1403-00-00-Iceland
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1403 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | ||
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | Iceland | |
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Plague | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Icelandic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Mortality | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Great plague in Iceland in 1403
Text originalOriginal text
Manndauda aar hid micla a Islandi. Obitus Pals abota j Uidey oc herra Þorsteins fra Helga følli. Obitus herra Runolfs af þyckua bæ. oc vi brædra. enn adrir vi lifdv eptir. Obitus Halldorv abbadisar j kirkiu bæ. ok vij systra. enn vi lifdv eptir. Vigd fru Gudrun abbadis Halldors dottir. Eyddi stadinn þria tima ad mannfolki suo at vm sidir miolkudv systurnar kv fenadinn þær er til uoru. oc kunnv flest allar lited til se, sen uar. er slikann stana hofdv alldri fyrri haft. kuomv þar til kirkiv halfur atte tugur hins siounda hundrads daudra manna. suo talid vard. enn sidan uard ecki reiknat fyrir mannfiolda sakir. suo deydi margt sidan. Jtem ed sama aar eyddi stadinn i þyckva bæ. þrysuar at mannfolki. svo ecki var eptir nema ij brædur. suo heima væri oc einn huskall stadarens. oc hann bar matenn fyrir þa oc þa til kvomv. Obitus herra Þorsteins abota at Helga felli oc Gisla Svartz sonar fra Reyk holum. Nonus Guttorms sonar j Huamme. oc Þordar undan Nupe. oc Pals Þorduars (!) sonar fra Eidvm austan oc Ceceliu Þorsteins dottur hans husfru.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
Year with great mortality in Iceland. Death of Abbot Páll in Viðey. Death of Lord Runólfur from Þykkvabær and six brothers, six more survived. Death of Abbess Halldóra in Kirkjubær and seven sisters, six others survived. Consecration of Lady Abbess Guðrún Halldórsdóttir. The convent lost all its servants three times, so in the end the younger sisters had to milk the cows, which most could hardly do, as might be expected, since they had never had to do such work. Calculated, 775 died, but after that the number of people was no longer counted, so many died. Also in the same year the servants died three times in Þykkvabær, so only two brothers who were at home and one servant of the monastery survived. The servant brought them food and they recovered. Death of Lord Abbot Þorsteinn from Helgafell and Gísli Svartssons from Reykhólar, Jón Guttormssons from Hvammur and Þórðurs from Núpur and Páll Þorvarðssons from eastern Eiðar and his wife, Cecilía Þorsteinsdóttir.
