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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHRONOLOGICAL LIST From Vigfusson's ed. of Eyrbyggja saga, Leipzig, 164, pp. 127-129. A. THE ERE-DWELLERS' STORY PROPER. ARI the Learned was the first to date Ingolf s settlement in Iceland. On his chronology that of our saga is based, since it not only mentions Ari as an authority consulted, but starts its time-reckoning from the year that Ari fixed for Ingolf's settlement, namely, 874. Ten years afterwards: A. D. CHAPTER 884. Thorolf Mostbeard took land at Thorsness iiL-iv. 886. Biorn the Easterner and Hallstein, son of Thorolf, settle in Broadfirth vi. About 892. Aud the Deep-minded comes and settles all the Dale-lands . . . . ib. 913. Thorstein Codbiter born . . . . vii. 918. Death of Thorolf Mostbeard . . . ib. (930. The Althing inaugurated.) 932-934. Feud between Thorsnessings and Kial- lekings ix. About 935. Thorstein Codbiter builds the house of Holy-Fell ...... xi. 938. Thorstein Codbiter is drowned. His son Thorgrim born . . . . . ib. About 960. Thorgrim weds Thordis Sur's daughter; goes to Dyrafirth xii. 963. Thorgrim is slain by Gisli Surson. Snorri the Priest born xiii. 965. Thord the Yeller's constitution of the commonwealth carried . . . . x. The West-Quarter Thing set upat Thorsness ib. A. D. CHAPTER 977. Snorri the Priest goes to Norway . . xiii. 978. Snorri the Priest returns to Iceland . . ib. Eyolf the Gray slays Gisli Surson . . ib. 979-980. Snorri the Priest sets up house at Holy- Fell xv. 980. Death of Thorgrim Kiallakson. . . xvii. Illugi the Black carries his case at Thors- ness Thing against Tinforni ib. 981. The Mewlithe affairs . . . xviii.-xix. 982. Strife at Thorsness Thing between the sons of Thord the Yeller and Eric the Red xxiv. Eric the Red discovers Gree...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217369749 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021736974X |
| Weight | 1.32 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.91 In |
| List Price | $21.51 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 410 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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