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Njáls saga

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Njáls saga (modern Icelandic pronunciation) (also Njála, Brennu-Njáls saga or "The Story of Burnt Njáll") is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020. [1]

57 relations: Althing, Angels of the Universe, Anglo-Saxon runes, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Íslenzk fornrit, Þeyr, Þorsteinn Gylfason, Bergþórshvoll, Bjarni Harðarson, Brjáns saga, Christianization of Iceland, Destiny, Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, Einarr Gilsson, English language, Europe, Eyrbyggja saga, Fatalism, Feud, Fifth Court, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Gabriel Turville-Petre, George Webbe Dasent, Gunnar Hámundarson, Gunnhild, Mother of Kings, Haakon Sigurdsson, Halldór Laxness, Henry Justice Ford, Henry Treece, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Iður til Fóta, Iceland, Icelandic Commonwealth, Jón Loftsson, Kári Sölmundarson, Laxdæla saga, List of montes on Venus, Ljósvetninga saga, Longman, Magnus Magnusson, Medievalism, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Neil, New wave music, Njáll Þorgeirsson, Njáls saga, Norway, Old Norse religion, Oral tradition, Sagas of Icelanders, ..., Sæmundr fróði, Snorri Goði, Snorri Sturluson, Textual criticism, The Red Romance Book, Wales, Weregild. Expand index (7 more) »

Althing

The Alþingi (parliament (Icelandic) and anglicised as Althingi or Althing) is the national parliament of Iceland.

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Angels of the Universe

Angels of the Universe (Icelandic: Englar alheimsins) is a 2000 Icelandic film directed and produced by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.

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Anglo-Saxon runes

Anglo-Saxon runes are runes used by the early Anglo-Saxons as an alphabet in their writing.

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Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum) is an institute of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Iceland which conducts research in Icelandic and related academic studies, in particular the Icelandic language and Icelandic literature, to disseminate knowledge in those areas, and to protect and develop the collections that it possesses or those placed in its care.

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Íslenzk fornrit

Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, or The Old Icelandic Text Society is a text publication society.

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Þeyr

Þeyr was a renowned Icelandic new wave band from the early 1980s.

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Þorsteinn Gylfason

Þorsteinn Gylfason (12 August 1942 – 16 August 2005) was an Icelandic philosopher, translator, musician and poet.

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Bergþórshvoll

Bergþórshvoll (usually Anglicized as Bergthorsknoll) is an important setting in the Icelandic saga Njál's saga, the home and scene of the final burning of Njáll Þorgeirsson and his entire family.

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Bjarni Harðarson

Bjarni Harðarson (born 25 December 1961 in Arnýjarhús, Hveragerði) is a bookseller, novelist, and former MP from the Icelandic Progressive Party.

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Brjáns saga

Brjáns saga (also Brjánssaga) is a hypothetical early specimen of Old Norse literature.

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Christianization of Iceland

Iceland was Christianized in the year 1000 AD, when Christianity became the religion by law.

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Destiny

Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum – destiny), is a predetermined course of events.

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Einar Ólafur Sveinsson

Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, often abbreviated Einar Ól.

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Einarr Gilsson

Einarr Gilsson was an Icelandic poet and official.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Eyrbyggja saga

Eyrbyggja saga is one of the Icelanders' sagas; its title can be translated as The Saga of the People of Eyri. It was written by an anonymous writer, who describes a long-standing feud between Snorri Goði and Arnkel Goði, two strong chieftains within the Norse community that settled in Iceland.

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Fatalism

Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine that stresses the subjugation of all events or actions to destiny.

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Feud

A feud, referred to in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, beef, clan war, gang war, or private war, is a long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially families or clans.

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Fifth Court

The Fifth Court was a supreme court established in Iceland approximately in the year 1015 during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth.

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Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (born 12 May 1954; pronounced), sometimes credited as Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, is an Icelandic film director.

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Gabriel Turville-Petre

Edward Oswald Gabriel Turville-Petre F.B.A. (known as Gabriel) (25 March 1908 – 17 February 1978) was Professor of Ancient Icelandic Literature and Antiquities at the University of Oxford.

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George Webbe Dasent

Sir George Webbe Dasent, D. C. L. (1817–1896) was a translator of folk tales and contributor to The Times.

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Gunnar Hámundarson

Gunnar Hámundarson was a 10th century Icelandic chieftain.

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Gunnhild, Mother of Kings

Gunnhild konungamóðir (mother of kings) or Gunnhild Gormsdóttir (c. 910 – c. 980) is a quasi-historical figure who appears in the Icelandic Sagas, according to which she was the wife of Eric Bloodaxe (king of Norway 930–34, 'King' of Orkney c. 937–54, and king of Jórvík 948–49 and 952–54).

