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The part of the hall with the dais in later days was partitioned off as a stofa or parlour. In early times cooking was done in the hall. Dr. Gudmundsson, if I understand him, varies from Dasent in some respects. I quote an abstract of his statement. "About the year 1000 houses generally consisted of, at least, four rooms; often a fifth was added, the so-called bath-room.
The arrangements of houses may and do vary in different cases in the same age. Butcher and Lang. As far as he is aware, no critic looked into the matter till Mr. Monro , being apparently unacquainted with Dasent's researches, found similar lore in works by Dr. Gudmundsson, Der Islandske Bottg i Fristats Tiden, 1894; cf.
In Autumn, 1807, there was a disturbance by night in the outer room at Garpsdal, the door being smashed. There slept in this room the minister's men-servants, Thorsteinn Gudmundsson, Magnus Jonsson, and a child named Thorstein.
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