Westfjords
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In Westfjords, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a peninsula in northwestern Iceland in Iceland. The coordinates are 65° 44' 15.00" N, 22° 10' 14.00" W.
Map of Westfjords
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| Disease | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
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| 1211-00-00-Westfjords | 1211 JL | 19th-cent. summary of a cartulary of the church of Álftamýrar in the Icelandic Westfjords on a mortal disease of the Bishop Páll Jónsson (b. 1155) in 1211 | Þessi máldagi er svo forn, að hann verðr varla talinn ýngri en frá tíma Páls biskups Jónssonar, og er þá sennilegast að heimfæra hann til þess árs, þegar Páll biskup fór yfir Vestfirðínga fjórðúng; en þetta var árið 1211, svo sem segir í sögu hans [...]). Í þessari ferð tók hann banasótt, og komst nauðulega til Hítardals, þar lá hann nálega fjórar vikur, og komst heim í Skálholt þrem nóttum fjrir Símonsmessu (25. Oktbr.). Þó reis hann aptr úr rekkju og las messu seinast á ahraheilagra messu dag (1. Novbr,), en nokkrum dögum seinna sló honum niðr aptr, og andaðist hann í Skálholti 29. Novbr. 1211. | This cartulary is so old that it can hardly be considered younger than the time of Bishop Páll Jónsson, and it is most likely to be attributed to the year when Bishop Páll crossed the quarter of the Westfjords; and this was in the year 1211, as it says in his story (Páls biskpus saga ch. 17; Bisk. s. I, 141). During this trip, he caught a mortal illness, and had to come to Hítardalur, where he lay for almost four weeks, and came home to Skálholt three nights before Simon's Mass (25 October). However, he got up again from his bed and read Mass last on All Saints' Day (1 November), but a few days later he fell down again, and he died in Skálholt on 29 November 1211. | Jón Sigurðsson et al.: Diplomatarium Islandicum (= Íslenzkt fornbréfasafn). Copenhagen 1857–67, p. 369 | Translation by Carina Damm |
| 1376-00-00-Westfjords | 1376 JL | Mortality due to a severe winter in the Icelandic Westfjords in 1376 | Vetr micill og manndavdi vm Vestfiordv. | Harsh winter and mortality in the Westfjords. | Gottskálksannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 363 | Translation by Carina Damm |
