Anonymous íslendingasögur, Njáls saga 19

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Nj ch. 19

Njáls saga 19 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Nj ch. 19)

Anonymous íslendingasögur Njáls saga

18 19 20

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Gunnar hét maður. Hann var frændi Unnar. Rannveig hét móður
hans og var Sigfúsdóttir Sighvatssonar hins rauða. Hann var
veginn við Sandhólaferju. Faðir Gunnars hét Hámundur og var
sonur Gunnars Baugssonar. Við þann er kennt Gunnarsholt.
Móðir Hámundar hét Hrafnhildur. Hún var Stórólfsdóttir
Hængssonar. Stórólfur var bróðir Hrafns lögsögumanns. Sonur
Stórólfs var Ormur hinn sterki.

Gunnar Hámundarson bjó að Hlíðarenda í Fljótshlíð. Hann var
mikill maður vexti og sterkur og allra manna best vígur. Hann
hjó báðum höndum og skaut ef hann vildi og hann vó svo skjótt
með sverði að þrjú þóttu á lofti að sjá. Hann skaut manna
best af boga og hæfði allt það er hann skaut til. Hann hljóp
meir en hæð sína með öllum herklæðum og eigi skemmra aftur en
fram fyrir sig. Hann var syndur sem selur. Og eigi var sá
leikur að nokkur þyrfti við hann að keppa og hefir svo verið
sagt að engi væri hans jafningi. Hann var vænn að yfirliti og
ljóslitaður, rétt nefið og hafið upp í framanvert, bláeygur
og snareygur og rjóður í kinnum, hárið mikið, gult, og fór
vel. Manna var hann kurteisastur, harðger í öllu, ráðhollur
og góðgjarn, mildur og stilltur vel, vinfastur og vinavandur.
Hann var vel auðigur að fé.

Bróðir hans hét Kolskeggur. Hann var mikill maður og sterkur,
drengur góður og öruggur í öllu. Annar bróðir hans hét
Hjörtur. Hann var þá í barnæsku. Ormur skógarnef var bróðir
Gunnars laungetinn og er hann ekki við þessa sögu. Arngunnur
hét systir Gunnars. Hana átti Hróar Tungugoði sonur Una hins
óborna Garðarssonar. Sá fann Ísland. Sonur Arngunnar var
Hámundur halti er bjó á Hámundarstöðum.

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