Landnámabók
Part #4
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 Thorstein the White, his son, went to Iceland and his ship came to Weaponfirth after the time of the land settlement was gone by; he bought land from Eyvind Weaponed and dwelt for some winters at Toptavoll or Toft field outside Sirek's-stad, before he possessed himself of Hofsland in this manner, that he claimed the payment of his loan from Steinbjorn Kort, who had nothing werewith to pay except the land. Thorstein lived there seventy winters after, and was a wise and good man. He had for wife Ingibjorg, the daughter of Hrodgeir the White; their children were these: Thorgils and Thord, Onund, Thorbjorg, and Thora. Thorgils had for wife Asvor, daughter of Thorir, the son of Porridge-Atli. Their son was Brodd-Helgi; he married first Halla, the daughter of Lyting, the son of Arnbjorn; their son was Fighting-Bjarni. He had for wife Rannveig, the daughter of Eirek from Goddales; their son was Skeggbroddi, and their daughter Yngvild, whom Thorstein, son of Hall, had for wife. Skeggbroddi married Gudrun, the daughter of Thorarin Sæling, with his wife Halldora the daughter of Einar; their children were Thorir and Bjarni Houselong. Thorir took to wife Steinun, the daughter of Thorgrim the Tall. Their daughter was Gudrun, whom Flosi, son of Kolbein, had for wife. Their son was Bjarni, the father of Bjarni, who had for wife Halla, the daughter of Jorund; their children were these: Flosi the Priest and Torfi the Priest, Einar Bride, and Gudrun, whom Thord Sturluson had for wife, and further Godrun, whom Einar Bergthorson had for wife, and Helga, the mother of Sigrid, the daughter of Sigvat. Flosi the Priest had for wife Ragnhild, the daughter of Bork at Baugstead; their children were Bjarni and Einar, Halla, the mother of Knight Kristoforus, and Thordis, mother of Lady Ingigerd, the mother of Lady Gudrun and of Hallbera. Valgerd was the name of a daughter of Flosi, she was the mother of Knight Erlend the Strong, the father of Hauk (2) and Valgerd.
Weaponfirth settled by Thorstein Turf, Lyting and Thorfid. Hakon settles Jokulsdale west of Jokul's river. Tongue lands between Lagarfljots and Jokuls river settled by Thord and his descendants. Arneid finds buried treasure.
Chapter II. Two brothers, Thorstein Turf and Lyting, went to Iceland. Lyting settled all the eastern shore of Weaponfirth, Bodvarsdale, and Fairdale, and lived in Crosswick; from him the Weaponfirthers are descended. His son was Geitar, the father of Thorkel, the father of Ragneid, the mother of Halla, the mother of Botolf, the father of Thordis, the mother of Helga, the mother of Thord the Priest, the father of Markus of Melar.
There was a man named Thorfid, who first resided at Skeggistead, by the counsel of Thord Haulm; his son was Thorstein the Fair, who slew Einar, the son of Thorir, the son of Porridge-Atli; Thorfid's sons and Einar's two brothers were also Thorkel and Hedin, who slew Thorgils, the father of Brodd-Helgi. Thorstein Turf took all the Hlid east away from Osfells west to Hvann river and dwelt at Forcefield; his son was Thorvald, the father of Thorgeir, the father of Hallgeir, the father of Hrapp at Forcefield.
There was a man named Hakon, who settled all Jokul's-dale to the west of Jokul's-river and above Teig-river, and dwelt at Hakonstead; his daughter was Thorbjorg, whom the sons of Brynjolf the Old, Gunnbjorn and Hallgrim had for wife. Teig lay unclaimed between Thorstein Turf and Hakon. That plot they dedicated to a Temple and it is now called Temple-Teig. Skjoldolf, the son of Vemund and brother of Berdla-Kari, settled Jokulsdale to the east of Jokul's-river up from Knefilsdale river and dwelt at Skjoldolfstead; his children were these: Thorstein, who married Fastny, the daughter of Brynjolf, and Sigrid, the mother of Bersi, the son of Ozur.
There was a man named Thord, the son of Thorolf Haulm and brother of Helgi Brownhead; he settled all Tongue lands between Lagarfljot and Jokul's-river, beyond Rand river; his son was Thorolf Haulm, who had for wife Gudrid, the daughter of Brynjolf; their son was Thord Thvari, (3) the father of Thorodd, the father of Brand, the father of Steinun, the mother of Rannveig, the mother of Sæhild, whom Gizur had for wife. Ozur Stagakoll settled between Orm's river and Rang river; he had for wife Gudny, the daughter of Brynjolf; their son was Asmund, the father of Mord.
