Icelandic analogue of the selkie folk tale. The tale relates how a man from Mýrdalur forced a woman transformed from a seal to marry him after taking possession...
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Mosfellsbær Mosfell Town 1 IS-MUL Múlaþing Mulathing 7 IS-MYR Mýrdalshreppur Myrdalur District 8 IS-NOR Norðurþing Nordurthing 6 IS-RGE Rangárþing eystra Eastern...
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036 cu mi) of tephra being deposited to the south-southeast, damaging Mýrdalur. 1636–1637 A small (VEI-3) eruption began on 8 May 1636 and lasted for...
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eruptions were widespread but caused little living space, although mainly in Mýrdalur. (Part of the East volcanic zone (EVZ)) 1598 - Grímsvötn. (Part of the...
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remains of marine animals, especially forams, crustaceans and molluscs. In Mýrdalur in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla, small rocks of silt or sandstone with shellfish...
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Hjaltadalur Hofsárdalur Hrafnkelsdalur Hörgárdalur Jökuldalur Mosfellsdalur Mýrdalur Norðurárdalur Reykjadalur Selárdalur Skorradalur Svarfaðardalur Svínadalur...
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District Commissioner of West Skaftafellssýsla. Steinunn Helga grew up in Mýrdalur but moved to Reykjavik while a youth. Steinunn Helga has one daughter.[citation...
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it was a large household. Sveinn lived most of his life at Suður-Vík in Mýrdalur. In 1840, he was laid to rest in the old churchyard at Reynir near Vík...
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with the result that it came to land close to Berufjörður instead of Mýrdalur. The problems that arose during the rescue operations directly led to the...
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editions of sagas were particularly influential. Einar Ólafur was born in Mýrdalur, where his father, Sveinn Ólafsson, was a farmer and smith. His mother...
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steering and electrical systems failing. She was stranded east off Vik in Myrdalur, Iceland and was severely damaged. Persier was refloated in April, and...
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jarlsskáld, "the earl's poet". After returning to Iceland he lived in Mýrdalur, but Hákon, with the assistance of his tutelary goddesses Þorgerðr Hǫlgabrúðr...
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