Icelandic antiquarian and lexicographer, born in southern Iceland, on the 24th of February 1791. He studied at the University of Copenhagen. In 1819 he became assistant in the Latin school at Bassastardir, and in 1846 was called to the rectorate at Reykjavik. He gained his reputation through his dictionary of the words used in the Old Norse poetry, his Latin translation of the sagas of the Norse kings, and his Icelandic translation of Homer. He died on the 17th of August 1852.
