M\u00e9r finnst ritdeilur \u00ed\u00ad sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r ekki lei\u00f0inlegar. \u00de\u00e6r ver\u00f0a \u00fea\u00f0 bara \u00feegar ekki er um nein sko\u00f0anaskipti a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a, heldur karp \u00fear sem hvorugur a\u00f0ilin \u00feokast neitt \u00e1fram. Held \u00e9g b\u00ed\u00adti samt \u00e1 jaxlinn og skrifi enn eina f\u00e6rsluna um Egil Helgason og sta\u00f0reyndame\u00f0fer\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g gef m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 nafnlausi sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn sem Egill skrifar um \u00ed\u00ad n\u00fdjustu f\u00e6rslu sinni \u00fear sem segir:<\/p>\n
„Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur rauk upp vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e9g haf\u00f0i nefnt a\u00f0 ekki v\u00e6ri h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 jafna saman k\u00faguninni \u00e1 keisarat\u00ed\u00admanum og \u00e1 t\u00ed\u00adma bols\u00e9v\u00ed\u00adka. Taldi \u00f6ll m\u00ed\u00adn skrif \u00f3markt\u00e6k vegna \u00feessa.“<\/p>\n
Ef \u00feessi nafnlausi sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur er allt annar ma\u00f0ur, \u00fe\u00e1 fellur afgangurinn af \u00feessari f\u00e6rslu dau\u00f0ur og \u00f3merkur. En ef \u00fea\u00f0 er eins og mig grunar, \u00fe\u00e1 hef \u00e9g \u00feetta um m\u00e1li\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja:<\/p>\n
F\u00e6rsla m\u00ed\u00adn um Sov\u00e9tr\u00ed\u00adkjagrein Egils var ekki efnislegt svar vi\u00f0 m\u00e1lflutningi hans og ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0um greinar hans. Me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad er ekki \u00fear me\u00f0 sagt a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 samm\u00e1la \u00f6llu \u00ed\u00ad t\u00falkun Egils \u00e1 \u00feessari s\u00f6gu, en ef \u00e9g hef\u00f0i \u00e6tla\u00f0 a\u00f0 hj\u00f3la \u00ed\u00ad sj\u00e1lfa greinina og ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur hennar hef\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 kalla\u00f0 \u00e1 miklu meiri vinnu og fl\u00f3knari r\u00f6kstu\u00f0ning. \u00c9g er ekki sl\u00ed\u00adkt f\u00ed\u00adfl a\u00f0 halda a\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 eina villu \u00ed\u00ad m\u00e1lflutningi einhvers manns, s\u00e9 b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 sl\u00e1 hann \u00fat af bor\u00f0inu og gera hann marklausan.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g er \u00feeirrar sko\u00f0unar a\u00f0 h\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 hrekja \u00fdmis atri\u00f0i \u00ed\u00ad grein Egils, en \u00f6nnur geti sta\u00f0i\u00f0 fyrir s\u00ed\u00adnu. Hvernig hann kemst a\u00f0 \u00feeirri ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0u a\u00f0 \u00e9g telji mig hafa afsanna\u00f0 grein hans skil \u00e9g ekki. M\u00e9r s\u00fdnist helst a\u00f0 hann s\u00e9 a\u00f0 lesa eitthva\u00f0 sl\u00ed\u00adkt \u00fat \u00far athugasemdum fr\u00e1 misnafnlausu f\u00f3lki \u00e1 sinni eigin s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0u.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g ger\u00f0i hins vegar \u00ed\u00ad upphaflegu f\u00e6rslunni, var a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 mj\u00f6g banal sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ilega sta\u00f0h\u00e6fingu \u00ed\u00ad grein Egils. Setninguna: „\u00dea\u00f0 t\u00f3k bols\u00e9v\u00ed\u00adka ekki nema svona vikut\u00ed\u00adma a\u00f0 myr\u00f0a jafnmarga og keisarastj\u00f3rnin haf\u00f0i l\u00e1ti\u00f0 drepa \u00e1 m\u00f6rg hundru\u00f0 \u00e1rum.“<\/p>\n
\u00c9g held a\u00f0 99% f\u00f3lks sem las \u00feessa setningu – hafi lagt sama skilning \u00ed\u00ad hana og \u00e9g: a\u00f0 \u00ed\u00ad henni f\u00e6list annars vegar sta\u00f0h\u00e6fing um mor\u00f0\u00e6\u00f0i bols\u00e9vika, en hins vegar v\u00e6ri st\u00f3rkostlega dregi\u00f0 \u00far dr\u00e1pum keisarastj\u00f3rnarinnar. Og \u00fe\u00f3tt Egill s\u00e9 \u00f3f\u00e1anlegur til a\u00f0 vi\u00f0urkenna a\u00f0 upphaflega setningin hafi veri\u00f0 kl\u00e1rlega r\u00f6ng og villandi, hefur hann fallist \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00f3beint – fyrst me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 breyta henni og s\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ar me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 toga hana og teygja me\u00f0 skilgreiningum.<\/p>\n
En hva\u00f0a m\u00e1li skiptir \u00feetta? Til hvers a\u00f0 karpa um \u00feessa tilteknu setningu?<\/p>\n
