The story of Burnt Njal - From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by Anonymous
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A.D. 850. Birth of Harold fairhair. 860. Harold fairhair comes to the throne. 870. Harold fairhair sole King in Norway. 871. Ingolf sets out for Iceland. 872. Battle of Hafrsfirth (Hafrsfjöðr). 874. Ingolf and Leif go to settle in Iceland. 877. Kettle hæng goes to Iceland. 880-884. Harold fairhair roots out the Vikings in the west. 888. Fall of Thorstein the red in Scotland. 890-900. Rush of settlers from the British Isles to Iceland. 892. Aud the deeply wealthy comes to Iceland. 900-920. The third period of the Landnámstide. 920. Harold fairhair shares the kingdom with his sons. 923. Hrut Hauskuld's brother born. 929. Althing established. 930. Hrafn Kettle hæng's son Speaker of the Law. 930-935. Njal born. 930. The Fleetlithe feud begins. 933. Death of Harold fairhair. 940. End of the Fleetlithe feud; Fiddle Mord a man of rank; Hamond Gunnar's son marries Mord's sister Rannveiga. 941. Fall of King Eric Bloodaxe. c. 945. Gunnar of Lithend born. 955-960. Njal's sons born. 959. Glum marries Hallgerda. 960. Fall of King Hacon; Athelstane's foster-child, Harold Grayfell, King in Norway. 963. Hrut goes abroad. 965. Hrut returns to Iceland and marries Unna Mord's daughter. |
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