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The Saga of Half and His Heroes
The general enjoyed
I don't sleep well,
The darkest day
Quite lighter my grief
Half the hero
There'll be a test,
Here's what I'd say
Shrewd descendants
I've yet to meet
I'm an outcast here Brynhild told her father what she'd heard, and said that one of Half's Heroes must have arrived. And when the king realised that, he directed Rook to sit in the seat of honour, and they got on great, Rook and the king. Rook the Black married King Haki's daughter Brynhild. The following spring, Rook went with an army against Svein the Victorious, and they fought a battle. Svein fell there, and Rook came back triumphant to King Haki. That summer they sailed out with an army: King Solvi and King Haki and Rook the Black, King Eystein and Utstein with him. They went to Norway, fought a battle with King Asmund and slew him. Half's son Hjor was then king of Hordaland. Rook and Utstein went raiding for many years, and they were men of great renown. The daughter of Brynhild and Rook the Black was Gunnlod, who was Hromund Gripsson's mother. 17. The Birth of Hamund and Geirmund HellskinKing Hjor Halfsson married Hagny, daughter of King Haki Hamundsson. King Hjor went to a meeting of kings, and while he was gone, Hagny gave birth to two sons, and they were black and strikingly ugly, and one was called Hamund and the other Geirmund. A serving woman gave birth at the same time, to a son, and he was called Leif. He was very handsome. The queen swapped sons with the servant and brought Leif to the king. The king went away again, this time on campaign. The boys were now three years old. Leif proved timid as his life went on, but Hamund and Geirmund were enormous and spoke intelligently. The skald Bragi came to a feast there. One day, all the men went to the forest, and the women to the hazel wood to gather nuts, and no one was home in the hall except Bragi, sitting in the seat of honour, and the queen was hiding there covered in a pile of clothes. Leif sat on the throne, playing with gold, but Hamund and Geirmund were in the straw down on the floor. But then they went over to Leif and shoved him off his chair, and took off him all his gold. He was crying. Bragi got up and went to where the queen lay, and poked the clothes with his staff and said: There's two in here, After which, Hagny swapped her boys back with the servant. And when King Hjor came home, she took the boys to him and said that they were his sons. Away with them! he said, I never saw such hellish skin. They were both called Hellskin after this. They were men of great deeds and strength, and a major family in Iceland is descended from them. Hamund's son was Thorir-at-Espihol. From him are descended the Espiholers. Geirmund Hellskin settled in Medalfellsstrond in Breidafjord. His daughter was called Yri, and a great family comes from her. © 2004-2007 Northvegr. Most of the material on this site is in the public domain. However, many people have worked very hard to bring these texts to you so if you do use the work, we would appreciate it if you could give credit to both the Northvegr site and to the individuals who worked to bring you these texts. A small number of texts are copyrighted and cannot be used without the author's permission. Any text that is copyrighted will have a clear notation of such on the main index page for that text. Inquiries can be sent to info@northvegr.org. Northvegr™ and the Northvegr symbol are trademarks and service marks of the Northvegr Foundation. |
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