\u00c1rni vinur minn J\u00f3hannsson, hetjuten\u00f3r og st\u00f3rverktaki, sem vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum hinstu kve\u00f0ju \u00ed dag, var ekki einasta sonur J\u00f3hanns fr\u00e6\u00f0a\u00feuls og b\u00f3karh\u00f6fundar, heldur l\u00edka skilgeti\u00f0 afsprengi \u00feess mannl\u00edfs, sem \u00fear er l\u00fdst. F\u00e1a veit \u00e9g hans l\u00edka um trygg\u00f0 og r\u00e6ktarsemi vi\u00f0 \u00e1tthagana. Enn f\u00e6rri, sem risu jafnvel undir s\u00e6mdarheitinu Vestfir\u00f0ingur me\u00f0 st\u00f3rum staf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
S\u00e1 sem leiddi okkur saman \u00e1 vori l\u00edfsins var enginn annar en L\u00fd\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson, yfirvegavinnuverkstj\u00f3ri Vestfjar\u00f0a \u2013 h\u00f6f\u00f0i h\u00e6rri en annar l\u00fd\u00f0ur og v\u00f6rpulegur og a\u00f0s\u00f3psmikill eftir \u00fev\u00ed. Vi\u00f0 \u00c1rni vorum fylgdarsveinar L\u00fd\u00f0s vi\u00f0 vegam\u00e6lingar \u00ed \u00f3bygg\u00f0um og \u00e1 h\u00e1hei\u00f0um Vestfjar\u00f0a parta \u00far sumrum. Vegurinn yfir Steingr\u00edmsfjar\u00f0arhei\u00f0i var lag\u00f0ur eftir vegst\u00e6\u00f0isvali L\u00fd\u00f0s og h\u00e6\u00f0arm\u00e6lingum okkar \u00c1rna. \u00deetta var \u00ed voraldarver\u00f6ld \u00edslenskra \u00f6r\u00e6fa, \u00fear sem s\u00f3lin sest aldrei og dirrind\u00ed hei\u00f0l\u00f3unnar er \u00fea\u00f0 eina sem r\u00fdfur \u00fe\u00f6gn n\u00e1tt\u00farunnar. Nema \u00feegar \u00c1rni t\u00f3k undir og s\u00f6ng hei\u00f0l\u00f3unni til saml\u00e6tis me\u00f0 sinni vorbj\u00f6rtu ten\u00f3rr\u00f6dd.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hir\u00f0i ekki um a\u00f0 t\u00edunda \u00e6viferil \u00c1rna \u00ed sm\u00e1atri\u00f0um. A\u00f0rir munu v\u00e6ntanelega gera \u00fev\u00ed ver\u00f0ug skil. \u00deess \u00ed sta\u00f0 vil \u00e9g m\u00e6ra manninn sj\u00e1lfan, eins og hann kom m\u00e9r fyrir sj\u00f3nir alla t\u00ed\u00f0 fr\u00e1 \u00e6sku\u00e1rum. \u00dea\u00f0 fyrsta sem kemur upp \u00ed hugann, \u00feegar hans er minnst, er l\u00edfs\u00feorsti hans, smitandi gla\u00f0v\u00e6r\u00f0 og dillandi hl\u00e1tur \u00feess manns, sem kunni vel a\u00f0 meta l\u00edfsins lystisemdir.<\/p>\n
Og svo s\u00f6ngurinn. \u00deessi himneska ten\u00f3rr\u00f6dd, sem a\u00f0 s\u00f6gn F\u00f3stbr\u00e6\u00f0ra n\u00e1\u00f0i \u00fev\u00edl\u00edkum h\u00e6\u00f0um, a\u00f0 h\u00fan splundra\u00f0i kristalnum \u00ed lj\u00f3sakr\u00f3num \u00ed Kreml, \u00feegar F\u00f3stbr\u00e6\u00f0ur t\u00f3ku \u00fear lagi\u00f0 \u2013 Hamraborgina undir hvolf\u00feaki Kremlar. \u00deetta getur enginn hafa leiki\u00f0 eftir \u00c1rna, fyrr n\u00e9 s\u00ed\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n
\u00c1rni l\u00e9t v\u00ed\u00f0a a\u00f0 s\u00e9r kve\u00f0a sem verktaki, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1 h\u00f6fu\u00f0borgarsv\u00e6\u00f0inu og \u00e1 Vestfj\u00f6r\u00f0um. \u00dear skiptust \u00e1 skin og sk\u00farir eins og l\u00edfsins l\u00f6gm\u00e1l leggur \u00e1 og m\u00e6lir fyrir um \u00fe\u00e1 menn, sem \u00feora a\u00f0 lifa \u00fev\u00ed. En hvort heldur var \u00ed me\u00f0byr e\u00f0a m\u00f3tbyr st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00c1rni \u00e1vallt keikur og t\u00f3k \u00fev\u00ed sem a\u00f0 h\u00f6ndum bar af karlmennsku og \u00e6\u00f0ruleysi – \u00f3bugandi bjarts\u00fdnisma\u00f0ur sem hann var og hinn s\u00f6nggla\u00f0i hetjuten\u00f3r tilverunnar til hinstu stundar.<\/p>\n
\u00c1 vin\u00e1ttu okkur bar aldrei skugga, \u00fe\u00f3tt li\u00f0u \u00e1r og dagar milli endurfunda. En \u00fea\u00f0 voru \u00e6vinlega fagna\u00f0arfundir, \u00fear sem gle\u00f0in var vi\u00f0 v\u00f6ld. N\u00fa, \u00feegar hann hefur sungi\u00f0 s\u00edna seinustu ar\u00edu og yfirgefi\u00f0 svi\u00f0i\u00f0, kve\u00f0 \u00e9g hann me\u00f0 \u00feakkl\u00e6ti, vir\u00f0ingu og s\u00f6knu\u00f0i.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c9g hef \u00fea\u00f0 eftir ekki \u00f3merkari heimild en sj\u00e1lfu N\u00f3belsk\u00e1ldinu, a\u00f0 fegursti b\u00f3kartitill \u00e1 \u00edslensku s\u00e9 \u201eFr\u00e1 Dj\u00fapi og Str\u00f6ndum\u201c, eftir J\u00f3hann Hjaltason, fr\u00e6\u00f0a\u00feul.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3kin s\u00fa arna hefur a\u00f0 geyma mannl\u00edfsmyndir af \u00feessum sl\u00f3\u00f0um fr\u00e1 li\u00f0inni t\u00ed\u00f0. \u00dear koma vi\u00f0 s\u00f6gu kjarnakarlar, fj\u00f6lkunnugar konur og kynlegir kvistir. \u00deessar fr\u00e1sagnir minna um sumt \u00e1 mannl\u00edf \u00e1 Volgub\u00f6kkum \u00e1 ofanver\u00f0ri 19du \u00f6ld, eins og Sholokov l\u00fdsir \u00fev\u00ed \u00ed \u201eLygn streymir Don\u201c. S\u00e1lum mannanna svipar v\u00edst saman v\u00ed\u00f0ar en \u00ed S\u00fadan og Gr\u00edmsnesinu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}