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Haakon Sigurdsson

Haakon Sigurdarson (Haakon Jarl) (Hákon Sigurðarson, Håkon Sigurdsson) (c. 937 – 995) was the de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995.

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Halldór Laxness

Halldór Kiljan Laxness (born Halldór Guðjónsson; 23 April 1902 – 8 February 1998) was an Icelandic writer.

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Henry Justice Ford

Henry Justice Ford (1860–1941) was a prolific and successful English artist and illustrator, active from 1886 through to the late 1920s.

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Henry Treece

Henry Treece (22 December 1911 – 10 June 1966) was a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor.

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Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (born 23 April 1958), also known as HÖH, is a musician, an art director, and allsherjargoði (chief goði) of Ásatrúarfélagið ("the Ásatrú Association").

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Iður til Fóta

Iður til Fóta was a single released in 1981 by the Icelandic group Þeyr through Eskvímó and it was edited in 10" format.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Icelandic Commonwealth

The Icelandic Commonwealth, Icelandic Free State, or Republic of Iceland (þjóðveldið or, less commonly, goðaveldið) was the state existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Alþingi (Althing) in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262.

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Jón Loftsson

Jón Loftsson (1124-1197) was chieftain of Oddi at Rangárvellir in the south part of Iceland.

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Kári Sölmundarson

Kári Sölmundarson was a Hebridean viking and soldier of fortune who lived in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries.

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Laxdæla saga

Laxdæla saga; also Laxdœla saga (Old Norse pronunciation ˈlaksˌdøːla ˈsaɣa), Laxdoela saga, Laxdaela saga, or The Saga of the People of Laxárdalr) is one of the Icelanders' sagas. Written in the 13th century, it tells of people in the Breiðafjörður area of Iceland from the late 9th century to the early 11th century. The saga particularly focuses on a love triangle between Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, Kjartan Ólafsson and Bolli Þorleiksson. Kjartan and Bolli grow up together as close friends but the love they both have for Guðrún causes enmity between them and, in the end, their deaths. Second only to Njáls saga in the number of medieval manuscripts preserved, Laxdæla saga remains popular and appreciated for its poetic beauty and pathetic sentiment.

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List of montes on Venus

This is a list of montes (mountains, singular mons) on the planet Venus.

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Ljósvetninga saga

Ljósvetninga saga is one of the sagas of Icelanders.

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Longman

Longman, commonly known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.

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Magnus Magnusson

Magnus Magnusson, KBE (12 October 19297 January 2007) was an Icelandic journalist, translator, writer and television presenter.

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Medievalism

Medievalism is the system of belief and practice characteristic of the Middle Ages, or devotion to elements of that period, which has been expressed in areas such as architecture, literature, music, art, philosophy, scholarship, and various vehicles of popular culture.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus

Monty Python’s Flying Circus (known during the final series as just Monty Python) is a British sketch comedy series created by the comedy group Monty Python and broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974.

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Neil

Neil is a masculine given name of Gaelic origin.

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New wave music

New wave is a genre of rock music popular in the late 1970s and the 1980s with ties to mid-1970s punk rock.

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Njáll Þorgeirsson

Njáll Þorgeirsson (Njáll son of Þorgeir, the name Njáll is a Norse derivative of the Irish name Niall.) was a 10th-century Icelandic lawyer who lived at Bergþórshvoll and is one of the main protagonists of Njáls saga, a medieval Icelandic saga.

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Njáls saga

Njáls saga (modern Icelandic pronunciation) (also Njála, Brennu-Njáls saga or "The Story of Burnt Njáll") is a thirteenth-century Icelandic saga that describes events between 960 and 1020.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Old Norse religion

Old Norse religion developed from early Germanic religion during the Proto-Norse period, when the North Germanic people separated into a distinct branch of the Germanic peoples.

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Oral tradition

Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication where in knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another.

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Sagas of Icelanders

The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslendingasögur), also known as family sagas, are prose narratives mostly based on historical events that mostly took place in Iceland in the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries, during the so-called Saga Age.

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Sæmundr fróði

Sæmundur Sigfússon (or Sæmundur fróði) (Sæmundur the Learned) (1056–1133) was an Icelandic priest and scholar.

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Snorri Goði

Snorri Þorgrímsson or Snorri Goði (963–1031) was a prominent chieftain in Western Iceland, who featured in a number of Icelandic sagas.

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Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson (1179 – 23 September 1241) was an Icelandic historian, poet, and politician.

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Textual criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books.

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The Red Romance Book

The Red Romance Book: Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure (or The Red Book of Romance) is a book of heroic tales and legends.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Weregild

Weregild (also spelled wergild, wergeld (in archaic/historical usage of English), weregeld, etc.), also known as man price, was a value placed on every being and piece of property, for example in the Frankish Salic Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njáls_saga

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