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Onund said he would take advantage of his offer, and in the end
he took some of the Ofaera land and the three creeks Byrgisvik,
Kolbeinsvik, and Kaldbaksvik as far as Kaldbak's Cliff.
Afterwards Eirik gave him Veidileysa with Reykjarfjord and the
outer part of Reykjanes on that side. Nothing was settled about
the drift which came to the coast, because there was so much of
it that every one could have what he wanted. Onund made his home
in Kaldbak and had a large household. His property increased
and he had another house in Reykjarfjord. Kolbeinn lived in
Kolbeinsvik and for some years Onund lived quietly at home.
CHAPTER X
OFEIG GRETTIR IS KILLED. VISIT OF ONUND TO AUD THE DEEP-MINDED
Onund was a man of such valour that few, even of those whose
limbs were sound, could measure themselves against him. His
name, too, was renowned throughout the whole country on account
of his ancestry. It happened that a dispute arose between Ofeig
Grettir and one Thorbjorn called Jarlakappi, which ended in
Ofeig being killed by Thorbjorn in Grettisgeil near Haell. The
feud was taken up by Ofeig's sons who assembled a large force of
men. Onund Treefoot was sent for, and in the spring he rode
South to Hvamm, where he stayed with Aud the Deep-Minded. He had
been with her over the sea in the West, and she received him with
welcome. Her grandson, Olaf Feilan, was then grown up, and Aud
was very infirm. She consulted Onund concerning her kinsman
Olaf, for whom she wished to ask in marriage Alfdis of the Barra
Isles, the cousin of Onund's wife Aesa. Onund thought it a very
suitable match, and Olaf rode with him to the South. Then Onund
met friends and kinsmen, who made him their guest. The matter of
the dispute was talked over between them, and finally laid before
the Kjalarnes Thing, for the All-Thing had not yet been
established. Eventually it was settled by arbitration and heavy
weregilds were imposed for the murder. Thorbjorn Jarlakappi was
exiled. His son was Solmund, the father of Svidukari. These
kinsmen were long abroad after that. Thrand invited Onund and
Olaf with his party to stay with him, as did Thormod Shaft. The
matter of Olaf's marriage was then pressed, and an agreement
easily arrived at, for Aud's rank and influence were well known
to them. The settlement was arranged and Onund's party rode home
again. Aud thanked him for his aid in behalf of Olaf, who
married Alfdis of the Barra Isles that autumn. Then Aud the
Deep-Minded died, as is told in the Laxdaela Saga.
CHAPTER XI
DEATH OF ONUND. DISPUTES BETWEEN THE SONS OF ONUND AND OF EIRIK
Onund and Aesa had two sons; the elder was named Thorgeir, the
younger Ofeig Grettir. Soon afterwards Aesa died and Onund
married a second wife, Thordis Thorgrim's daughter of Gnup in
Midfjord, a kinsman of Skeggi of Midfjord. By her Onund
had a son named Thorgrim, who grew up quickly to manhood, tall
and strong, wise and a good manager. Onund continued to live at
Kaldbak until his old age. He died a natural death and lies in
Treefoot's howe. He was the boldest and most active one-legged
man that ever came to Iceland.
Among Onund's sons Thorgrim was the foremost, although the others
were older. When he was twenty-five years old his hair was grey,
whence they nick-named him Greyhead. His mother Thordis married
again, taking as her second husband Audun Skokull. They had a
son named Asgeir of Asgeirsa. Thorgrim Greyhead and his brothers
had a large property, which they managed together without
dividing it up.
Eirik lived, as was mentioned, at Arnes. He had married Alof,
the daughter of Ingolf of Ingolfsfjord, by whom he had a son
named Flosi, a very promising young man with many friends.
There came to that part of Iceland three brothers, named Ingolf,
Ofeig, and Eyvind, and took the three fjords which are called by
their names, where they lived. Eyvind had a son named Olaf. He
at first lived at Eyvindsfjord, but went later to Drangar. He
was a most capable man.
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