[Later Medieval Calendrical Usage]

OLD NORSE

á vetrnáttahelgi

TRANSLATION

At the Vetrnætr weekend/holy day.

ATTESTED IN LATER MEDIEVAL USAGE:

The compound vetrnáttahelgi is identified in later medieval Icelandic calendrical language through the cited scholarly locator. Because the exact primary-text sentence has not been independently extracted in this project, this card is retained as later medieval calendrical evidence rather than as a directly verified pagan attestation.

CONTEXTUAL:

Scholarly discussion identifies the Flugumýri wedding of 1253 as scheduled for vetrnáttahelgi, the first Sunday of winter, and notes further uses such as Þorgils saga skarða ch. 25.

MY INTERPRETATION:

This shows that vetrnátta- remained productive as a calendrical designation in Christian Iceland.

NOT ESTABLISHED:

That the Christian-era vetrnáttahelgi itself preserves a pagan ritual unchanged.

QUOTED FROM:

Sturlunga saga material; compare Þorgils saga skarða ch. 25 and accounts of the Flugumýri wedding (1253).

FIND IT YOURSELF:

Search: vetrnáttahelgi
For secondary discussion, search the Flugumýri wedding and Þorgils saga skarða ch. 25.

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