{"product_id":"havarar-saga-sfirings-84803-22144","title":"The Saga of Hávarðar of Ísfjörður # 84803","description":"Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings. Published for the Society for the Publication of Old Nordic Literature by Björn K. Þórólfsson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the beginning of this story, that there was a man named Thorbjorn. He was the son of Thjóðrek. He lived in Ísafjörður on a farm called Laugaból. He had a reputation for godliness in Ísafjörður. He was a man of great lineage and a great chieftain and the greatest man of inequality, so that no men there in Ísafjörður had the strength to say anything against him. He took daughters of men or cousins ​​and kept them by his side for a while and then sent them home. For some he took up estates or drove them away from his possessions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thorbjorn had taken a woman for his estate, whose name was Sigrid. She was a young woman and of great family. She had a lot of money, and it was to stand by her and not be wasted while she was with Thorbjorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere was a man named Hávarð. He lived in a place called Blámýr. He was a man of great lineage and was then advanced in years. He had been a great Viking in the first half of his life and the greatest warrior. And in some battle he had been badly wounded and received a wound under the kneecap, and from that time he always walked with a limp. Hávarð was married, and his wife's name was Bjargey. She was of good lineage and the greatest of warriors. They had one son named Ólafur. He was of a young age and the most handsome of men. He was of great stature, beautiful in appearance. Hávarð and Bjargey loved Ólafur greatly. He was obedient to them and easy to rule.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There was a man named Thormod. He lived on a farm called Bakki in Ísafjörður. His wife's name was Thorgerd. Thormod was not very popular with the common people. He was then somewhat advanced in age. It was said that he was not a man of character. Each of them thought it was the worst thing to have happened to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere was a man named Ljótur who lived at Mánaberg in Ísafjörður. Ljótur was a big man and strong. He was Thorbjorn's brother and most like him in all things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There was a man named Thorkell who lived on the island called Æðey. He was a wise man, and though a small man, yet of good lineage and the most uncompromising of men. Thorkell was the lawyer of the Ísfirðings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTwo men are mentioned in the story. One was named Brandur and the other Vakur. They were Thorbjorn's countrymen at Laugaból. Brandur was of great stature and strong build. It was Brandur's occupation that he traveled in the summers and brought to the farm what was needed, but in the winters he looked after old sheep. He was popular and unproblematic. Vakur was Thorbjorn's niece. He was a small and petty man, quarrelsome and often quarrelsome, and always wished his cousin Thorbjorn to be worse than before. He became unpopular because of this and people treated him harshly. He did nothing else than accompany Thorbjorn out and about or go on his errands and when he wanted to have evil deeds done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There was a woman named Thordis who lived at Hvoll in Ísafjörður. She was the sister of Thorbjorn and the mother of Vakur. She also had another son named Skarfur. He was both big and strong. He lived with his mother and looked after their farm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThere was a man named Thoralfur who lived in a place called Lónseyri. He was a popular man and not a great man. He was very related to Thorbjorn's housekeeper. Thoralfur had offered to take in Sigríður and to invest her money, but Thorbjorn did not want it and showed his inequality there again and did not ask him to say a word.","brand":"Bókin.is","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51126035513672,"sku":"OSC-22144","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/4029\/9848\/files\/22429.jpg?v=1754820096","url":"https:\/\/www.bokin.is\/en\/products\/havarar-saga-sfirings-84803-22144","provider":"bokin.is","version":"1.0","type":"link"}