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Anna á Bessastöðum
A short distance from the farmhouse at Bessastaðir is a landing place called Skansinn (The Sconce). Three boat crews were stationed there for fishing and they seldom came home [to...
Anna á Bessastöðum
A short distance from the farmhouse at Bessastaðir is a landing place called Skansinn (The Sconce). Three boat crews were stationed there for fishing and they seldom came home [to...
Presturinn og bóndinn
Once there was a certain priest, overbearing and violent toward his parishioners. There was a farmer in the parish who had never yielded his share to the priest, and they...
Presturinn og bóndinn
Once there was a certain priest, overbearing and violent toward his parishioners. There was a farmer in the parish who had never yielded his share to the priest, and they...
Hryggjarliður á hnífsoddi
A certain widow lived on her farm in the north. She was well-off and capable in all things, and so there were various men who proposed to her, and among...
Hryggjarliður á hnífsoddi
A certain widow lived on her farm in the north. She was well-off and capable in all things, and so there were various men who proposed to her, and among...
„Fáðu mèr beinið mitt, Gunna.“
It is customary in the countryside to carry a light with one into the cowshed in winter. Usually used for this are those lighting implements called a kola [or pan]; it is...
„Fáðu mèr beinið mitt, Gunna.“
It is customary in the countryside to carry a light with one into the cowshed in winter. Usually used for this are those lighting implements called a kola [or pan]; it is...
Leiðið í Skriðuklausturs kirkjugarði
A man was named Jón Einarsson. He was for a time a farmhand at Skriðuklaustur in Fljótsdalur; after that he went from there and died at Valþjófsstaður about 16 years...
Leiðið í Skriðuklausturs kirkjugarði
A man was named Jón Einarsson. He was for a time a farmhand at Skriðuklaustur in Fljótsdalur; after that he went from there and died at Valþjófsstaður about 16 years...
Bóndinn á Grænmó
Stóri-Grænmór was the name of one of those ancient farms that used to be in that settlement district in Norðurmúlasýsla called Eyar. In the 17th century, hovels still remained standing...
Bóndinn á Grænmó
Stóri-Grænmór was the name of one of those ancient farms that used to be in that settlement district in Norðurmúlasýsla called Eyar. In the 17th century, hovels still remained standing...