Osvif's household] Another was named Helgi, and a third Vandrad, and a
fourth Jorrad, and a fifth Thorolf. They were all doughty men for
fighting. Gudrun was the name of their daughter. She was the goodliest
of women who grew up in Iceland, both as to looks and wits. Gudrun was
such a woman of state that at that time whatever other women wore in
the way of finery of dress was looked upon as children's gewgaws
beside hers. She was the most cunning and the fairest spoken of all
women, and an open-handed woman withal. There was a woman living with
Osvif who was named Thorhalla, and was called the Chatterer. She was
some sort of relation to Osvif. She had two sons, one named Odd and
the other Stein. They were muscular men, and in a great measure the
hardest toilers for Osvif's household. They were talkative like their
mother, but ill liked by people; yet were upheld greatly by the sons
of Osvif. At Tongue there lived a man named Thorarin, son of Thorir
Sæling (the Voluptuous). He was a well-off yeoman, a big man and
strong. He had very good land, but less of live stock. Osvif wished to
buy some of his land from him, for he had lack of land but a multitude
of live stock. So this then came about that Osvif bought of the land
of Thorarin all the tract from Gnupaskard along both sides of the
valley to Stack-gill, and very good and fattening land it was. He had
on it an out-dairy. Osvif had at all times a great many servants, and
his way of living was most noble. West in Saurby is a place called
Hol, there lived three kinsmen-in-law--Thorkell the Whelp and Knut,
who were brothers, they were very well-born men, and their
brother-in-law, who shared their household with them, who was named
Thord. He was, after his mother, called Ingun's-son. The father of
Thord was Glum Gierison. Thord was a handsome and valiant man, well
knit, and a great man of law-suits. Thord had for wife the sister of
Thorkell and Knut, who was called Aud, neither a goodly nor a bucksome
woman. Thord loved her little, as he had chiefly married her for her