Vatnsdalur is a glacial trough valley in the Húnabyggð municipality of Northwestern Region, Iceland. The Vatnsdæla saga, one of the sagas of Icelanders...
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located at the northern end of Vatnsdalur in an area measuring approximately 5.5 km2. Landslides are common in Vatnsdalur valley, especially near the Vatnsdalshólar...
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Vatnsdæla Saga is essentially a family chronicle. It relates to residents of Vatnsdalur, a valley that runs south from Húnaflói, a large bay in the north of Iceland...
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Islands: Hov. Iceland: Mosfellsbær in Capital Region; the boat burial in Vatnsdalur, Austur-Húnavatnssýsla. Greenland: Brattahlíð. Germany: Hedeby. Latvia:...
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is 284 metres above sea level. It is situated between Húsadalur, Vága, Vatnsdalur, and close to Klovin. The latter part of the name – felli – is Faroese...
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Krieger 12 January: The last executions take place in Iceland at Þrístapi, Vatnsdalur, with Agnes Magnúsdóttir and Friðrik Sigurðsson being beheaded for murder...
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Britain cultural group. Genetic analysis traces his haplogroup to R-Z17. Vatnsdalur A7, a man aged between 35 and 45 years old, lived circa 850–1050 CE during...
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1873 into the farming family of Björg Jónsdóttir and Bjargar Jónasson in Vatnsdalur, Iceland. Her mother's foster brother and close cousin was the author...
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1889), FHL book 948 H2d; FHL film 1440113 items 1-2., vol. 2 p. 463. "Vatnsdalur og Þing". Minjastofnun Íslands (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 July 2022...
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Lárentíus made peace. Egill subsequently held the benefice of Grímstungur in Vatnsdalur, and in 1324 received the benefice of Grenjaðarstaðir in Aðaldalur (the...
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