a temple... |
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The narrative of Landnámabók is set in the late 9th/early 10th century where people from mainly Norse cultures leave their homelands and sail to Iceland in the north west to settle. Landnámabók survives in 5 medieval manuscripts all dating to late 13th century and later. Sturlubók by Sturla Þórðarson, Hauksbók by Haukr Erlendsson (based on Sturlubók and a lost version by Styrmir Kárason), Melabók, Skarðsárbók and Þórðarbók.
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(Contributed by Liv Marit Aurdal.)
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Main text: Landnámabók
Attributes: Ritual Heathen Landscape Temple Hóf Priest Hofgoðar
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Text sections: Anon Ldn 80bIV