\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nR\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt var a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarlega fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 var nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\n
f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n
R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt var a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarlega fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 var nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
T\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt var a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
G\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarlega fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Skaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Veistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 var nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
E\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
E\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Systkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 var nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
svo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
og sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
og b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson<\/p>\n\n\n\nMinningaror\u00f0<\/p>\n\n\n\n+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nfv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur<\/p>\n\n\n\nf. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu<\/p>\n\n\n\nm\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn er leyndard\u00f3msfullt fyrirbrig\u00f0i. Vi\u00f0 eigum erfitt me\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja t\u00edmann. Vi\u00f0 g\u00f6ngum flest me\u00f0 \u00far \u00e1 handlegg til a\u00f0 m\u00e6la hann. Vi\u00f0 vitum a\u00f0 kv\u00f6ld fylgir degi, og morgunn n\u00f3tt. Reynslan hefur kennt okkur \u00fea\u00f0. Hver dagurinn \u00e1 f\u00e6tur \u00f6\u00f0rum kemur \u00fat \u00far n\u00f3ttinni og brosir vi\u00f0 s\u00f3lu. En hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3sk\u00f6punum koma allir \u00feessir dagar? Hva\u00f0an?<\/p>\n\n\n\nVi\u00f0 skulum k\u00edkja sn\u00f6ggvast \u00ed b\u00f3k \u00ed Gamla testamentinu sem heitir Pr\u00e9dikarinn og flokkast sem spekirit \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear er a\u00f0 finna m\u00f6rg spakm\u00e6li eins og t.d. \u00feetta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nJ\u00e1, enginn veit morgundaginn og l\u00edfi\u00f0 er fer\u00f0alag \u00ed heimi t\u00edmans, vegfer\u00f0 m\u00e1 kalla \u00fea\u00f0: “Tilvera okkar er undarlegt fer\u00f0alag, vi\u00f0 erum gestir og h\u00f3tel okkar er j\u00f6r\u00f0in”, kva\u00f0 sk\u00e1ldi\u00f0 T\u00f3mas Gu\u00f0mundsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 naut \u00feess a\u00f0 sigla og \u00ed lok minningaror\u00f0anna mun \u00e9g vitna \u00ed b\u00e1t sem kemur fram \u00ed merkri b\u00f3k og gl\u00edmu sk\u00e1lds vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 skilja hvernig syndugar manneskjur komast upp Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 og a\u00f0 lokatakmarki s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nG\u00e1turnar eru margar sem hugurinn gl\u00edmir vi\u00f0 \u00e1 l\u00edfshafinu og \u00fea\u00f0 liggur fyrir a\u00f0 enginn veit morgundaginn e\u00f0a hva\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0ur handan hinsta andvarps, deyjandi manneskju.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, leit dagsins lj\u00f3s \u00e1 Akranesi 8. desember 1936 og l\u00e9st 28. jan\u00faar s.l.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00f3lst upp \u00e1 Skaganum hj\u00e1 foreldrum s\u00ednum, \u00feeim \u00c1rna Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 G\u00edslasyni, fr\u00e1 Hellissandi (1913-2002) og \u00de\u00f3reyjar Hannesd\u00f3ttur (1918-1991). Systkini eigna\u00f0ist hann tv\u00f6: S\u00e6unni f. 1940 sem er l\u00e1tin og G\u00edsla Brei\u00f0fj\u00f6r\u00f0 f. 1957.