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Source: Cleasby/Vigfusson, page b0019, entry 1
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vápnatak, because the weapons having been laid aside during the session were again taken (cp. Engl. wapentake), thus fell on the first or second Wednesday in July. As to the rules of the alþingi, vide esp. the first chapter of the Þ. Þ. Grág. (Kb.) i. p. 38 sqq. The most eventful years in the history of the alþingi are, A. D. 930 (foundation), 964 (reform), 1000 (introduction of Christianity), 1004 (institution of the Fifth Court), 1024 (repudiation of the attempt of the king of Norway to annex Iceland), 1096 (introduc- tion of tithes), 1117 (first codification of laws), 1262-1264 (submission to the king of Norway), 1272 and 1281 (new codes introduced). In the year 1338 there was no alþing held because of civil disturbances, eytt alþingi ok þóttu þat údærni, Ann. s. a., Grág. (Þ. Þ.) Íslend. bók, Kristni S., Njála, Sturl., Árna b. S., Ó. H. (1853), ch. 114; of modern writers, vide esp. Maurer, Entsteh. des Ísl. Staates; Dasent, Introd. to Burnt Njal; some of the Introductions by Jón Sigurðsson in D. I., esp. that to the Gamli Sáttmáli of the year 1262. COMPDS: alþingis-dómr, m. the court of justice in the a., Grág. i. 87, 130, alþingis-för, f. a journey to the a., Js. 6. alþingis-helgun, f. hallowing, inauguration of the a., cp. allsherjar goði, Landn. 336. alþingis-lof, n. permission, leave given by parliament; ef... sættist á víg fyrir a. fram, against the rules of the a. = unlawfully, Grág. ii. 173. alþingis-mál, n. parliamentary rules, proceedings of parliament; ef þeir taka eigi af alþingismáli, do not in- fringe the parliamentary rules, Grág. i. 103: in the legal phrase, at alþingismáli réttu ok allsherjar lögum, where the first rather denotes the form, the last the substance of the law. alþingis-nefna, u, f. nomi- nation to the legislative body and the courts, including dómnefna and lögréttuskipan, Grág. i. 5; cp. Íb. ch. 5. alþingis-reið, f. a journey to the a., Nj. 100, Grág. ii. 78. alþingis-sátt, f. an agreement entered into at the a. alþingiasáttar-hald, n. the keeping of sucb an agree- ment, Grág. i. 217, Sturl. i. 66. alþingis-sekt, f. a conviction in the courts. alþingissektar-hald, n., Stud. i. 66 (seems to be a false reading); v. the preceding word.



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