{"id":1006,"date":"2026-01-07T23:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seldalur.vefir.net\/kerling\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2026-01-18T19:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T19:40:44","slug":"kerlingarnar-i-nordfjardarhreppi-hinum-forna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/2026\/01\/07\/kerlingarnar-i-nordfjardarhreppi-hinum-forna\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerlingarnar \u00ed Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arhreppi hinum forna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00cd \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0s\u00f6gum \u00deorsteins Erlingssonar segir a\u00f0 flugama\u00f0ur sem komst \u00e1 Kerlingarfl\u00f6t \u00ed Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arn\u00edpu, \u00fear sem N\u00edpukerlingin 18 \u00e1lna h\u00e1 st\u00f3\u00f0, hafi sofna\u00f0 hj\u00e1 henni og dreymt a\u00f0 h\u00fan seg\u00f0i honum svo fr\u00e1, \u201c\u00e1\u00f0ur en land \u00feetta sem \u00fe\u00e9r kalli\u00f0 \u00cdsland bygg\u00f0ist mennskum m\u00f6nnum, fluttust hinga\u00f0 allskonar landv\u00e6ttir, hulduf\u00f3lk, dvergar og tr\u00f6ll og lif\u00f0u h\u00e9r langan aldur \u00ed fri\u00f0i og r\u00f3. \u00c9g er ein \u00feessara tr\u00f6lla og lif\u00f0um vi\u00f0 \u00e1 hv\u00f6lum, rostungum, fugla og fiskaf\u00f6ngum. \u00c1 kv\u00f6ldin \u00ed hellum vorum, s\u00f6g\u00f0um vi\u00f0 hvort \u00f6\u00f0ru tr\u00f6llas\u00f6gur, f\u00f3rum \u00ed skinnaleik og hringbrot og held \u00e9g a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9r hef\u00f0u fundist leikir voru st\u00f3rfengir. Vi\u00f0 vorum g\u00f6fugust tr\u00f6llanna. \u00c9g var \u00ed \u00feann veginn a\u00f0 giftast \u00e1litlegum risa er N\u00fapur h\u00e9t og h\u00e9t br\u00f3\u00f0ir minn Gerpir. Eftir a\u00f0 kristnir menn, er svo voru kalla\u00f0ir f\u00f3ru a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0, m\u00e1ttum vi\u00f0 hvarvetna \u00feoka fyrir \u00feeim. Einn \u00feeirra h\u00e9t \u00deorleifur Kristni sem bj\u00f3 \u00ed V\u00f6\u00f0lav\u00edk, hann var \u00feeirra verstur. Loks r\u00e9\u00f0 hann a\u00f0 oss me\u00f0 st\u00f3ran gylltan kross a\u00f0 vopni og vi\u00f0 fl\u00fd\u00f0um \u00ed allar \u00e1ttir eins og vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum l\u00edfi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leysa. Er s\u00f3l rann undan Dalafjallinu ur\u00f0um vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 steini. N\u00fapur var kominn nor\u00f0ur undir Dalabakka vi\u00f0 Dalatanga og var\u00f0 \u00fear a\u00f0 drangi, en Gerpir hlj\u00f3p nor\u00f0ur af Bar\u00f0sneshorni og var\u00f0 a\u00f0 stapa \u00feeim sem Hornstapi heitir\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landslagi\u00f0 \u00e1 ey\u00f0isv\u00e6\u00f0inu ber \u00feess merki a\u00f0 \u00deorleifur hafi veri\u00f0 st\u00f3rt\u00e6kur, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 eitt af a\u00f0aleinkennum landslagsins eru tindara\u00f0ir \u00ed fj\u00f6llum og stapar vi\u00f0 sj\u00f3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerpir og N\u00edpa, sem ramma inn hinn forna Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arhrepp bera \u00fev\u00ed b\u00e6\u00f0i tr\u00f6llan\u00f6fn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00edpukerlingin vi\u00f0 nor\u00f0anver\u00f0an Nor\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 var kennileiti b\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 sj\u00f3 og landi og vegv\u00edsir. H\u00fan fell \u00ed hafi\u00f0 um mi\u00f0ja 