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDagar drengsins litla ur\u00f0u nokku\u00f0 margir \u00fev\u00ed hann n\u00e1\u00f0i a\u00f0 lifa \u00ed r\u00fam 86 \u00e1r. \u00dea\u00f0 telst bara nokku\u00f0 gott \u00e1 t\u00edmum \u00feegar \u00e6vil\u00edkur \u00cdslendinga eru 84 \u00e1r skv. m\u00e6lingum s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0inga en voru \u00fe\u00f3 ekki fleiri en 42 \u00e1r, fyrir 160 \u00e1rum. F\u00f3lk f\u00e9ll \u00e1 barnsaldri \u00far sj\u00fakd\u00f3mum og sumir d\u00f3u jafnvel af sm\u00e1s\u00e1rum \u00e1 fingri \u00fev\u00ed ekkert penisill\u00edn var til \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 daga. \u00c6vil\u00edkur okkar hafa tv\u00f6faldast. En f\u00f3lk gat samt n\u00e1\u00f0 h\u00e1um aldri for\u00f0um daga eins og fram kemur \u00ed 2.500 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mlum texta \u00ed Gamla testamentinu: “\u00c6vidagar vorir eru sj\u00f6t\u00edu \u00e1r og \u00feegar best l\u00e6tur \u00e1ttat\u00edu \u00e1r.” (S\u00e1lmarnir 90.10).<\/p>\n\n\n\nT\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSek\u00fandur, m\u00edn\u00fatur, klukkustundir, s\u00f3lahringar, vikur, m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir, \u00e1r og aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa eru li\u00f0nar 3 m\u00edn\u00fatur og 52 sek\u00fandur s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e9g h\u00f3f a\u00f0 flytja \u00feessi minningaror\u00f0 og \u00e1fram l\u00ed\u00f0ur t\u00edminn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSkaginn var og er \u00e6vint\u00fdraheimur og Skagamenn hafa bori\u00f0 hr\u00f3\u00f0ur b\u00e6jarins v\u00edtt og breitt um landi\u00f0 \u00ed t\u00edmans r\u00e1s. Sj\u00f3s\u00f3kn hefur veri\u00f0 stundu\u00f0 \u00fear um aldir.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kynntist atvinnul\u00edfinu eins og f\u00f3lk af hans kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 ger\u00f0i, byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 vinna ungur og kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Ungur eigna\u00f0ist hann v\u00f6rub\u00edl af ger\u00f0inni Ford Henschel og eigna\u00f0ist svo fleiri st\u00f3ra b\u00edla s\u00ed\u00f0ar og haf\u00f0i oftast n\u00f3g a\u00f0 gera \u00ed verkt\u00f6ku og vegager\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann kv\u00e6ntist \u00d6nnu \u00d3l\u00f6fu Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttur, sem f\u00e6dd var \u00e1ri\u00f0 1934 en l\u00e9st \u00e1ri\u00f0 2000. H\u00fan \u00e1tti fyrir d\u00f3tturina, \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsi \u00c1sger\u00f0i Arnfinnsd\u00f3ttur f. 1955. Saman eignu\u00f0ust \u00feau Anna og E\u00f0var\u00f0 6 b\u00f6rn. \u00deau eru:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00c1rni Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1956, l\u00e9st sama \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Kristj\u00e1n Arndal f. 1957, d. 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Ey\u00fe\u00f3r f. 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Gu\u00f0ni f. 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 Anna L\u00e1ra 1965 og<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2022 \u00d6rn Arndal f. 1968, d. 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er sj\u00f3fer\u00f0 og brot geta ri\u00f0i\u00f0 yfir b\u00e1tinn og hrifi\u00f0 f\u00f3lk \u00far skj\u00f3li skeljar og \u00ed dj\u00fap dau\u00f0ans. Dagarnir geta veri\u00f0 \u00feungir en g\u00f3\u00f0u dagarnir eru \u00fe\u00f3 fleiri en hinir hj\u00e1 okkur flestum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 1963 flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed K\u00f3pavog og \u00fear stunda\u00f0i E\u00f0var\u00f0 \u00fdmis st\u00f6rf en \u00e1ri\u00f0 1967 var\u00f0 hann l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar var\u00f0stj\u00f3ri en svo flutti fj\u00f6lskyldan \u00ed Stykkish\u00f3lm \u00fear sem hann var\u00f0 yfirl\u00f6greglu\u00fej\u00f3nn.