Laxdæla Saga - Translated from the Icelandic

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Laxdæla Saga, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic Author: Anonymous Translator: Muriel A.C. Press Release Date: February 20, 2006 [EBook #17803] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LAXDÆLA SAGA *** Produced by Ted Garvin, Sankar Viswanathan, and Online Distributed Proofreading Team of Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net LAXDÆLA SAGA TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC by MURIEL A.C. PRESS MDCCCXCIX PUBLISHED BY J.M. DENT AND CO. ALDINE HOUSE, LONDON W.C. CONTENTS CHAP. I. OF KETILL FLATNOSE AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 9TH CENTURY A.D. II. KETILL AND HIS SONS PREPARE TO LEAVE NORWAY. III. KETILL's SONS GO TO ICELAND. IV. KETILL GOES TO SCOTLAND, A.D. 890. V. UNN GOES TO ICELAND, A.D. 895. VI. UNN DIVIDES HER LAND. VII. OF THE WEDDING OF OLAF "FEILAN," A.D. 920. VIII. THE BIRTH OF HRUT, AND THORGERD'S SECOND WIDOWHOOD, A.D. 923. IX. HOSKULD'S MARRIAGE, A.D. 935. X. OF VIGA HRAPP. XI. ABOUT THORD GODDI AND THORBJORN SKRJUP. XII. HOSKULD BUYS A SLAVE WOMAN. XIII. HOSKULD RETURNS TO ICELAND, A.D. 948. XIV. THE MURDER OF HALL, INGJALD'S BROTHER. XV. THOROLF'S ESCAPE WITH ASGAUT THE THRALL. XVI. THORD BECOMES OLAF'S FOSTER FATHER, A.D. 950. XVII. ABOUT VIGA HRAPP'S GHOST, A.D. 950. XVIII. OF THE DROWNING OF THORSTEIN SWART. XIX. HRUT COMES TO ICELAND XX. MELKORKA'S MARRIAGE AND OLAF THE PEACOCK'S JOURNEY, A.D. 955 XXI. OLAF THE PEACOCK GOES TO IRELAND, A.D. 955 XXII. OLAF THE PEACOCK COMES HOME TO ICELAND, A.D. 957 XXIII. THE MARRIAGE OF OLAF PEACOCK AND THORGERD, THE DAUGHTER OF EGIL, A.D. 959 XXIV. THE BUILDING OF HERDHOLT, A.D. 960 XXV. ABOUT HOSKULD'S SONS XXVI. THE DEATH OF HOSKULD, A.D. 985 XXVII. THE FUNERAL FEAST FOR HOSKULD XXVIII. THE BIRTH OF KJARTAN, OLAF'S SON, A.D. 978 XXIX. OLAF'S SECOND JOURNEY TO NORWAY, A.D. 975 XXX. ABOUT GIERMUND AND THURED, A.D. 978 XXXI. THURED'S SECOND MARRIAGE, A.D. 980 XXXII. OF OSVIF HELGISON XXIII. OF GEST ODDLEIFSON AND GUDRUN'S DREAMS XXXIV. GUDRUN'S FIRST MARRIAGE, A.D. 989 XXXV. GUDRUN'S SECOND MARRIAGE, A.D. 991 XXVI. ABOUT KOTKELL AND GRIMA XXXVII. ABOUT HRUT AND ELDGRIM, A.D. 995 XXXVIII. THE DEATH OF STIGANDI. THORLIEK LEAVES ICELAND XXXIX. OF KJARTAN'S FRIENDSHIP FOR BOLLI XL. KJARTAN AND BOLLI VOYAGE TO NORWAY, A.D. 996 XLI. BOLLI RETURNS TO ICELAND, A.D. 999 PAGE [v] 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 15 16 18 20 21 25 29 34 38 41 43 47 53 56 66 70 74 78 80 83 85 87 91 94 96 98 104 107 113 115 122 127 128 141 XLII. BOLLI MAKES LOVE TO GUDRUN, A.D. 1000 XLIII. KJARTAN COMES BACK TO ICELAND, A.D. 1001 XLIV. KJARTAN COMES HOME, A.D. 1001 XLV. KJARTAN MARRIES HREFNA, A.D. 1002 XLVI. FEAST AT HERDHOLT AND THE LOSS OF KJARTAN'S SWORD, A.D. 1002 XLVII. KJARTAN GOES TO LAUGAR, AND OF THE BARGAIN FOR TONGUE, A.D. 1003 XLVIII. THE MEN OF LAUGAR AND GUDRUN PLAN AN AMBUSH FOR KJARTAN, A.D. 1003 XLIX. THE DEATH OF KJARTAN L. THE END OF HREFNA. THE PEACE SETTLED, A.D. 1003 LI. OSVIF'S SONS ARE BANISHED LII. THE KILLING OF THORKELL OF