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Laxdæla Saga - Translated from the Icelandic by Anonymous
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money, for there a great wealth was stored together, and the household
flourished from the time that Thord came to have hand in it with them.




CHAP. XXXIII

Of Gest Oddleifson and Gudrun's Dreams


Gest Oddleifson lived west at Bardastrand, at Hagi. He was a great
chieftain and a sage; was fore-seeing in many things and in good
friendship with all the great men, and many came to him for counsel. He
rode every summer to the Thing, and always would put up at Hol. One time
it so happened once more that Gest rode to the Thing and was a guest at
Hol. [Sidenote: Meeting of Gudrun and Gest] He got ready to leave early
in the morning, for the journey was a long one and he meant to get to
Thickshaw in the evening to Armod, his brother-in-law's, who had for
wife Thorunn, a sister of Gest's. Their sons were Ornolf and Haldor.
Gest rode all that day from Saurby and came to the Sælingsdale spring,
and tarried there for a while. Gudrun came to the spring and greeted her
relative, Gest, warmly. Gest gave her a good welcome, and they began to
talk together, both being wise and of ready speech. [Sidenote: Gudrun's
dreams] And as the day was wearing on, Gudrun said, "I wish, cousin, you
would ride home with us with all your followers, for it is the wish of
my father, though he gave me the honour of bearing the message, and told
me to say that he would wish you to come and stay with us every time you
rode to or from the west." Gest received the message well, and thought
it a very manly offer, but said he must ride on now as he had purposed.
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