Oddi

Oddi Church (2012)

Oddi is a town and church at Rangárvellir in Rangárvallasýsla, Iceland. Oddi at Rangárvellir was a cultural and learning center in South Iceland during the Middle Ages. There has been a church at Oddi since the introduction of Christianity. The current church at Oddi dates from 1924. [1] [2] [3]

For centuries it was the central home of the powerful family, Oddaverjar. The two best known leaders in Oddi were Sæmundur Sigfússon the Learned (1056-1133) and his grandson Jón Loftsson (1124-1197). The famous historian Snorri Sturluson (1178-1241) was brought up and educated in Oddi by Jón Loftsson. It has been suggested that the name of the Edda is derived from Oddi.[4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Oddi á Rangárvöllum". southiceland.com. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Oddi Church". South Iceland Tourist Information. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Oddi Church". NAT- Nordic Adventure Travel. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sæmundur Fróði Sigfússon". Gyldendal - Den Store Danske. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ The derivation of Edda from Oddi proposed in 1895 by Eiríkr Magnússon is discussed and rejected by Anatoly Liberman, "Ten Scandinavian and North English Etymologies," Alvíssmál 6 (1996): 63–98, here pp. 67–70. On the derivation of Edda see also Anatoly Liberman, "An Addendum to 'Ten Scandinavian and North English Etymologies' (Edda and glide/gleiten)," Alvíssmál 7 (1997): 101–4, here pp. 101–2.

Coordinates: 63°46′00″N 20°23′56″W / 63.76667°N 20.39889°W / 63.76667; -20.39889

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