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Geir ch. 5

Geirmundar þáttr 5 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Geir ch. 5)

Anonymous SturlungaGeirmundar þáttr
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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Geirr hét maðr ríkr ok ágætr í Sogni. Hann var blótmaðr mikill ok var af því kallaðr Végeirr. Hann átti sjau börn eða fleiri. Vébjörn hét sonr hans ok Végestr, Vémundr ok Vésteinn, Véleifr ok Véþorn, en Védís dóttir.



En er Végeirr andaðist, þá tók Vébjörn forráð bæði fjár ok metorða. Hann helt óvini Hákonar Grjótgarðssonar, ok fóru þau systkin af því öll til Íslands. Þau velkti úti lengi um sumarit í hafinu ok tóku at lyktum Hlöðuvík um haustit fyrir vestan Horn. Þá gekk Vébjörn at blóta, en bræðr hans eggjuðu burtfarar, svá at hann gáði eigi blótsins, ok létu þau út ok brutu inn sama dag undir hávum hömrum í miklu illviðri ok kómust þar upp, er nú heitir síðan Sygnakleif. 

Þá tók við þeim öllum skipverjum um vetrinn Atli, þræll Geirmundar heljarskinns. Atli var ódæll ok hamrammr mjök. 

En er Geirmundr vissi þessa órlausn þrælsins, þá frétti hann þrælinn: "Hvat kom þér til þess, er þú tókt svá mikit á hendr við Vébjörn ok förunauta hans?" 

Þrællinn svarar: "Þat kom mér til þess, at ek vilda þann veg sýna, hversu mikit göfugmenni ok stórmenni sá maðr var, er þann þræl átti, er slík stórræði þorði á hendr at takast." 

Geirmundr bað þrælinn hafa þökk fyrir sitt órræði ok gaf honum fyrir þessa sök frelsi ok búland. 

Mörgum mönnum gaf Geirmundr stórar eignir bæði í löndum ok lausum eyri. Hann gaf Hrólfi Kjallakssyni bústað at Ballará. Hann var vinr Geirmundar, ok var mikill ættbogi af honum. Hans sonr var Illugi inn rauði ok Sölvi, faðir Þórðar, föður Magnúss, föður Sölva, föður Páls prests.

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