{"id":2066,"date":"2016-11-15T17:09:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T17:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.norn.is\/eva\/?p=2066"},"modified":"2020-07-13T17:24:30","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:24:30","slug":"voru-landnamsmennirnir-utrasarvikingar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.norn.is\/eva\/2016\/11\/15\/voru-landnamsmennirnir-utrasarvikingar\/","title":{"rendered":"Voru landn\u00e1msmennirnir \u00fatr\u00e1sarv\u00edkingar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00d6ndvegiss\u00falur Ing\u00f3lfs rak \u00e1 land \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og \u00fear me\u00f0 h\u00f3fst landn\u00e1m \u00cdslands. Frelsis\u00fer\u00e1in rak g\u00f6fugustu menn Noregs til \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla til eyjarinnar bl\u00e1u \u00ed nor\u00f0rinu og nema \u00fear land. \u00der\u00e6la h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00feeir vitaskuld og \u00fe\u00e1 helst \u00edrska, en \u00feeir fengu n\u00fa flj\u00f3tt frelsi, \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta fer litlum s\u00f6gum af \u00fer\u00e6lahaldi nema hj\u00e1 fyrstu kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 \u00ed landinu. Og h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjarnir stofnu\u00f0u Al\u00feingi og f\u00f3ru \u00ed v\u00edking og ortu dr\u00e1pur \u00e1 milli \u00feess sem \u00feeir dundu\u00f0u s\u00e9r vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 h\u00f6ggva n\u00e1granna s\u00edna \u00ed her\u00f0ar ni\u00f0ur, ekki s\u00edst a\u00f0 undirlagi kvensk\u00f6runga, skr\u00e1\u00f0u s\u00f6gur og fr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 k\u00e1lfskinn og ur\u00f0u \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E\u00f0a var \u00feetta kannski ekki alveg svona?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fornleifafundir benda til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00cdslandi hafi menn haft fasta b\u00fasetu nokkru \u00e1\u00f0ur en Ing\u00f3lfur og f\u00e9lagar settust \u00fear a\u00f0 en vi\u00f0 vitum ekki n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega hven\u00e6r \u00feeir fyrstu n\u00e1mu land \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Hva\u00f0 f\u00f3lk var eiginlega a\u00f0 vilja til \u00cdslands er ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur r\u00e1\u00f0g\u00e1ta. En kannski er \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 sk\u00fdrast. Bergsveinn Birgisson, hefur eftir meira en 20 \u00e1ra ranns\u00f3knir \u00e1 s\u00f6gu landn\u00e1msmannsins Geirmundar heljarskinns, komist a\u00f0 \u00feeirri ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0 fyrstu landn\u00e1msmenn \u00e1 \u00cdslandi hafi veri\u00f0 rostungavei\u00f0imenn, fremur en b\u00e6ndur, kaupmenn fremur en hermenn, kap\u00edtalistar fremur en frelsishetjur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hver var \u00feessi Geirmundur heljarskinn? Vi\u00f0 \u00feekkjum nafni\u00f0 en f\u00e6st okkar vita neitt um hann. Samt er saga hans er \u00e1hugaver\u00f0ari en saga flestra annarra v\u00edkinga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geirmundur og tv\u00edburabr\u00f3\u00f0ir hans, H\u00e1mundur heljarskinn, voru konungssynir, f\u00e6ddir \u00ed Rogalandi \u00ed Noregi. M\u00f3\u00f0ir \u00feeirra, Lj\u00fafvina drottning, var af as\u00edskum uppruna en fa\u00f0ir \u00feeirra, Hj\u00f6r konungur haf\u00f0i teki\u00f0 hana s\u00e9r a\u00f0 eiginkonu til \u00feess a\u00f0 treysta vi\u00f0skiptasamb\u00f6nd s\u00edn vi\u00f0 vei\u00f0imenn \u00e1 Nor\u00f0ursl\u00f3\u00f0um. \u00deegar Lj\u00fafvina s\u00e1 drengina \u00f3tta\u00f0ist h\u00fan a\u00f0 konungi myndi ekki l\u00edka \u00fatlit \u00feeirra, svo h\u00fan skipti vi\u00f0 hv\u00edta amb\u00e1tt s\u00edna, f\u00e9kk henni drengina til f\u00f3sturs en \u00f3l sj\u00e1lf upp hv\u00edtan son amb\u00e1ttar sinnar sem sinn eigin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00deannig h\u00f3fst l\u00edf svarta v\u00edkingsins. Drengs af mong\u00f3lskum uppruna sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar var tekinn inn \u00ed konungsfj\u00f6lskylduna, dvaldi um t\u00edma me\u00f0al frumbyggja \u00e1 Bjarmalandi og l\u00e6r\u00f0i \u00fear rostungavei\u00f0ar og f\u00f3r l\u00f6ngu s\u00ed\u00f0ar fyrir fyrsta lei\u00f0angri rostungsvei\u00f0imanna til \u00cdslands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d3tr\u00faleg saga? J\u00e1, h\u00fan er \u00f3tr\u00faleg. En eftir a\u00f0 hafa lesi\u00f0 b\u00f3k Bergsveins Birgissonar um leit hans a\u00f0 svarta v\u00edkingnum, finnst m\u00e9r \u00fea\u00f0 hreint ekki \u00f3tr\u00falegra en a\u00f0 norskir h\u00f6f\u00f0ingjar hafi, af einsk\u00e6rri frelsis\u00fer\u00e1, dembt b\u00f6rnum s\u00ednum og b\u00fasmala upp \u00ed opin tr\u00e9skip og yfirgefi\u00f0 jar\u00f0ir s\u00ednar \u00ed Noregi, til \u00feess a\u00f0 gerast b\u00e6ndur \u00e1 \u00feessu \u00f3byggilega grj\u00f3tskeri. \u00dea\u00f0 hl\u00fdtur a\u00f0 hafa veri\u00f0 eitthva\u00f0 meira en vonin um sj\u00e1lfst\u00e6\u00f0i sem toga\u00f0i \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 og reyndar \u00f3tr\u00falegt a\u00f0 \u00feeir hef\u00f0u komi\u00f0 st\u00f3rum b\u00fastofni fyrir \u00e1 skipunum. Kannski var \u00fea\u00f0 gr\u00f3\u00f0avonin, \u00e1s\u00f3kn \u00ed d\u00fdrm\u00e6ta au\u00f0lind, sem rak \u00fe\u00e1 af sta\u00f0. \u00a0Kannski voru landnemarnir norskir \u00fatr\u00e1sarv\u00edkingar, sem r\u00e9tt eins og au\u00f0menn n\u00fat\u00edmans voru frumkv\u00f6\u00f0lar sem bygg\u00f0u veldi sitt \u00e1 \u00fatsj\u00f3narsemi og \u00feekkingu sem a\u00f0eins f\u00e1ir h\u00f6f\u00f0u yfir a\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0a, en um lei\u00f0 \u00e1 p\u00f3lit\u00edskum tengslum, misneytingu valds og gegndarlausri r\u00e1nyrkju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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