Grettir br\u00f3\u00f0ir hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1ttr\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00ed dag, 24. j\u00fal\u00ed. \u00c9g var tveimur \u00e1rum yngri og \u00f3lumst vi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed upp saman fyrstu \u00e1rin. Vi\u00f0 vorum n\u00e1nir vinir og samherjar og h\u00e9lst \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0m\u00e6ta samband allt fram a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann f\u00e9ll fyrir illv\u00edgum sj\u00fakd\u00f3mi hausti\u00f0 2002, a\u00f0eins 57 \u00e1ra gamall. \u00de\u00e1 m\u00e1ttu \u00deura og b\u00f6rnin \u00feeirra \u00feola missi sem ekki var\u00f0 b\u00e6ttur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grettir var hreinasti \u00f6\u00f0lingur. Vi\u00f0 br\u00f6llu\u00f0um margt saman \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 f\u00e6rum mismunandi lei\u00f0ir \u00ed l\u00edfinu. Hann var athafnasamur byggingameistari sem t\u00f3k a\u00f0 s\u00e9r fj\u00f6lda verka \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed svi\u00f0i. Minn vettvangur var hins vegar l\u00f6gfr\u00e6\u00f0in. \u00de\u00f3 a\u00f0 st\u00f6rfin v\u00e6ru \u00f3l\u00edk brustu b\u00f6nd \u00e6skunnar aldrei. Allt fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 selja j\u00f3latr\u00e9 \u00e1 st\u00e9ttinni vi\u00f0 heimili okkar a\u00f0 Bl\u00f6nduhl\u00ed\u00f0 2, \u00fear sem m\u00f3\u00f0urafi okkar rak matv\u00f6ruverslun, og yfir \u00ed a\u00f0 vera \u00ed fyrirsvari fyrir Svart\u00e1 \u00ed H\u00fanavatnss\u00fdslu, sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i \u00e1 leigu \u00ed nokkur \u00e1r \u00e1samt nokkrum vina minna. Grettir var \u00fear mi\u00f0punktur vei\u00f0imennskunnar, sem hann alla t\u00ed\u00f0 haf\u00f0i lifandi \u00e1str\u00ed\u00f0u fyrir. Hann var g\u00f3\u00f0ur teiknari og dr\u00f3 upp kort af \u00e1nni sem vei\u00f0imenn h\u00f6f\u00f0u vi\u00f0 hendina vi\u00f0 vei\u00f0arnar og gera enn\u00fe\u00e1 eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00e9g best veit. Svo t\u00f3k hann a\u00f0 s\u00e9r n\u00fdgr\u00e6\u00f0inga vi\u00f0 vei\u00f0arnar, lei\u00f0beindi \u00feeim og studdi \u00e1 alla lund. Hann l\u00e9t s\u00edna eigin \u00e1stundun vi\u00f0 vei\u00f0arnar \u00fe\u00e1 oft a\u00f0 v\u00edkja. M\u00e9r fannst \u00fea\u00f0 jafnvel gle\u00f0ja hann meira a\u00f0 n\u00e1 \u00e1rangri vi\u00f0 lei\u00f0s\u00f6gnina heldur en a\u00f0 vei\u00f0a sj\u00e1lfur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00edfi\u00f0 er stundum miskunnarlaust. Hva\u00f0a vit var \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00feessi \u00f6\u00f0lingur \u00feyrfti a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta \u00ed minni pokann a\u00f0eins 57 \u00e1ra gamall? Eftir standa kona hans, b\u00f6rnin \u00feeirra fj\u00f6gur og afkomendur \u00feeirra. Hann v\u00e6ri \u00e1rei\u00f0anlega yfir sig stoltur af \u00feessu fr\u00e1b\u00e6ra f\u00f3lki. Svo miki\u00f0 er v\u00edst a\u00f0 arfleif\u00f0 \u00feessa \u00f6\u00f0lings hefur lifa\u00f0 \u00ed \u00feeim og mun gera um \u00f3komna t\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blessu\u00f0 s\u00e9 minning Grettis Gunnlaugssonar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J\u00f3n Steinar Gunnlaugsson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grettir br\u00f3\u00f0ir hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00e1ttr\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00ed dag, 24. j\u00fal\u00ed. \u00c9g var tveimur \u00e1rum yngri og \u00f3lumst vi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed upp saman fyrstu \u00e1rin. Vi\u00f0 vorum n\u00e1nir vinir og samherjar og h\u00e9lst \u00fea\u00f0 ver\u00f0m\u00e6ta samband allt fram a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann f\u00e9ll fyrir illv\u00edgum sj\u00fakd\u00f3mi hausti\u00f0 2002, a\u00f0eins 57 \u00e1ra gamall. \u00de\u00e1 m\u00e1ttu \u00deura og b\u00f6rnin \u00feeirra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}