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 var fj\u00f6lh\u00e6fur og listr\u00e6nn og stytti s\u00e9r oft stundir me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 m\u00e1la myndir en t\u00f3nlistin var \u00fe\u00f3 enn st\u00e6rri \u00fe\u00e1ttur \u00ed l\u00edfi hans. Hann var \u00e1 fermingaraldri \u00e1 Akranesi \u00feegar \u00feanga\u00f0 kom sveitakona r\u00ed\u00f0andi ofan \u00far Leir\u00e1rsveit, til a\u00f0 falast eftir \u00fev\u00ed vi\u00f0 foreldra hans a\u00f0 \u00feau myndu l\u00e1na str\u00e1kinn til harmonikkuspils \u00e1 balli. Konan haf\u00f0i heyrt af t\u00f3nlistarg\u00e1fu drengsins og h\u00e6fileikum hans. Harmonikkan var hans fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 og hann l\u00e9k \u00e1 b\u00f6llum v\u00ed\u00f0a um land og me\u00f0 m\u00f6rgum \u00feekktum t\u00f3nlistarm\u00f6nnum. Hann \u00e1tti nokkra h\u00fasb\u00edla um \u00e6vina og \u00e1 fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum \u00ed samfloti h\u00fasb\u00edla \u00fe\u00e1 var harmonikkan alltaf me\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0. En harmonikkan var ekki eina hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri\u00f0, E\u00f0var\u00f0 spila\u00f0i n\u00e1nast \u00e1 \u00f6ll hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6ri og allt eftir eyranu. Honum n\u00e6g\u00f0i a\u00f0 heyra lagi\u00f0, \u00fe\u00e1 var \u00fea\u00f0 komi\u00f0. Ekki eru nema m\u00e1nu\u00f0ir s\u00ed\u00f0an hann b\u00e6tti s\u00ed\u00f0ustu harmonikkunni \u00ed hlj\u00f3\u00f0f\u00e6rasafni\u00f0 sitt.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVeistu a\u00f0 hvergi \u00ed hinum \u00feekkta alheimi heyrist hlj\u00f3\u00f0? Veistu a\u00f0 t\u00f3nlist og hlj\u00f3\u00f0 heyrast bara \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0inni okkar? Alheimurinn er steinhlj\u00f3\u00f0ur \u00fev\u00ed \u00fear eru engin skilyr\u00f0i fyrir hlj\u00f3\u00f0 a\u00f0 berast, \u00fe.e.a.s. enginn lofthj\u00fapur og engar sameindir sem bera hlj\u00f3\u00f0i\u00f0 og \u00fear er ekki heldur nein d\u00fdr og ekkert f\u00f3lk me\u00f0 eyru sem kunna a\u00f0 nema hlj\u00f3\u00f0! Merkileg er h\u00fan \u00feessi tilvera okkar h\u00e9r \u00e1 j\u00f6r\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg svo eru \u00fea\u00f0 h\u00f6fin sem hylja 71% af yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar. \u00deau eru vatnsvegir sem heilla\u00f0 hafa mannkyn fr\u00e1 fyrstu t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i byrja\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla \u00ed K\u00f3pavoginum og h\u00e9lt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1fram \u00ed H\u00f3lminum. B\u00e1turinn, L\u00e1rus, bar hann langa vegu og m.a. alla lei\u00f0 til Sp\u00e1nar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Fyrir E\u00f0var\u00f0i var l\u00edfi\u00f0 fer\u00f0alag en kannski ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur sj\u00f3fer\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i yndi af siglingum og \u00e1tti lengi vel b\u00e1t sem bar hann yfir v\u00edkur og fir\u00f0i, fl\u00f3a og \u00fath\u00f6f. For\u00f0um skildu menn ekki hvernig unnt va\u00f0 a\u00f0 sigla d\u00f6gum saman \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 koma a\u00f0 ystu br\u00fan hafsins. Menn h\u00e9ldu lengi vel a\u00f0 j\u00f6r\u00f0in v\u00e6ri fl\u00f6t en svo uppg\u00f6tva\u00f0i mannkyn a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri hn\u00f6ttur og hvernig stendur \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 andf\u00e6ltingar okkar \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu ganga \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i jar\u00f0ar alveg eins og vi\u00f0 en sn\u00faa ekki \u00e1 haus?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Og vi\u00f0 getum ekki skili\u00f0 t\u00edmann, \u00feetta undarelga fyrirbrig\u00f0i sem ber okkur \u00e1fram eins og b\u00e1tsskel \u00e1 haffleti og varpar okkur s\u00ed\u00f0an fyrir bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 himinsins – e\u00f0a hva\u00f0?