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Date startStart date of the disease.	1309	+
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, Pestilence
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Plague in northern Iceland and pestilence in the south of the country

Text originalOriginal text

sott micil og manndaudi fyrir nordan land. [...] hofst sott og nocr manndaudi fyrir svnnan land en drepsott fyrir nordan land.

Gottskálksannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 341-42 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

Great plague and mortality in the north of the country. There was a plague and some deaths in the south of the country, but pestilence in the north.

Translation by Carina Damm 2