Skyggnig\u00e1fa<\/b><\/p>\n
I have not been in a battle; not near one, nor heard one from afar, nor seen the aftermath. I have read about battles, of course, have talked about battles, have been lectured about battles. But I have never been in a battle. And I grow increasingly convinced that I have very little idea of what a battle can be like.
\n– John Keegan \u00ed\u00ad inngangi b\u00f3kar sinnar „The Face of Battle“, einnar \u00e1hrifamestu b\u00f3kar um herna\u00f0ars\u00f6gu sem \u00fat hefur komi\u00f0.<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00c1 gaml\u00e1rskv\u00f6ld settist \u00e9g ni\u00f0ur me\u00f0 afa og \u00f6mmu og n\u00e1\u00f0i \u00ed\u00ad fyrsta sinn a\u00f0 spyrja \u00feau \u00fat \u00ed\u00ad m\u00e1l sem mig hefur lengi langa\u00f0 a\u00f0 fr\u00e6\u00f0ast um – skyggnig\u00e1fu langafa. \u00deannig er m\u00e1l me\u00f0 vexti a\u00f0 \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ur langafi, sem mig r\u00e9tt r\u00e1mar \u00ed\u00ad fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad a\u00f0 \u00e9g var sm\u00e1gr\u00ed\u00adslingur, var skyggn. Hann var \u00fe\u00f3 enginn sp\u00ed\u00adritisti e\u00f0a mi\u00f0ill – virtist ekki hafa haft neina tr\u00fa \u00e1 sl\u00ed\u00adku. Hins vegar s\u00e1 hann l\u00f6ngu l\u00e1ti\u00f0 f\u00f3lk og var\u00f0 vitni a\u00f0 atbur\u00f0um og gat jafnvel haft \u00e1hrif \u00e1 \u00fe\u00e1.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hef svo sem heyrt \u00e1\u00f0ur s\u00f6gur af langafa, en \u00fe\u00e6r flestar \u00ed\u00ad h\u00e1lfkve\u00f0num v\u00ed\u00adsum fr\u00e1 \u00e6ttingjum, en ekki beint fr\u00e1 afa og \u00f6mmu. Eina sagan sem \u00e9g heyrt almennilega fjalla\u00f0i um \u00fea\u00f0 \u00feegar langafi var „vi\u00f0staddur“ f\u00e6\u00f0ingu m\u00ed\u00adna og greip inn \u00ed\u00ad \u00feegar honum \u00fe\u00f3tti f\u00e6\u00f0ingarl\u00e6knirinn \u00e6tla a\u00f0 standa vitlaust a\u00f0 m\u00e1lum. (Langamma var lj\u00f3sm\u00f3\u00f0ir, \u00feannig a\u00f0 hann \u00feekkti talsvert til m\u00e1lanna.)<\/p>\n
Ekki gat langafi \u00fe\u00f3 alltaf gripi\u00f0 inn \u00ed\u00ad atbur\u00f0ar\u00e1sina me\u00f0 beinum h\u00e6tti, heldur var hann oftar en ekki \u00f3virkur \u00e1horfandi. \u00deannig br\u00e1st \u00fea\u00f0 ekki ef skip f\u00f3rust fyrir vestan og menn me\u00f0 \u00feeim, a\u00f0 hann l\u00e9t \u00f6llum illum l\u00e1tum \u00ed\u00ad svefni, bylti s\u00e9r og braust um. \u00c1 \u00f6\u00f0rum tilvikum gat hann \u00fe\u00f3 flutt betri fr\u00e9ttir, t.d. \u00feegar skri\u00f0a f\u00e9ll \u00e1 r\u00fatu sem afi og h\u00f3pur \u00ed\u00ad\u00fer\u00f3ttamanna sem hann var fararstj\u00f3ri hj\u00e1 voru \u00ed\u00ad \u00e1 lei\u00f0inni til Bolungarv\u00ed\u00adkur. Tveir menn l\u00e9tust \u00ed\u00ad \u00fev\u00ed\u00ad slysi, en fyrstu fr\u00e9ttir sem b\u00e1rust til \u00ed\u008dsafjar\u00f0ar hermdu a\u00f0 allir hef\u00f0u farist. \u00de\u00e1 var langafi sallar\u00f3legur og v\u00ed\u00adsa\u00f0i fr\u00e9ttunum \u00e1 bug – hann haf\u00f0i nefnilega s\u00e9\u00f0 slysi\u00f0.<\/p>\n
Hvers vegna er \u00e9g a\u00f0 lepja upp \u00feessar s\u00f6gur af langafa \u00feegar \u00e9g neita a\u00f0 tr\u00faa \u00e1 drauga, \u00e1lfa og yfirskilvitleg fyrirb\u00e6ri? \u00c9g veit \u00fea\u00f0 hreinlega ekki. Kannski vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 v\u00e6ri enn\u00fe\u00e1 meiri \u00fer\u00f6ngs\u00fdni a\u00f0 neita a\u00f0 hlusta \u00e1 svona fr\u00e1sagnir? Kannski vegna \u00feess a\u00f0 hva\u00f0 sem \u00f6\u00f0ru l\u00ed\u00ad\u00f0ur \u00fe\u00e1 er \u00feetta hluti af fj\u00f6lskyldus\u00f6gunni – fr\u00e1sagnir sem lifa\u00f0 hafa me\u00f0 m\u00ed\u00adnu f\u00f3lki um \u00e1ratuga skei\u00f0 og eiga a\u00f0 gera \u00fea\u00f0 \u00e1fram? \u00c1 \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta \u00e6tla \u00e9g a\u00f0’ standa vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 mitt a\u00f0 safna saman s\u00f6gunum af \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0i og skr\u00e1setja \u00fe\u00e6r. \u00deannig er bara gert…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Skyggnig\u00e1fa I have not been in a battle; not near one, nor heard one from afar, nor seen the aftermath. I have read about battles, of course, have talked about battles, have been lectured about battles. But I have never been in a battle. And I grow increasingly convinced that I have very little idea … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: Skyggnig\u00e1fa I have not been<\/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-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","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=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}