with matters thus settled, and home to his abode, and stays now at home until this wedding feast was to be held.  Bjorn came from the north for the wedding with a brave company of followers.  Hoskuld had also asked many guests, both friends and relations, and the feast was of the grandest.  Now, when the feast was over each one returned to his home in good friendship and with seemly gifts.  Jorunn Bjorn’s daughter sits behind at Hoskuldstead, and takes over the care of the household with Hoskuld.  It was very soon seen that she was wise and well up in things, and of manifold knowledge, though rather high-tempered at most times.  Hoskuld and she loved each other well, though in their daily ways they made no show thereof.  Hoskuld became a great chieftain; he was mighty and pushing, and had no lack of money, and was thought to be nowise less of his ways than his father, Koll. [Sidenote:  Hoskuld’s children] Hoskuld and Jorunn had not been married long before they came to have children.  A son of theirs was named Thorliek.  He was the eldest of their children.  Bard was another son of theirs.  One of their daughters was called Hallgerd, afterwards surnamed “Long-Breeks.”  Another daughter was called Thurid.  All their children were most hopeful.  Thorliek was a very tall man, strong and handsome, though silent and rough; and men thought that such was the turn of his temper, as that he would be no man of fair dealings, and Hoskuld often would say, that he would take very much after the race of the men of the Strands.  Bard, Hoskuld’s son, was most manly to look at, and of goodly strength, and from his appearance it was easy to see that he would take more after his father’s people.  Bard was of quiet ways while he was growing up, and a man lucky in friends, and Hoskuld loved him best of all his children.  The house of Hoskuld now stood in great honour and renown.  About this time Hoskuld gave his sister Groa in marriage to Velief the Old, and their son was “Holmgang"-Bersi.

CHAP.  X

Of Viga Hrapp

Hrapp was the name of a man who lived in Salmon-river-Dale, on the north bank of the river on the opposite side to Hoskuldstead, at the place that was called later on Hrappstead, where there is now waste land. [Sidenote:  Of Hrapp and Vigdis] Hrapp was the son of Sumarlid, and was called Fight-Hrapp.  He was Scotch on his father’s side, and his mother’s kin came from Sodor, where he was brought up.  He was a very big, strong man, and one not willing to give in even in face of some odds; and for the reason that was most overbearing, and would never make good what he had misdone, he had had to fly from West-over-the-sea, and had bought the land on which he afterwards lived.  His wife was named Vigdis, and was Hallstein’s daughter; and their son was named Sumarlid.  Her brother was named Thorstein Surt; he lived at Thorsness, as has been written before.  Sumarlid was brought up there, and was a most promising young man.