Flugumýri

Flugumýri
Town
Flugumýri
CountryIceland
CountySkagafjörður (municipality)
DistrictBlönduhlíð
Founded byÞóris dúfunefs
Named afterThe horse Flugu

Flugumýri is a town and church site in the Blönduhlíð district of Skagafjörður, Iceland, at the base of Glóðafeykir mountain. It was, and is, a manorial estate. The town was the homestead of Þórir dúfunef (the dove-nosed) and, according to the Landnámabók, it was named for the mare Fluga, a quality horse that Þórir owned.

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