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nafni\u00f0 L\u00e1rus er l\u00edklega tilv\u00edsun \u00ed l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig, sem heitir stephanos<\/em> \u00e1 gr\u00edsku og merkir sigursveig og er hugtaki\u00f0 \u00e1 bak vi\u00f0 k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, sem kemur fram \u00ed b\u00e6n til ungmenna, sem fermast, um a\u00f0 \u00feau megi \u00f6\u00f0last k\u00f3r\u00f3nu l\u00edfsins, l\u00e1rvi\u00f0arsveig. En sj\u00e1lfur h\u00e9t hann E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus og fyrri li\u00f0ur fornafnsins v\u00edsar til au\u00f0s og s\u00ed\u00f0ari li\u00f0urinn til verndar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 kom v\u00ed\u00f0a vi\u00f0. Hann var einn af stofnendum Hla\u00f0b\u00e6jar sem var verktakafyrirt\u00e6ki. Hann \u00e1tti hlut \u00ed Flugf\u00e9laginu V\u00e6ngir og stofna\u00f0i einnig fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Hraunfell, steypti gangst\u00e9ttir \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk og vann vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 leggja hitaveitu \u00ed K\u00f3pavogi, sprengdi m.a. gj\u00e1na vi\u00f0 Sundlaug K\u00f3pavogs \u00ed gegnum hverja Borgarholtsbrautin liggur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Leggi\u00f0 braut, leggi\u00f0 braut, grei\u00f0i\u00f0 veginn, ry\u00f0ji\u00f0 hverjum \u00e1steytingarsteini \u00far vegi \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0ar minnar!”, segir \u00ed sp\u00e1d\u00f3msb\u00f3k Jesaja. G\u00f6fugt er \u00fea\u00f0 hlutverk a\u00f0 ry\u00f0ja brautir og for\u00f0a hindrunum \u00far vegi vegfarenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\nE\u00f0var\u00f0 haf\u00f0i nef fyrir vi\u00f0skiptum og s\u00e1 v\u00ed\u00f0a t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEn l\u00edfi\u00f0 var aldrei bara dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum. Hann og Anna \u00d3l\u00f6f skyldu \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og hann kv\u00e6ntist seinna J\u00f3runni Sigf\u00fasd\u00f3ttur en \u00feau skyldu en h\u00e9ldu vinskap alla t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSystkinin s\u00f6g\u00f0u um pabba sinn: “Hann var nagli en me\u00f0 mj\u00fakt hjarta og m\u00e1tti hvergi aumt sj\u00e1 og studdi oft vi\u00f0 \u00feau sem minna m\u00e1ttu s\u00edn \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum og ger\u00f0i m\u00f6rg g\u00f3\u00f0verkin.” Hann var l\u00edka d\u00fdravinur og k\u00f6ttur sem \u00e1tti a\u00f0 l\u00f3ga enda\u00f0i hj\u00e1 honum og lif\u00f0i \u00ed 17 \u00e1r.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann var r\u00e9tts\u00fdnn og ekki sama um \u00fea\u00f0 hvernig sumt gekk fyrir sig \u00ed l\u00edfinu.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHann f\u00f3r margar fer\u00f0ir upp\u00e1 Skaga me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin til a\u00f0 s\u00fdna \u00feeim \u00e6skusl\u00f3\u00f0irnar, \u00e1tti hj\u00f3lh\u00fdsi \u00ed m\u00f6rg \u00e1r og fer\u00f0a\u00f0ist v\u00ed\u00f0a.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfkomendur hans eru 34 og af \u00feeim eru \u00ferj\u00fa l\u00e1tin og vi\u00f0 h\u00f3pinn b\u00e6tast stj\u00fapb\u00f6rnin hans, afkomendur \u00de\u00f3rd\u00edsar \u00c1sger\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c1ri\u00f0 2015 skrifa\u00f0i hann eitthva\u00f0 um l\u00edfi\u00f0 og dau\u00f0ann og sag\u00f0ist mundu horfa til barnanna “a\u00f0 ofan” og fylgjast me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nEnginn veit morgundaginn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Vertu \u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0u skapi \u00e1 g\u00f3\u00f0um degi og hugleiddu \u00feetta \u00e1 illum degi: Gu\u00f0 hefur gert \u00feennan dag alveg eins og hinn til \u00feess a\u00f0 ma\u00f0urinn ver\u00f0i einskis v\u00edsari um \u00fea\u00f0 sem s\u00ed\u00f0ar kemur.” (Pr\u00e9d. 7.14)<\/p>\n\n\n\nL\u00edfi\u00f0 er undur. T\u00edminn l\u00ed\u00f0ur og f\u00f3lk hverfur af svi\u00f0i t\u00edmans og inn \u00ed eil\u00edf\u00f0ina \u00fear sem Gu\u00f0 r\u00edkir. Vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum flest alist upp vi\u00f0 \u00e1hrif kristinnar tr\u00faar, erum sk\u00edr\u00f0 og fermd. Sk\u00edrnin er \u00ed raun s\u00e1ttm\u00e1li, samningur, milli Gu\u00f0s og manns. Og \u00feegar