Fóstbræðra saga (Saga Þormóðar ok Þorgeirs)

, Ingjalds sonar, Fróða sonar. Móðir hans var Þóra,

son of Ingjald, son of Frodi. His mother was Thora,

dóttir Sigurðar orms-í-auga. Móðir Sigurðar var Áslaug

daughter of Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. Sigurd's mother was Aslaug,

, dóttir Sigurðar Fáfnisbana. Þorgeirr Hávars son var

daughter of Sigurd the Slayer of Fafnir. Thorgeir Havarsson was

systrungr Þorgils Ara sonar. Þorgeirr ok Þormóðr óxu upp í

cousin of Thorgils Arason. Thorgeir and Thormod grew up in

Ísafirði, ok var snemmendis vingun með þeim,

Isafjord, and early on there was friendship between them,

, at sá þeirra skyldi hefna annars, er lengr

that the one of them should avenge the other who lived

lifði. En þó at þá vǽri menn kristnir kallaðir, þá

longer. But though people were then called Christians,

var þó í þann tíð ung kristni. ok mjǫk vangǫr, svá at

Christianity was still young at that time, and very imperfect, so that

margir gneistar heiðninnar váru þó þá eftir ok í óvenju

many sparks of heathendom were still left then, and into bad customs

lagðar. Hafði sú siðvenja verit hǫfð frǽgra

settled. That custom had been kept by famous

manna, þeirra er þat lǫgmál settu sín í milli, at sá skyldi

men who made that compact between themselves, that the one should

annars hefna, er lengr lifði, þá skuldu þeir ganga

avenge the other who lived longer: they were to go

undir þrjú jarðarmen, ok var þat eiðr þeirra. Sá leikr

under three jarðarmen [turf arches; literally 'earth-necklaces'], and that was their oath. That rite

var á þá lund, at rísta skyldi þrjár torfur ór

was done in this way: three strips of turf were to be cut out of

jǫrðu langar. Þeirra endar skuldu allir fastir

the earth, long ones. Their ends were all to stay fast

í jǫrðu. ok heimta upp lykkjurnar, svá at menn mǽtti

in the earth, and the loops raised up, so that people could

ganga undir. Þann leik frǫmðu þeir Þormóðr

walk under them. That rite Thormod

ok Þorgeirr í sínum fastmǽlum. Þormóðr. var nokkuru

and Thorgeir performed in their compact. Thormod was somewhat

ellri, en þó var Þorgeirr sterkari. Uppgangr þeirra gerðisk

older, but Thorgeir was the stronger. Their rise became

. Kona hét Gríma, er bjó á bǿ þeim, er í Ǫgri

There was a woman called Grima, who lived at the farm at Ogur,

heitir. Hon var ekkja ok vel fjáreigandi. Þat var

as it is called. She was a widow and well off. It was

mǽlt um Grímu, at hon kynni sér margt, ok þat tǫluðu

said of Grima that she knew many things, and people said

menn, at hon vǽri fjǫlkunnig. Nú fyrir því at kristni var

that she was skilled in magic. Now because Christianity was

var ung ok vangǫr, þá sýndisk þat mǫrgum mǫnnum atgervi

young and imperfect, many people thought it an accomplishment

, at maðr vǽri fjǫlkunnigr. Þórdís hét dóttir Grímu. Hon

for a person to be skilled in magic. Grima's daughter was called Thordis. She

var vǽn ok vinnugóð ok var heima með henni. Hon

was good-looking and a good worker, and lived at home with her. She

var oflátlig. Kolbakr hét þrǽll Grímu. Hann var

was showy. Grima's slave was called Kolbak. He was