Möðruvallabók
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Möðruvallabók is a major 14th-century Icelandic manuscript collection that preserves numerous sagas of Icelanders, including Laxdæla saga.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Möðruvallabók canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3704186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Möðruvallabók Context triple: [Laxdæla saga, hasManuscript, Möðruvallabók]
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A.
Laxdæla saga
Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
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B.
Íslendingasögur
Íslendingasögur are the medieval Icelandic family sagas that recount the lives, feuds, and voyages of early Icelandic settlers and heroes, forming a cornerstone of Old Norse literature.
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C.
Orkneyinga saga
Orkneyinga saga is a medieval Icelandic narrative that recounts the history and legends of the Earls of Orkney and their Norse connections.
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D.
Heimskringla
Heimskringla is a collection of Old Norse kings' sagas, traditionally attributed to Snorri Sturluson, that recount the lives and deeds of Norwegian monarchs from legendary times to the 12th century.
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E.
Grettis saga
Grettis saga is a prominent Icelandic saga that recounts the turbulent life, heroic feats, and outlawry of the warrior Grettir Ásmundarson.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Möðruvallabók Target entity description: Möðruvallabók is a major 14th-century Icelandic manuscript collection that preserves numerous sagas of Icelanders, including Laxdæla saga.
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A.
Laxdæla saga
Laxdæla saga is a medieval Icelandic saga that recounts the intertwined lives, feuds, and tragic love stories of several generations of settlers in the Laxárdalur valley.
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B.
Íslendingasögur
Íslendingasögur are the medieval Icelandic family sagas that recount the lives, feuds, and voyages of early Icelandic settlers and heroes, forming a cornerstone of Old Norse literature.
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C.
Orkneyinga saga
Orkneyinga saga is a medieval Icelandic narrative that recounts the history and legends of the Earls of Orkney and their Norse connections.
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D.
Kringla manuscript
The Kringla manuscript is a medieval Icelandic vellum codex that preserves one of the principal early texts of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, a key source for Norse royal history and saga literature.
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E.
Heimskringla
Heimskringla is a collection of Old Norse kings' sagas, traditionally attributed to Snorri Sturluson, that recount the lives and deeds of Norwegian monarchs from legendary times to the 12th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic manuscript
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manuscript collection ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ saga manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 14th century ⓘ |
| catalogCode | AM 132 fol. ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Bandamanna saga
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Droplaugarsona saga ⓘ Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar ⓘ Finnboga saga ramma ⓘ Flóamanna saga ⓘ Hallfreðar saga vandræðaskálds ⓘ
linked to:
Hallfreðar saga
Kormáks saga ⓘ Laxdæla saga ⓘ Njáls saga ⓘ Reykdæla saga ⓘ Víga-Glúms saga ⓘ Ölkofra þáttr ⓘ Þorsteins þáttr stangarhöggs ⓘ Þórðar saga hreðu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| culturalContext | medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies ⓘ |
| folioFormat | folio ⓘ |
| genre |
saga literature
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Íslendingasögur ⓘ |
| hasPart | multiple saga texts ⓘ |
| language |
Old Icelandic
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Old Norse ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Möðruvellir farm ⓘ |
| placeAssociatedWith | Möðruvellir in Eyjafjörður ⓘ |
| preserves |
textual tradition of Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar
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textual tradition of Laxdæla saga ⓘ textual tradition of Njáls saga ⓘ |
| regionDepicted | Iceland ⓘ |
| scriptType | Gothic script ⓘ |
| significance |
major source for the sagas of Icelanders
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one of the largest extant collections of Íslendingasögur ⓘ |
| subject |
Icelandic genealogy
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Icelandic history ⓘ medieval Icelandic law and society ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedBy |
historians
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literary scholars ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
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linked to:
Latin alphabet
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Subject: Möðruvallabók Description of subject: Möðruvallabók is a major 14th-century Icelandic manuscript collection that preserves numerous sagas of Icelanders, including Laxdæla saga.
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