Landnám
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Landnám is old Norse which literally translates to taking land. It is used in the North Atlantic to describe the time when land and islands in this area were first populated.
Landnám may refer to:
Landnám may refer to:
- LandnámabókLandnámabókLandnámabók , often shortened to Landnáma, is a medieval Icelandic written work describing in considerable detail the settlement of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th centuries AD.-Landnáma:...
- Landnám of Iceland Settlement of IcelandThe settlement of Iceland is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the 9th century, when Norse settlers migrated across the North Atlantic. The reasons for the migration may be traced to a shortage of arable land in Scandinavia, and civil strife brought about by the ambitions of...
- Landnám of Faroe Islands