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Ǫlvir settles where no one else dare to settle
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[excerpt from] Ldn ch. 87b
87b. Ǫlvir And The Land-Spirits
Ǫlvir son Eysteins nam land f... | Olvir Eysteinsson took posses... |
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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: Landscape Land spirits Land-taking Ghost Walking dead
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Text sections: Anon Ldn 87bIV