Note 117 — Chapter XI · TO HEKLA AND THE GEYSIR IN HAUKADALR.[87] (continued 2)
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The Axewater, so called because Kettlebjörn, the Old, when prospecting for a residence here, lost his axe. Barrow gives Oxera, which would mean Oxwater. There has been no change in the Thingvellir since the days of the Norwegian colonists.