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The name Grýla appears in a list of heiti for troll-women in the Prose Edda, composed in the 13th century by Icelandic skald Snorri Sturluson. [1] However, a list of Grýlu heiti ('heiti for Grýla') in one manuscript of the Prose Edda from the early 14th century, AM 748 I b 4to, gives various terms for foxes, suggesting an association with the Arctic fox.
Embassy of Iceland, Washington DC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. "Grýla og jólasveinar". jol.ismennt.is. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Pictures by Halldor Petursson ca. 1950. "The Yule Lads". Jo's Icelandic Recipes. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. "Jólasveinarnir (Yuletide Lads)". Yule in Iceland.
Glíma (anglicised as Glima) is an Icelandic sport for combat and is categorised as Nordic folk wrestling.The most common form of glima describe players gripping their opponent by the waist and attempt to throw them to the ground using technique rather than force.
The oldest known source which mentions the name "Iceland" is an eleventh-century rune carving from Gotland. There is a possible early mention of Iceland in the book De mensura orbis terrae by the Irish monk Dicuil, dating to 825. [9] Dicuil claimed to have met some monks who had lived on the island of Thule. They said that darkness reigned ...
Grímsey (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrimsˌeiː] ⓘ) is a small Icelandic island, 40 kilometres (20 nautical miles) off the north coast of the main island of Iceland, where it straddles the Arctic Circle. [1] Grímsey is also known for the puffins and other sea birds which visit the island for breeding.
Grindavík (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkrɪntaˌviːk] ⓘ) is a fishing town in the Southern Peninsula district of Iceland, not far from Þorbjörn, a tuya (a type of flat-topped, steep-sided volcano).
The county had a rich history dating back to the first settlers of Iceland. Leif Erikson grew up in Dalasýsla in the 10th century, and Árni Magnússon , scholar and collector of manuscripts, was born at Kvennabrekka in Dalasýsla in 1663.
Hvítá (Icelandic [ˈkʰviːtˌauː] ⓘ, "white river") is a river in Iceland that begins at Hvítárvatn glacier lake on Langjökull glacier in the highlands of Iceland at . The river flows for 40 kilometres (25 mi) before dropping down into a narrow gorge at Gullfoss waterfall.