Ketil and Porridge-Atli, sons of Thorir Thidrandi, went from Veradal to Iceland and settled in Fljotsdale before Brynjolf came out, both Lagarfljot's-strands. Ketil settled on the west of the Fljot between Hang-force river and Orms river. Ketil went abroad and abode with Vethorm, the son of Vemund the Old, there he bought from Vethorm Arneid, the daughter of Earl Asbjorn Skerryblaze, whom Holmfast, the son of Vethorm had taken captive, when he and Grim, the sister son of Vethorm, slew Earl Asbjorn. Ketil bought Arneid, the daughter of Asbjorn, for twice the price at which Vethorm estimated her at first, and when the bargain was made, then Ketil married Arneid lawfully. After that she found much buried treasure (grafsilfr) under the root of a tree and Ketil offered her to flit her to her kinsfolk, but she preferred then to be with him. They went out to Iceland and abode at Arneidstead; their son was Thidrandi, the father of ketil in Njardvik. Joreid, the daughter of Thidrandi, was mother of Thorstein, the father of Gudrid, the mother of Rannveig, the mother of Salgerd, the mother of Gudrun, the mother of Abbot Hrein, the father of Valdis, the mother of Snorri, the father of Hallbera, who was the wife of Markus Thordson at Melar.
Porridge-Atli settles eastern shore of Lagarfljot to Gils river (Gilsá). Thorgeir and others settle there. Hrafnkel's dream. Settles Hrafnkelsdale.
Chapter III. Porridge-Atli settled the eastern shore of Lagarfljot, all between Gils river and Vallaness, to the west of Oxbrook; his sons were Thorbjorn and Thorir, who married Asvor, the daughter of Brynjolf. There was a noble man named Thorgeir Vestarsson, he had three sons, one was Brynjolf the Old, another Ævar the Old, the third Herjolf. They all went to Iceland, each in his own ship. Brynjolf brought his ship to Eskifirth and settled land on the upland side of the mountains, all Fljotsdale up dale from Hengiforce river to the west of the Fljot, and up dale from Gils river on the east side of the valley, all Screesdale, and also on the Fields out to Eyvind river, and he took a large portion from the landtake of Uni Gardar's son and settled on that land his kinsmen and relations-in-law; he had already then ten children, but later on he married Helga, the widow of Herjolf his brother, and they had three children; their son was Ozur, the father of Bersi, the father of Holmstein, the father of Orækja, the father of Holmstein, the father of Helga, the mother of Holmstein, the father of Hallgerd, the mother of Thorbjorg, whom Lopt, son of the Bishop, (4) had for wife.
Ævar the Old, the brother of Brynjolf, came out to Reydarfirth and up across the mountain; Brynjolf gave him all Skreesdale beyond Gils river; he dwelt at Arnaldstead; he had two sons and three daughters. There was a man named Asraud, who married Asvor, the daughter of Herjolf, brother's daughter and step daughter of Brynjolf; there went with her from home, i.e. there was to her for a dowry all the lands between Gils river and Eyvind's river; they dwelt at Ketilstead. Their son was Thorvald Hollowmouth, the father of Thorberg, the father of Hafljot, the father of Thorhadd Scale. Thorun was the daughter of Hollowmouth, and her Thorbjorn, son of Porridge-Atli, had for wife. Another daughter of Hollowmouth was Astrid, the mother of Asbjorn Shaggyhead, the father of Thorarin in Seydfirth, who was the father of Asbjorn, the father of Kolskegg the Wise and of Ingileif, mother of Hall, the father of Finn the Speaker-at-law.
There was a man named Hrafnkel, the son of Hrafn; he came late in the time of the Settlement; he was the first winter in Broaddale, and in the spring he went up across the mountain, and baited in Screesdale and slept, and then he dreamed that a man came to him and bade him stand up and go forth as swiftly as possible, and when he awoke he went forth, then the whole mountain rushed down and there were buried under it a hog and a bull that he had with him. Afterwards Hrafnkel settled Hrafnkelsdale and dwelt at Steinraud's-stead; his sons were Asbjorn, the father of Helgi, and Thorir, the father of Hrafnkel the godi, the father of Sveinbjorn, the father of Thorstein, the father of Botolf, the father of Thordis, the mother of Helga, the mother of Thord the Priest, the father of Markus of Melar.
Notes:
1. Hersir = a chief or lord, the political name of the Norse chief of the earliest age before the time of Harold Fairhair and the settlement of Iceland; respecting the office and the authority of the old hersar, the records are scanty, as they chiefly belonged to pre-historical times. They were probably not liegemen but resembled the godar (see godi) of the old Icelandic Commonwealth, being a kind of patriarchal and hereditary chiefs; in this matter this Book of Settlement is our chief source of information. See Part I, Chap. X of this work. [Back]
2. Last Editor of the Book of Settlement. [Back]
3. Thvari corresponds with the old Cumberland word "Thyvel," used for stirring porridge. [Back]
4. Son of Páll Jónsson, Bishop of Skalholt. [Back]
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