Nor Ogmund and Helga had a son called Frodi: but when the ship
was nearly ready, Helga took a sickness and died; and so did
their son Frodi.

After that, they sailed to sea. When they were near the land,
Ogmund cast overboard his high-seat-pillars; and where the high-
seat-pillars had already been washed ashore, there they cast
anchor, and landed in Midfiord.

At this time Skeggi of Midfiord ruled the countryside. He came
riding toward them and bade them welcome into the firth, and gave
them the pick of the land: which Ogmund took, and began to mark
out ground for a house. Now it was a belief of theirs that as
the measuring went, so would the luck go: if the measuring-wand
seemed to grow less when they tried it again and again, so would
that house's luck grow less: and if it grew greater, so would the
luck be. This time the measure always grew less, though they
tried it three times over.

So Ogmund built him a house on the sandhills, and lived there
ever after. He married Dalla, the daughter of Onund the Seer,
and their sons were Thorgils and Cormac. Cormac was dark-haired,
with a curly lock upon his forehead: he was bright of blee and
somewhat like his mother, big and strong, and his mood was rash
and hasty. Thorgils was quiet and easy to deal with.

When the brothers were grown up, Ogmund died; and Dalla kept
house with her sons. Thorgils worked the farm, under the eye of
Midfiord-Skeggi.