have had my son slain, and let him come to my hand in a shapeless
plight, and for this deed you shall see your son, blood-stained all
over through my doing, and him I shall choose thereto whom I know you
would like to lose least of all." After that she disappeared, and Olaf
woke up and still thought he saw the features of the woman. Olaf took
the dream very much to heart, and told it to his friends, but no one
could read it to his liking. He thought those spoke best about this
matter who said that what had appeared to him was only a dream or
fancy.




CHAP. XXXII

Of Osvif Helgeson


[Sidenote: Osvif and his family] Osvif was the name of a man. He was
the son of Helgi, who was the son of Ottar, the son of Bjorn the
Eastman, who was the son of Ketill Flatnose, the son of Bjorn Buna.
The mother of Osvif was named Nidbiorg. Her mother was Kadlin, the
daughter of Ganging-Hrolf, the son of Ox-Thorir, who was a most
renowned "Hersir" (war-lord) east in Wick. Why he was so called, was
that he owned three islands with eighty oxen on each. He gave one
island and its oxen to Hakon the King, and his gift was much talked
about. Osvif was a great sage. He lived at Laugar in Salingsdale. The
homestead of Laugar stands on the northern side of Salingsdale-river,
over against Tongue. The name of his wife was Thordis, daughter of
Thjodolf the Low. Ospak was the name of one of their sons. [Sidenote: