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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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