19. \u00d6ld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tregaskar\u00f0 til h\u00e6gri vi\u00f0 Sk\u00famh\u00f6tt s\u00e9\u00f0 \u00far Sandv\u00edk. \u00cd \u00feokunni grillir \u00ed Kerlinguna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd Tregaskar\u00f0i milli Sandv\u00edkur og V\u00f6\u00f0lav\u00edkur \u00e1 sy\u00f0ri m\u00f6rkum hreppsins er Tregaskar\u00f0skerlingin \u00ed Tregaskar\u00f0i. Um \u00fea\u00f0 skar\u00f0 var \u00fer\u00f6ngt a\u00f0 fara og \u00feurfti a\u00f0 klifra upp f\u00e6tur kerlingar yfir til Sandv\u00edkur. Enginn villtist sem \u00e1kva\u00f0 a\u00f0 fara \u00fe\u00e1 lei\u00f0, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 allir r\u00f6tu\u00f0u \u00e1 s\u00e9rkennilegt hlj\u00f3\u00f0 ef b\u00e6r\u00f0i vind. Gengu vegfarendur \u00e1 hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 sem mynda\u00f0ist \u00ed bakskoru kerlingar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd Afr\u00e9ttarskar\u00f0i milli Bar\u00f0sness og Sandv\u00edkur er tilkomumikil pilskl\u00e6dd kerling sem r\u00e9tt hleypir fer\u00f0al\u00f6ngum bjargmegin framhj\u00e1. Gamlir Nor\u00f0fir\u00f0ingar tr\u00fa\u00f0u \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00f6ruggara v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 v\u00e6ta pilsfald hennar me\u00f0 l\u00edkamsvatni s\u00ednu \u00ed fyrsta sinn sem \u00feeir f\u00e6ru skar\u00f0i\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 var vegabr\u00e9f upp\u00e1 slysalausar fer\u00f0ir \u00ed kj\u00f6lfari\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kerlingin \u00ed Kerlingarskar\u00f0i. Lj\u00f3sm. Gu\u00f0mundur H\u00f6skuldsson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gl\u00e6silegust kerlinganna, er s\u00fa sem stendur keik \u00ed Kerlingarskar\u00f0i. \u00dear blasir h\u00fan vi\u00f0 mi\u00f0sv\u00e6\u00f0is t\u00edguleg \u00e1 eldrau\u00f0um steindregli. Um skar\u00f0i\u00f0 er f\u00e6rt milli Sandv\u00edkur og Vi\u00f0fjar\u00f0ar. A\u00f0al fer\u00f0alei\u00f0in milli Sandv\u00edkur og Stu\u00f0la liggur um Sandv\u00edkurskar\u00f0 nor\u00f0austur af Kerlingu. \u00deessi sk\u00f6r\u00f0 liggja b\u00e6\u00f0i upp \u00far Kerlingarbotnum Sandv\u00edkurmegin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tr\u00f6llkerlingin \u00ed Afr\u00e9ttarskar\u00f0i<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Allar \u00feessar kerlingar voru og eru vegv\u00edsar og hafa teki\u00f0 a\u00f0 s\u00e9 a\u00f0 halda utan um verkefni\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heimildir: \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0sagnasafn \u00deorsteins Erlingssonar, \u00c1smundur \u00e1 Bjargi, H\u00e1lfdan Haraldsson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00cd \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0s\u00f6gum \u00deorsteins Erlingssonar segir a\u00f0 flugama\u00f0ur sem komst \u00e1 Kerlingarfl\u00f6t \u00ed Nor\u00f0fjar\u00f0arn\u00edpu, \u00fear sem N\u00edpukerlingin 18 \u00e1lna h\u00e1 st\u00f3\u00f0, hafi sofna\u00f0 hj\u00e1 henni og dreymt a\u00f0 h\u00fan seg\u00f0i honum svo fr\u00e1, \u201c\u00e1\u00f0ur en land \u00feetta sem \u00fe\u00e9r kalli\u00f0 \u00cdsland bygg\u00f0ist mennskum m\u00f6nnum, fluttust hinga\u00f0 allskonar landv\u00e6ttir, hulduf\u00f3lk, dvergar og tr\u00f6ll og lif\u00f0u h\u00e9r langan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thjodsogur"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kerling_jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1203,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kerling.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}