The Saga of Thordur Geirmundarson # 70385
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The saga of Þórður Geirmundarson, typewritten according to his own title and now accurately published according to the best manuscripts that could be obtained by Benedikt Gröndal.
At the time when Harald Fairhair ruled Norway, there lived in Orkadal a man named Geirmund; he was a warlord by name, and his great-grandfathers had been earls and old friends of Ingjald the Evil-Wise. King Harald was therefore cold in temper towards his kinsmen, for Geirmund resented the king's tyranny, although he could not raise a bar against it.
Geirmund had many children, and they were then of young age when this story was told. Geirmund had one son, whom he had begotten in his youth once when he went to Bjarmaland; he was called Thord, and he was much older than the other children of Geirmund. Thord was a great man of stature, tall and stout, broad-shouldered and broad-shouldered, black in hair and beard, pale in face and wide-eyed, and in every way most soldierly. He had been a member of King Harald's staff in the Battle of Hafursfjord, but had fallen into a quarrel with Guttorm Sindri, an old friend of the king, and for that he received contempt from the king and returned in haste to his estates.
One day, Thordur came to talk to his father, saying that he was tired of sitting at home and not doing anything: "My mind tells me that I will gain some fame abroad, and I want to learn the customs of other nations. I don't think anyone is clever enough to endure slavery from this king, who walks like a flame across a field here."
At the time when Harald Fairhair ruled Norway, there lived in Orkadal a man named Geirmund; he was a warlord by name, and his great-grandfathers had been earls and old friends of Ingjald the Evil-Wise. King Harald was therefore cold in temper towards his kinsmen, for Geirmund resented the king's tyranny, although he could not raise a bar against it.
Geirmund had many children, and they were then of young age when this story was told. Geirmund had one son, whom he had begotten in his youth once when he went to Bjarmaland; he was called Thord, and he was much older than the other children of Geirmund. Thord was a great man of stature, tall and stout, broad-shouldered and broad-shouldered, black in hair and beard, pale in face and wide-eyed, and in every way most soldierly. He had been a member of King Harald's staff in the Battle of Hafursfjord, but had fallen into a quarrel with Guttorm Sindri, an old friend of the king, and for that he received contempt from the king and returned in haste to his estates.
One day, Thordur came to talk to his father, saying that he was tired of sitting at home and not doing anything: "My mind tells me that I will gain some fame abroad, and I want to learn the customs of other nations. I don't think anyone is clever enough to endure slavery from this king, who walks like a flame across a field here."