Var a\u00f0 lesa m\u00e9r til um byggingars\u00f6gu V\u00edfilssta\u00f0asp\u00edtala, \u00feegar \u00e9g rakst \u00e1 r\u00e6\u00f0u Gu\u00f0mundar Bj\u00f6rnssonar sem haldin var \u00ed reisugillinu s\u00ed\u00f0la \u00e1rs 1909. \u00dear hefur Gu\u00f0mundur st\u00f3r or\u00f0 um hve reisulegt mannvirki\u00f0 s\u00e9 og setur \u00ed samhengi vi\u00f0 h\u00fasager\u00f0ars\u00f6gu \u00cdslendinga.<\/p>\n
Hann h\u00f3f m\u00e1l sitt \u00e1 a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a um \u00e6vag\u00f6mul mannvirki \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0rum menningarsamf\u00e9l\u00f6gum sem v\u00e6ri haldi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 til minningar um dugna\u00f0 forfe\u00f0ranna. H\u00e9r v\u00e6ri sl\u00edku ekki til a\u00f0 dreifa:<\/p>\n
„Vi\u00f0 vitum vel hva\u00f0 ver\u00f0a mun; \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feessi n\u00fdrunna \u00f6ld er li\u00f0in \u00e1 enda, ver\u00f0a \u00f6ll torfh\u00fasin okkar fallin og ekkert eftir af timburh\u00fasunum nema \u00fe\u00e1 f\u00e1einir kumbaldar, grautf\u00fanir, skakkir og sk\u00e6ldir, okkur til skammar. Og \u00feessi f\u00e1u steinh\u00fas, sem til eru \u2014 \u00feau kunna a\u00f0 geta sta\u00f0i\u00f0 af s\u00e9r eina e\u00f0a tv\u00e6r aldir, sum \u00feeirra, ef vel l\u00e6tur.“<\/em><\/p>\n En me\u00f0 byggingu V\u00edfilssta\u00f0asp\u00edtala, taldi Gu\u00f0mundur, hef\u00f0i \u00cdsland loks eignast h\u00fas sem v\u00e6nta m\u00e6tti a\u00f0 g\u00e6ti sta\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00ed 1.000 \u00e1r: „Jafn traust h\u00fas hefir aldrei veri\u00f0 reist h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi: \u00fea\u00f0 stendur \u00e1 kl\u00f6pp og er alt ein kl\u00f6pp, \u00ed h\u00f3lf og g\u00f3lf. ein steinstorka, svo trygg og traust, a\u00f0 henni er eflaust \u00f3h\u00e6tt \u00ed \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1r, ef j\u00f6r\u00f0in skekur hana ekki af s\u00e9r, e\u00f0a ni\u00f0jar okkar h\u00e6tta a\u00f0 unna henni s\u00f3ma og vi\u00f0halds.“<\/em><\/p>\n Og \u00fea\u00f0 er \u00f3h\u00e6tt a\u00f0 segja a\u00f0 l\u00e6knirinn hafi horft langt fram \u00ed t\u00edmann: „Farnist \u00fev\u00ed vel \u2014 \u00feessu veglega minnismerki n\u00falifandi kynsl\u00f3\u00f0ar; standi \u00fea\u00f0 heilt \u00e1 h\u00fafi \u00f6ld eftir \u00f6ld. \u00ed \u00fe\u00fasund \u00e1r; ver\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 jafnan athvarf \u00feeirra, sem sj\u00fakir og b\u00e1gstaddir eru; gefi \u00fea\u00f0 g\u00e6fan, a\u00f0 h\u00fasi\u00f0 standi \u00f3hagga\u00f0 13. n\u00f3v. 2909, og \u00fe\u00e1 ver\u00f0i uppi \u00edslenzkir menn, okkar ni\u00f0jar, er minst geti me\u00f0 f\u00f6gnu\u00f0i umli\u00f0inna alda, en ekki me\u00f0 harmi, eins og vi\u00f0 hlj\u00f3tum a\u00f0 gera.“<\/em><\/p>\n 2909 er enn langt undan og mi\u00f0a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00faverandi \u00e1sigkomulags V\u00edfilssta\u00f0asp\u00edtala m\u00e1 teljast \u00f3l\u00edklegt a\u00f0 draumur Gu\u00f0mundar Bj\u00f6rnssonar ver\u00f0i a\u00f0 veruleika. En hva\u00f0a mannvirki 20.aldar \u00e6tli lifi \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 standa \u00ed 1.000 \u00e1r? \u00dea\u00f0 koma n\u00fa ekki m\u00f6rg h\u00fas upp \u00ed hugann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Var a\u00f0 lesa m\u00e9r til um byggingars\u00f6gu V\u00edfilssta\u00f0asp\u00edtala, \u00feegar \u00e9g rakst \u00e1 r\u00e6\u00f0u Gu\u00f0mundar Bj\u00f6rnssonar sem haldin var \u00ed reisugillinu s\u00ed\u00f0la \u00e1rs 1909. \u00dear hefur Gu\u00f0mundur st\u00f3r or\u00f0 um hve reisulegt mannvirki\u00f0 s\u00e9 og setur \u00ed samhengi vi\u00f0 h\u00fasager\u00f0ars\u00f6gu \u00cdslendinga. Hann h\u00f3f m\u00e1l sitt \u00e1 a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a um \u00e6vag\u00f6mul mannvirki \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0rum menningarsamf\u00e9l\u00f6gum sem v\u00e6ri … Halda \u00e1fram a\u00f0 lesa: \u00de\u00fasund\u00e1rah\u00fasi\u00f0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991","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=3991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truflun.net\/stefan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}