Guðrúnarlaug

Guðrúnarlaug is a thermal bath in Iceland near Sælingsdalur in the municipality of Dalabyggð[1]. The name stems from Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir who was a main character in the Laxdæla saga[2][3]. The thermal bath exists at the place described in the saga.

The reconstructed thermal bath

Reference in Sagas

Guðrúnarlaug (literally "Guðrún's pool" in Icelandic) was referenced in the Laxdæla saga as "the Baths of Saelingsdale", a placed visited by Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir. The text reads:

Gestur ríður nú um daginn vestan úr Saurbæ og kemur til Sælingsdalslaugar og dvelst þar um hríð. Guðrún kom til laugar og fagnar vel Gesti frænda sínum. Gestur tók henni vel og taka þau tal saman og voru þau bæði vitur og orðig.[4]:33. kafli

Now Guest rideth eastward all day from Saurby and cometh to the Baths of Saelingsdale, and abides there awhile. Gudrun came to the Baths and greeteth well Guest her kinsman. Guest took her greeting well, and they fall to speech together, for both of them were wise and many-spoken.[3]:chapter 33

See also

References
  1. "GUÐRÚNARLAUG". Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  2. Arent, Margaret (1964). The Laxdoela Saga. University of Washington Press. OCLC 866467116.
  3. Proctor, Robert. "The Story of the Laxdalers: 1903 translation into English by Robert Proctor from the original Icelandic 'Laxdæla saga'". Retrieved 2017-09-02.
  4. "LAXDÆLA SAGA: ásamt Bolla þætti Bollasona". 1997. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
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