tveir a\u00f0ilar gera me\u00f0 s\u00e9r samning ber b\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 lofor\u00f0 s\u00edn. Vi\u00f0, mannf\u00f3lki\u00f0, erum hins vegar svo breisk a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 n\u00e1um aldrei a\u00f0 standa vi\u00f0 okkar hlut, en Gu\u00f0 sv\u00edkur aldrei sitt lofor\u00f0, samning sinn vi\u00f0 okkur. Vi\u00f0 erum hans \u00ed l\u00edfi og dau\u00f0a, sama hvar vi\u00f0 erum \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum e\u00f0a h\u00f6fum veri\u00f0, sama hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fum gert e\u00f0a l\u00e1ti\u00f0 vera a\u00f0 gera. Vi\u00f0 erum b\u00f6rnin hans sem hann elskar og gleymir aldrei. Gott er a\u00f0 muna \u00fea\u00f0 um lei\u00f0 og vi\u00f0 gle\u00f0jumst yfir \u00feessum degi \u00feegar vi\u00f0 kve\u00f0jum E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason og \u00fe\u00f6kkum fyrir l\u00edfi\u00f0 hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\nN\u00fdlega kom \u00fat b\u00f3kin, Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0, sem er n\u00fd \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ing \u00e1 or\u00f0inu Hreinsunareldur. Sk\u00edrn merki j\u00fa, hreinsun og Sk\u00edrnarfjalli\u00f0 \u00feurfa s\u00e1lirnar a\u00f0 kl\u00edfa eftir skilningi Dantes sem talar \u00fat fr\u00e1 ka\u00fe\u00f3lskri tr\u00fa s\u00edns t\u00edma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd II. kafla er v\u00edsa\u00f0 til b\u00e1ts sem fer svo hratt a\u00f0 botn hans blotnar ei og hann ferjar s\u00e1lirnar. \u00dear segir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00cd hinu st\u00f3rbrotna verki Dantes, Gle\u00f0ileikurinn gu\u00f0d\u00f3mlegi, sem rita\u00f0 nokkrum \u00e1ratugum eftir dr\u00e1pi\u00f0 \u00e1 Snorra Sturlusyni \u00e1 13. \u00f6ld. \u00cd ritinu er miki\u00f0 og margslungi\u00f0 l\u00edkingam\u00e1l \u00ed bundnu m\u00e1li um fer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 jar\u00f0l\u00edfi, um dularfullar v\u00edddir r\u00edkis hinna dau\u00f0u og alla lei\u00f0 til himinsins heim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00c9g ni\u00f0ur leit, og hann \u00e1 str\u00f6ndu steytti<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u00e1 b\u00e1t sem lipur, l\u00e9ttur var og hra\u00f0ur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nsvo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
svo vatni\u00f0 aldrei kjalarbor\u00f0in bleytti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00cd skuti helgur st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fear st\u00fdrima\u00f0ur,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog sem letru\u00f0 l\u00fdsti s\u00e6lugl\u00f3\u00f0in;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nog b\u00e1tur meir en hundra\u00f0 s\u00e1lum hla\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n(Kafli II. 40-41)<\/p>\n\n\n\nOg n\u00fa er E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason, farinn \u00ed s\u00edna hinstu f\u00f6r, landfestar hafa veri\u00f0 leystar og himinn fyrir stafni.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGu\u00f0 geymi hann og Gu\u00f0 geymi \u00feig sem enn ert \u00e1 l\u00edfsveginum. M\u00e6ttum vi\u00f0 \u00f6ll n\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 lifa vel og lengi. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6rn B\u00e1r\u00f0ur J\u00f3nsson Minningaror\u00f0 +E\u00f0var\u00f0 L\u00e1rus \u00c1rnason fv. verktaki og l\u00f6gregluma\u00f0ur f. 8. desember 1936, d. 28. jan\u00faar 2023 \u00datf\u00f6r fr\u00e1 Fossvogskapellu m\u00e1nudaginn 6. febr\u00faar 2023 kl. 15 R\u00e6\u00f0una er h\u00e6gt a\u00f0 lesa og hlusta \u00e1 h\u00e9r fyrir ne\u00f0an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[166,243,246,333,548,584,640],"class_list":["post-3842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minningarord-eulogies","tag-elska","tag-gud","tag-gudfraedi","tag-jesus","tag-soknudur","tag-sorg","tag-tru"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ornbardur.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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