Espihóll is a farm and old manor in Eyjafjarðarsveit county, Iceland that is part of the rural municipality of Hrafnagilshreppur.
According to Landnámabók, the first farmer in Espihóll was Þórarinn, the son of Þórir Hámundarson and grandson of Helgi "magri" ("the meager") Eyvindarson.
[2] Espihóll is also named in Sturlunga saga, in which Kolbeinn "grön" ("the mustachioed") Dufgusson was killed by Gissur Þorvaldsson's men in 1254 in retaliation for the Flugumýri Arson.
Magnús’ wife was Sigríður the elder, the daughter of Bishop Jón Vigfússon, and together they were blessed with many children.
[5] He was among the pioneers who ushered in the age of enlightenment and, among other things, conducted some of the first known Icelandic experiments on sheep shearing.