Landnamabok Viking Settlers and Their Customs in Iceland by Overton Carrie & Learned Ari

Author:Overton, Carrie & Learned, Ari [Overton, Carrie]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Huginn and Muninn
Published: 2017-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

PART FOUR

These men have taken land in the Quarter of the Eastern Firths, which must now be reckoned up --- taking the direction from the North to the boundaries of the Quarter from Longness to Sunhome-sand, and men have said that this Quarter was the first to be fully settled.

Gunnolfsvik and Gunnolfsfell settled by Gunnolf Kroppa and others. Eyvind the Weaponed gives the name to Weaponfirth Vapnafjord.

Chapter I. There was a man named Gunnolf Kroppa, son of the hersir (1) Thorir Hawkneb. He settled Gunnolfswick and Gunnolfsfell, and Longness all outside Helkundheath, and dwelt at Fairwick; his son was Skuli the Hardy (herkja), the father of Geirlaug. There was a man named Finni, who settled Finnafirth and Woodfirth; his son was Thorarin, the father of Sigurd, the father of Gliru-Halli. Hrodgeir the White, son of hrapp, settled Sandwick to the north of Digranes, all to Woodfirth, and dwelt at Skeggi-stead; his daughter was Ingibjorg, whom Thorstein the White had for wife; she was the mother of Thorgils, the father of Helgi, the father of Bjarni, the father of Yngvild, the mother of Amundi, the father of Gudrun, the mother of Thordis, the mother of Helga, the mother of Thord the Priest, the father of Markus of Melar. A brother of Hrodgeir was Alrek, who came out with him; he was the father of Ljotolf the godi in Svarfad’s-dale.

Eyvind the Weaponed, and Ref the Red, sons of Thorstein Thickleg, arrayed themselves for Iceland from Strind in Thrandheim, because they were at variance with King Harald, and each had his own ship. Ref was driven back by stress of weather, and the King put him to death, but Eyvind came to Weaponfirth and settled the whole dale from Westdale’s river, and dwelt at Crosswick the innermost; his son was Thorbjorn.

The son of Ref the Red was named Steinbjorn Court (Kort); he betook himself to Iceland and came to Weaponfirth. Eyvind, his foster brother, gave him all the land between Weaponfirth river and the Westdale river; he lived at Hof. His sons were these: Thormod Stikublig, who resided at Sundale; another was Ref at Ref’s-stead; a third was Egil at Egilstead --- the father of Thorarin and Thrast and Hallbjorn and Hallfrid, whom Thorkell Geitisson had for wife. Hroald Bjola was foster brother of Eyvind the Weaponed. He took land to the west of Westdale river, half the dale, and all Sel river-dale out to Digranes. He resided at Torfi’s-stead; his son was Israud, father of Gunnhild, whom Oddi, the son of Asolf in Hofdi, had for wife. Gunnhild was the mother of Grim, the father of Halldora, the mother of Markus, the father of Valgerd, the mother of Bodvar, the father of Thord the Priest, the father of Markus of Melar.

There was a man named Oliver the White, son of Osvald, son of Oxen-Thorir; he was a landed man and resided at Almdales; he fell into strife with Earl Hakon, son of Grjotgard, and he went to Yrjar and died there; but

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