GOAT'S PEAK LIII. THORGERD'S EGGING, A.D. 1007 LIV. HALLDOR PREPARES TO AVENGE KJARTAN LV. LVI. LVII. LVIII. LIX. LX. LXI. LXII. LXIII. LXIV. LXV. LXVI. LXVII. LXVIII. LXIX. LXX. LXXI. LXXII. LXXIII. LXXIV. LXXV. LXXVI. LXXVII. LXXVIII. THE DEATH OF BOLLI BOLLI BOLLISON IS BORN, A.D. 1008 ABOUT THORGILS HALLASON, A.D. 1018 THORKELL AND GRIM, AND THEIR VOYAGE ABROAD GUDRUN DEMANDS REVENGE FOR BOLLI, A.D. 1019 THE EGGING OF GUDRUN OF THORSTEIN THE BLACK AND LAMBI THORGILS AND HIS FOLLOWERS LEAVE HOME THE DESCRIPTION OF HIS ENEMIES BROUGHT TO HELGI THE DEATH OF HELGI, A.D. 1019 OF GUDRUN'S DECEIT OSVIF AND GEST DIE THE DEATH OF THORGILS HALLASON, A.D. 1020 GUDRUN'S MARRIAGE WITH THORKELL EYJOLFSON THE QUARREL ABOUT GUNNAR AT THE FEAST THORLEIK GOES TO NORWAY THE PEACE BETWEEN THE SONS OF BOLLI AND THE SONS OF OLAF, A.D. 1026 BOLLI AND THORLEIK GO ABROAD, A.D. 1029 BOLLI'S VOYAGE THORKELL EYJOLFSON GOES TO NORWAY THORKELL AND THORSTEIN AND HALLDOR OLAFSON, A.D. 1026 THE DROWNING OF THORKELL, A.D. 1026 THE RETURN OF BOLLI, A.D. 1030 THE DEATH OF SNORRI, AND THE END, A.D. 1031 144 146 152 155 160 166 171 175 181 184 186 188 190 192 197 199 202 205 209 213 216 219 224 227 231 232 235 239 242 247 251 252 256 259 264 267 269 [1] THE LAXDALE SAGA Map of the District of Laxdale Saga [Please click on the Image for a larger map.] CHAP. I Of Ketill Flatnose and his Descendants, 9th Century A.D. Ketill Flatnose was the name of a man. He was the son of Bjorn the Ungartered. Ketill was a mighty and highKetill's family born chieftain (hersir) in Norway. He abode in Raumsdale, within the folkland of the Raumsdale people, which lies between Southmere and Northmere. Ketill Flatnose had for wife Yngvild, daughter of Ketill Wether, who was a man of exceeding great worth. They had five children; one was named Bjorn the Eastman, and another Helgi Bjolan. Thorunn the Horned was the name of one of Ketill's daughters, who was the wife of Helgi the Lean, son of Eyvind Eastman, and Rafarta, daughter of Kjarval, the Irish king. Unn "the Deep-minded" was another of Ketill's daughters, and was the wife of Olaf the White, son of Ingjald, who was son of Frodi the Valiant, who was slain by the Svertlings. Jorunn, "Men's Wit-breaker," was the name of yet another of Ketill's daughters. She was the mother of Ketill the Finn, who settled on land at Kirkby. His son was Asbjorn, father of Thorstein, father of Surt, the father of Sighat the Speaker-at-Law. [2] CHAP. II Ketill and his Sons prepare to leave Norway In the latter days of Ketill arose the power of King Harald the Fairhaired, in such a way that no folkland The tyranny of King king or other great men could thrive in the land unless Harald he alone ruled what title should be theirs. When Ketill heard that King Harald was minded to put to him the same choice as to other men of might—namely, not only to put up with his kinsmen being left unatoned, but to be made himself a hireling to boot—he calls together a meeting of his kinsmen, and began his speech in this wise: "You all know what dealings there have been between me and King Harald, the which there is no need of setting