Anonymous íslendingasögur, Eyrbyggja saga 17

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Eb ch. 17

Eyrbyggja saga 17 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Eb ch. 17)

Anonymous íslendingasögur Eyrbyggja saga

16 17 18

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Á þessu þingi deildu þeir Þorgrímur Kjallaksson og synir hans
við Illuga svarta um mund og heimanfylgju Ingibjargar
Ásbjarnardóttur, konu Illuga, er Tin-Forni hafði átt að
varðveita.

Um þingið voru stormar miklir svo að engi maður mátti koma
til þingsins af Meðalfellsströnd. Hamlaði það mjög afla
Þorgríms að frændur hans komu eigi.

Illugi hafði hundrað manna og einvalalið og hélt hann fram
málunum en Kjalleklingar gengu að dóminum og vildu upp
hleypa. Var þá þröng mikil. Áttu menn þá hlut í að skilja þá.
Kom þá svo að Tin-Forni greiddi féið að tölum Illuga.

Svo kvað Oddur skáld í Illugadrápu:

Vestr var þröng á þingi

Þórsness, með hug stórum

höppum studdr þar er hodda

hjálmraddar stafr kvaddi.

Snarráðan kom síðan,

sætt var ger með hætti,

Forna sjóðs und fæði

farmr dólgsvölu barma.

Eftir það létti upp storminum og komu Kjalleklingar vestan af
ströndinni. Vildi Þorgrímur Kjallaksson þá eigi halda sættina
og veitir þeim Illuga atgöngu. Tókst þar þá bardagi. Snorri
goði bað sér þá manna til meðalgöngu og komu á griðum með
þeim. Þar féllu þrír menn af Kjalleklingum en fjórir af
Illuga. Styr Þorgrímsson vó þar tvo menn.

Svo segir Oddur í Illugadrápu:

Drótt gekk sýnt á sættir

svellendr en þar fellu

þremja svells fyr þolli

þrír andvöku randa

áðr kynfrömuðr kæmi

kvonar hreggs við seggi,

frægt gerðist það fyrða

forráð, griðum, Snorri.

Illugi þakkaði Snorra goða sína liðveislu og bauð honum fyrir
fé en hann kveðst eigi vildu laun fyrir hina fyrstu
liðveislu. Þá bauð Illugi honum heim með sér og það þá Snorri
og fékk hann þá góðar gjafir. Voru þeir Snorri og Illugi þá
vinir um hríð.

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