Hef\u00f0u ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur greinar Egils Helgasonar breyst \u00e1 nokkurn h\u00e1tt \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 setningin hef\u00f0i horfi\u00f0? Au\u00f0vita\u00f0 ekki. Bo\u00f0skapur greinarinnar er s\u00fa byltingarkennda ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0a a\u00f0 Stal\u00ed\u00adn hafi veri\u00f0 vondur. Hvort \u00f6ryggisl\u00f6gregla keisarans hafi veri\u00f0 skipu\u00f0 lj\u00faflingum e\u00f0a hranalegum hrottum hefur l\u00ed\u00adtil \u00e1hrif \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1 ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0u.<\/p>\n
\u00deetta sn\u00fdst me\u00f0 \u00f6\u00f0rum or\u00f0um ekki um ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur, heldur sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ileg vinnubr\u00f6g\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur sem skrifa\u00f0i um galdrabrennur \u00e1 \u00cdslandi – og myndi tala um \u00feau hundru\u00f0 manna sem fari\u00f0 hef\u00f0u \u00e1 b\u00e1lk\u00f6stinn – v\u00e6ri \u00ed\u00ad vondum m\u00e1lum. \u00deegar hann v\u00e6ri lei\u00f0r\u00e9ttur og bent \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00ed\u00adslensk f\u00f3rnarl\u00f6mb galdrabrenna hef\u00f0u veri\u00f0 n\u00e6r 20 talsins – v\u00e6ri l\u00ed\u00adtil v\u00f6rn f\u00f3lgin \u00ed\u00ad \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 hamra \u00e1 illsku \u00feess a\u00f0 brenna f\u00f3lk \u00e1 b\u00e1li. \u00dea\u00f0 er engin stu\u00f0ningsyfirl\u00fdsing vi\u00f0 ka\u00fe\u00f3lsku kirkjuna f\u00f3lgin \u00ed\u00ad \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 halda sta\u00f0reyndum til haga. – G\u00f3\u00f0ur m\u00e1lsta\u00f0ur e\u00f0a tr\u00faver\u00f0ugar ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur geta ekki r\u00e9ttl\u00e6tt rangar sta\u00f0h\u00e6fingar \u00ed\u00ad sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0i.<\/p>\n
\u00dev\u00ed\u00ad mi\u00f0ur eru kr\u00f6fur um sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ileg vinnubr\u00f6g\u00f0 ekki h\u00e1tt skrifa\u00f0ar \u00ed\u00ad umfj\u00f6llun um utanr\u00ed\u00adkism\u00e1l. \u00deegar kemur a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a um illr\u00e6mdar r\u00ed\u00adkisstj\u00f3rnir e\u00f0a einr\u00e6\u00f0isherra, er lenska a\u00f0 slengja bara fram einhverjum f\u00f3rnarlambat\u00f6lum.<\/p>\n
T\u00f6kum umr\u00e6\u00f0una um \u00ed\u008drak sem d\u00e6mi. \u00deegar Dav\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0 Oddsson og Halld\u00f3r \u00ed\u0081sgr\u00ed\u00admsson r\u00e6\u00f0a um Saddam Hussein, \u00fe\u00e1 fer \u00fea\u00f0 eftir dagsforminu hvort hann er kalla\u00f0ur ma\u00f0urinn sem drap „hundru\u00f0ir \u00fe\u00fasunda“; „millj\u00f3n“; „meira en millj\u00f3n“ e\u00f0a jafnvel „millj\u00f3nir“. – Fr\u00e9ttastofurnar voru undir s\u00f6mu s\u00f6k seldar. \u00deegar r\u00e6tt var um fj\u00f6lda K\u00farda sem einr\u00e6\u00f0isherrann haf\u00f0i \u00e1 samviskunni, gat talan hlaupi\u00f0 fr\u00e1 hundra\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund upp \u00ed\u00ad \u00ferj\u00fahundru\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasund fr\u00e1 h\u00e1degisfr\u00e9ttum til kv\u00f6ldfr\u00e9tta. \u00c1 sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r var m\u00f6nnum alveg sama – \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad hver nennti a\u00f0 benda \u00e1 misr\u00e6mi\u00f0? \u00deeir hinir s\u00f6mu v\u00e6ru \u00fe\u00e1 bara stimpla\u00f0ir Saddams-vinir.<\/p>\n
Reyni\u00f0 a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad \u00feegar sagt er fr\u00e1 \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0armor\u00f0unum \u00ed\u00ad Rwanda. – \u00dear slengja menn bara fram einhverjum t\u00f6lum. T\u00f6lfr\u00e6\u00f0in skiptir ekki m\u00e1li \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad ni\u00f0ursta\u00f0an liggur fyrir…<\/p>\n
Fyrir sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ing er \u00f3\u00feolandi a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 umfj\u00f6llun \u00e1 \u00feessum n\u00f3tum. \u00c9g skil ekki hvers vegna nokkur ma\u00f0ur grefur sj\u00e1lfviljugur undan eigin m\u00e1lsta\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 sty\u00f0ja hann vondum r\u00f6kum.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er n\u00fa ekki fl\u00f3knara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
M\u00e9r finnst ritdeilur \u00ed\u00ad sj\u00e1lfu s\u00e9r ekki lei\u00f0inlegar. \u00de\u00e6r ver\u00f0a \u00fea\u00f0 bara \u00feegar ekki er um nein sko\u00f0anaskipti a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a, heldur karp \u00fear sem hvorugur a\u00f0ilin \u00feokast neitt \u00e1fram. Held \u00e9g b\u00ed\u00adti samt \u00e1 jaxlinn og skrifi enn eina f\u00e6rsluna um Egil Helgason og sta\u00f0reyndame\u00f0fer\u00f0 hans. \u00c9g gef m\u00e9r a\u00f0 \u00e9g s\u00e9 nafnlausi sagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn sem … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Sagan endalausa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}