Anonymous íslendingasögur, Laxdœla saga 3

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Laxd ch. 3

Laxdœla saga 3 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Laxd ch. 3)

Anonymous íslendingasögur Laxdœla saga

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Eftir þetta hafði Ketill boð ágætt. Þá gifti hann Þórunni
hyrnu dóttur sína Helga hinum magra, sem fyrr var ritað.
Eftir það býr Ketill ferð sína úr landi vestur um haf. Unnur
dóttir hans fór með honum og margir aðrir frændur hans.

Synir Ketils héldu það sama sumar til Íslands og Helgi magri
mágur þeirra. Björn Ketilsson kom skipi sínu vestur í
Breiðafjörð og sigldi inn eftir firðinum og nær hinu syðra
landinu þar til er fjörður skarst inn í landið en fjall hátt
stóð á nesinu fyrir innan fjörðinn en ey lá skammt frá
landinu. Björn segir að þeir mundu eiga þar dvöl nokkura.
Björn gekk á land upp með nokkura menn og reikaði fram með
sjónum. Var þar skammt í milli fjalls og fjöru. Honum þótti
þar byggilegt. Þar fann Björn reknar öndvegissúlur sínar í
einni vík. Þótti þeim þá á vísað um bústaðinn.

Síðan tók Björn sér þar land allt á millum Stafár og
Hraunfjarðar og bjó þar er síðan heitir í Bjarnarhöfn. Hann
var kallaður Björn hinn austræni. Hans kona var Gjaflaug
dóttir Kjallaks hins gamla. Þeirra synir voru þeir Óttar og
Kjallakur. Hans son var Þorgrímur, faðir Víga-Styrs og
Vermundar, en dóttir Kjallaks hét Helga. Hana átti Vestar á
Eyri son Þórólfs blöðruskalla er nam Eyri. Þeirra son var
Þorlákur faðir Steinþórs á Eyri.

Helgi bjólan kom skipi sínu fyrir sunnan land og nam
Kjalarnes allt á milli Kollafjarðar og Hvalfjarðar og
bjó að Esjubergi til elli. Helgi hinn magri kom skipi
sínu fyrir norðan land og nam Eyjafjörð allan á
milli Sigluness og Reynisness og bjó í Kristnesi. Frá þeim
Helga og Þórunni er komið Eyfirðingakyn.

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