Njarðvík (farm)

Njardvik (Icelandic: Njarðvík) is an ancient farm in northeast Iceland. The descendants of its settlers are featured in several of the Sagas of Icelanders.

Njarðvík
Farm
Njarðvík
Location in Iceland
Coordinates: 65°34′52″N 13°53′16″W
Country Iceland

History

Viking Age

The history of Njardvik can be traced back to the settlement of Iceland, when Thorkel the Wise claimed all the land around the bay of Njardvik.[1] His great-grandson Ketil Thrym lived at Njardvik[1] and became a chieftain after his father, Thidrandi the Old.[2] Several other notable 10th- and 11th-century Icelanders were related to this family, who are known as the "House of Njardvik" (Old Norse Njarðvíkingar). The Saga of the People of Laxardal cites a lost "Saga of the House of Njardvik," which may refer to a medieval text that no longer exists or else was renamed, or to an oral tradition.[3]

Sagas

Njardvik is referenced in the following medieval Icelandic texts:

References
  1. The Book of Settlements, Sturubók edition, ch. 78
  2. The Saga of Droplaug's Sons, ch. 2; The Saga of the People of Fljotsdal, ch. 5
  3. Gísli Sigurðsson, The Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition: A Discourse on Method, trans. Nicholas Jones, Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Lieterature, 2. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004


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