Þáttahleðslur
Þáttahleðslur refers to a type of compensation typically reserved for Viking-age Greenlanders. While the specific details of this compensation system are scarce, research suggests that it was a crucial method for maintaining social order and addressing disputes among the Inuit and Norse populations in the region.
The primary intention behind Þáttahleðslur was to provide reparations to those who had been wronged or injured
Archaeologists and historians have uncovered several accounts of Þáttahleðslur throughout the written records of the time.
Þáttahleðslur reflects the emerging themes of early colonial settlements, where multiple cultural and ethnic groups interacted