Laxardale saga, pt. 2: Kjartan, Gudrun, Bolli

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Dr Crawford over here is one step away from being a fashion youtuber

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He's been a sharp dressed man since he started his channel, still teaching at university. What a dude!

[@SeaYakRanch]

He lives true to himself. Thank you for all the work it takes for filming beautiful and informative videos.

[@johnward6722]

Again thank you so much for taking the time to present this information to us all. I’m a slow reader. I remember almost everything I read but I’m insanely slow at reading. I’m guesstimating that for every one hour of video you have it saves me ten hours of my time. I’ll definitely be finding your patreon and donating

[@tibulcain4904]

Hello Dr. Crawford, this is a year after your posting of this video and i wanted to tell you I greatly appreciate the neutral position you are taking and presenting these things with objectivity. I was originally looking for things on landnama book and came across the 2 parts you did on this saga.

[@hotspurre]

Guthrun's answer to her son is hands down one of my favorite lines from a saga, and the sagas are filled with some amazing lines...

[@VARVIS_]

That Jacket is just fantastic, thank you for all your hard work

[@RobinBaggett]

Dr. Crawford looks so happy in that thumbnail. Genuinely made me smile.

[@lolblackice154]

This is so cool! My name is Kjartan. A very rare name, so its nice to see it mentioned like this, escpecially in a Saga! Never knew that

[@twistysunshine]

I love when these get so complex that you have to keep like thirty names on screen

[@lpforever6273]

Gotta appreciate the consumate professional protecting the mike from that wind---and the genes show, thriving and undaunted in the chill wind of the high country!!!

[@HrodnandB]

I was particularly amused at the part where Kjartan tells Gudrun that instead of going with him, she should just wait for 3 years until he returns. I can imagine a headline, Dating and romance in the 10th century: How long should you wait between dates? Just apply the 3 year rule, haha. Thanks for the video!

[@hotspurre]

The weird thing is this is far from the only saga where that happens. Gunnlaug did that too - he wanted to marry Helga but also wanted to prove himself, so he secured a promise of three years time. In Gunnlaug's case he was actively detained by a king. It's kind of a literary device, I think.

[@HrodnandB]

@@hotspurre yeah, but I can totally imagine that these examples have some basis in reality, considering that marriage was an affair with the utmost importance back then, something one would "labour for" for years if that was necessary.

[@hotspurre]

Oh, certainly, and one could also imagine that the idea of traveling to another country and proving yourself was also a big deal and a sign of "drengskapa" (manliness.) So you have this competing desire to marry this woman you've liked for years, but you want to prove yourself before you settle down.

[@daniellebryan3496]

I just have to ask, how many miles do you usually hike?

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respect the drip

[@TheBeardedAxe]

16:44 good catch

[@TheKfauw]

It's cool to see the word"unna" here because the word is alive and well with basically the same pronunciation in modern Swedish, albeit with an altered meaning.

[@Soitisisit]

Welp. Everyone in this story is terrible. So when's the movie adaptation? :)

[@dewd9327]

This story was depressing af.

[@w_ulf]

Drengr, Skol!

[@billypilgrim5329]

Bolli is pronounced Bodli

[@rynophobia331]

That is modern Icelandic. Not Old Norse. Dr. Crawford prefers using the Old Norse pronunciations

[@billypilgrim5329]

@@rynophobia331 Bolli is a purely Icelandic name, it has always had the same pronounciation

[@rynophobia331]

@@billypilgrim5329 pronunciations change over time. The medieval Icelanders did not pronounce things the way modern Icelanders do

[@billypilgrim5329]

@@rynophobia331 It has not changed over time. Modern Icelandic is as close to old Norse as you can get. The name Bolli was a nickname given to rounded shaped men, the name literally means cup, it soon became a valid name. My name is Bolli BTW. 🙂

[@rynophobia331]

@@billypilgrim5329 key word “close”. Meaning it is not exact