Hafliði Másson Explained

Hafliði Másson (died 1130; Old Norse: in Norse, Old pronounced as /ˈhɑvˌliðe ˈmɑːsˌson/; Modern Icelandic: in Icelandic pronounced as /ˈhavˌlɪːðɪ ˈmausˌsɔːn/) was an Icelandic goði and chieftain in the eleventh to twelfth centuries. He is best known for his dealings with Þorgils Oddason (1080–1151) and for having Iceland's law codified as the text that came to be known as Grágás.Hafliði was the son of the goði Már Húnröðarson from Breiðabólstaður í Vesturhópi; they claimed direct patrilineal descent from the settler Ævar gamli Ketilsson, whose dynasty was known as the Æverlingar.^[1]

References

• Konan á Breiðabólstað í Vesturhópi. Sunndagsblað Tímans, 19. August 1962.
• Sturlungasaga I (Reykjavík: Svart á hvítu, 1988), pp. 7–46 (Þorgilssaga og Hafliða)
• Lúðvík Ingvarsson, Goðorð og goðorðsmenn, 3 vols. (Egilsstaðir 1987), III, pp. 197–200 and 300.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Haflide Mårsson. Nordisk familjebok. December 1, 2019.