Ofeig Grettir married Asny, the daughter of Vestar, the son of Haeing.  His sons were Asmund the Beardless and Asbjorn, and his daughters were named Aldis, Aesa, and Asvor.  Ofeig had fled from the wrath of King Harald into the West over the sea, along with his kinsman Thormod Shaft and all their families.  They ravaged far and wide in the western seas.  Thrand and Onund Treefoot were going West to Ireland to join Thrand’s brother, Eyvind the Easterner, who had command of the Irish defences.  Eyvind’s mother was named Hlif; she was the daughter of Hrolf, the son of Ingjald, the son of King Frodi, while Thrand’s mother was Helga, the daughter of Ondott Crow.  The father of Eyvind and Thrand was Bjorn, the son of Hrolf of Ar.  He had had to leave Gautland because he had burnt in his house Sigfast the father-in-law of King Solvi.  Then he went to Norway and spent the winter with Grim the Hersir, a son of Kolbjorn the Sneak, who wanted to murder him for his money.  Thence Bjorn went to Ondott Crow, who lived in Hvinisfjord in Agdir.  There he was well received, stayed the winter, and went campaigning with Ondott in the summer until his wife Hlif died.  Eventually Ondott gave Bjorn his daughter Helga, and Bjorn then no longer went out to fight.  Eyvind had taken over his father’s ships and become a great chief in the western parts.  He married Rafarta, the daughter of the Irish king Kjarval.  Their sons were Helgi the Lean and Snaebjorn.

When Thrand and Onund came to the Southern Islands they found there Ofeig Grettir and Thormod Shaft, with whom they became very friendly, for each thought the others had risen from the dead, their last meeting having been in Norway when the war was at its worst.  Onund was very silent, and Thrand, when he noticed it, asked what was on his mind.  Onund answered with a verse: 

“No joy is mine since in battle I fought.  Many the sorrows that o’er me lower.  Men hold me for nought; this thought is the worst of all that oppresses my sorrowing heart.”

Thrand said:  “Why, you still seem as full of vigour as ever you were.  You may yet settle down and marry.  You shall have my good word and my interest if you will only tell me whom you fancy.”

Onund said he behaved nobly; but said there had once been a time when his chances of making a profitable marriage had been better.

Thrand said:  “Ofeig has a daughter named Aesa; we might mention it if you like.”

Onund said he would like it, and soon afterwards Ofeig was approached on the subject.  He received the proposal favourably, saying he knew the man to be of good lineage and to have some wealth in movable property, though his lands were not worth much.  “But,” he said, “I do not think he is very wise.  Why, my daughter is quite a child.”

Thrand said that Onund was more vigorous than many a man whose legs were sounder.

So with the aid of Thrand the terms were settled.  Ofeig was to give his daughter a portion in cash, for neither would reckon anything for his lands in Norway.  Soon afterwards Thrand was betrothed to the daughter of Thormod Shaft.  Both the maids were to remain plighted for three years.