ghost.

[Footnote 2: _i.e._, in view of the fact stated above that Olaf's
flocks would always be gathering there.]




CHAP. XXV

About Hoskuld's Sons


[Sidenote: Of Thorliek Hoskuldson] Now Hoskuld's sons shall be told
about. Thorliek, Hoskuld's son, had been a great seafarer, and taken
service with men in lordly station when he was on his merchant voyages
before he settled down as a householder, and a man of mark he was
thought to be. He had also been on Viking raids, and given good
account of himself by reason of his courage. Bard, Hoskuld's son, had
also been a seafarer, and was well accounted of wherever he went, for
he was the best of brave men and true, and a man of moderation in all
things. Bard married a Broadfirth woman, named Astrid, who came of a
good stock. Bard's son was named Thorarin, and his daughter Gudney,
who married Hall, the son of Fight Styr, and from them are descended
many great families. Hrut, Herjolf's son, gave a thrall of his, named
Hrolf, his freedom, and with it a certain amount of money, and a
dwelling-place where his land joined with Hoskuld's. [Sidenote: Hrut's
quarrel with Thorliek] And it lay so near the landmark that Hrut's
people had made a mistake in the matter, and settled the freedman down
on the land belonging to Hoskuld. He soon gained there much wealth.