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Title: The Story of Burnt Njal
Author: Anonymous
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Originally written in Icelandic, sometime in the 13th Century A.D.
Author unknown.
1. OF FIDDLE MORD
There was a man named Mord whose surname was Fiddle; he was the son of Sigvat the Red, and he dwelt at the "Vale" in the Rangrivervales. He was a mighty chief, and a great taker up of suits, and so great a lawyer that no judgments were thought lawful unless he had a hand in them. He had an only daughter, named Unna. She was a fair, courteous, and gifted woman, and that was thought the best match in all the Rangrivervales.
Now the story turns westward to the Broadfirth dales, where, at Hauskuldstede, in Laxriverdale, dwelt a man named Hauskuld, who was Dalakoll's son, and his mother's name was Thorgerda.(1) He had a brother named Hrut, who dwelt at Hrutstede; he was of the same mother as Hauskuld, but his father's name was Heriolf. Hrut was handsome, tall and strong, well skilled in arms, and mild of temper; he was one of the wisest of men -- stern towards his foes, but a good counsellor on great matters. It happened once that Hauskuld bade his friends to a feast, and his brother Hrut was there, and sat next him. Hauskuld had a daughter named Hallgerda, who was playing on the floor with some other girls. She was fair of face and tall of growth, and her hair was as soft as silk; it was so long, too, that it came down to her waist. Hauskuld called out to her, "Come hither to me, daughter." So she went up to him, and he took her by the chin, and kissed her; and after that she went away.
Then Hauskuld said to Hrut, "What dost thou think of this maiden?
Is she not fair?" Hrut held his peace. Hauskuld said the same thing to him a second time, and then Hrut answered, "Fair enough is this maid, and many will smart for it, but this I know not, whence thief's eyes have come into our race." Then Hauskuld was wroth, and for a time the brothers saw little of each other.
ENDNOTES:
(1) Thorgerda was daughter of Thorstein the Red who was Olaf the
White's son, Ingialld's son, Helgi's son. Ingialld's mother
was Thora, daughter of Sigurd Snake-i'-the-eye, who was
Ragnar Hairybreek's son. And the Deeply-wealthy was
Thorstein the Red's mother; she was daughter of Kettle
Flatnose, who was Bjorn Boun's son, Grim's son, Lord of Sogn
in Norway.
2. HRUT WOOS UNNA
It happened once that those brothers, Hauskuld and Hrut, rode to the Althing, and there was much people at it. Then Hauskuld said to Hrut, "One thing I wish, brother, and that is, that thou wouldst better thy lot and woo thyself a wife."
Hrut answered, "That has been long on my mind, though there always seemed to be two sides to the matter; but now I will do as thou wishest; whither shall we turn our eyes?"
Hauskuld answered, "Here now are many chiefs at the Thing, and there is plenty of choice, but I have already set my eyes on a spot where a match lies made to thy hand. The woman's name is Unna, and she is a daughter of Fiddle Mord, one of the wisest of men. He is here at the Thing and his daughter too, and thou mayest see her if it pleases thee."
Now the next day, when men were going to the High Court, they saw some well-dressed women standing outside the booths of the men from the Rangrivervales. Then Hauskuld said to Hrut "Yonder now is Unna, of whom I spoke; what thinkest thou of her?"
"Well," answered Hrut; "but yet I do not know whether we should get on well together."
After that they went to the High Court, where Fiddle Mord was laying down the law as was his wont, and after he had done he went home to his booth.
Then Hauskuld and Hrut rose, and went to Mord's booth. They went in and found Mord sitting in the innermost part of the booth, and they bade him "Good-day." He rose to meet them, and took Hauskuld by the hand and made him sit down by his side, and Hrut sat next to Hauskuld. So after they had talked much of this and that, at last Hauskuld said, "I have a bargain to speak to thee about; Hrut wishes to become thy son-in-law, and buy thy daughter, and I, for my part, will not be sparing in the matter."
Mord answered, "I know that thou art a great chief, but thy brother is unknown to me."
"He is a better man than I," answered Hauskuld.
"Thou wilt need to lay down a large sum with him, for she is heir to all I leave behind me," said Mord.
"There is no need," said Hauskuld, "to wait long before thou hearest what I give my word lie shall have. He shall have Kamness and Hrutstede, up as far as Thrandargil, and a trading- ship beside, now on her voyage."
Then said Hrut to Mord, "Bear in mind, now, husband, that my brother has praised me much more than I deserve for love's sake; but if after what thou hast heard, thou wilt make the match, I am willing to let thee lay down the terms thyself."
Mord answered, "I have thought over the terms; she shall have sixty hundreds down, and this sum shall be increased by a third more in thine house, but if ye two have heirs, ye shall go halves in the goods."
Then said Hrut, "I agree to these terms, and now let us take witness." After that they stood up and shook hands, and Mord betrothed his daughter Unna to Hrut, and the bridal feast was to be at Mord's house, half a month after Midsummer.
Now both sides ride home from the Thing, and Hauskuld and Hrut ride westward by Hallbjorn's beacon. Then Thiostolf, the son of Bjorn Gullbera of Reykriverdale, rode to meet them, and told them how a ship had come out from Norway to the White River, and how aboard of her was Auzur Hrut's father's brother, and he wished Hrut to come to him as soon as ever he could. When Hrut heard this, he asked Hauskuld to go with him to the ship, so Hauskuld went with his brother, and when they reached the ship, Hrut gave his kinsman Auzur a kind and hearty welcome. Auzur asked them into his booth to drink, so their horses were unsaddled, and they went in and drank, and while they were drinking, Hrut said to Auzur, "Now, kinsman, thou must ride west with me, and stay with me this winter."
Contents:
- OF FIDDLE MORD
- HRUT WOOS UNN
- HRUT AND GUNNHILLDA, KING'S MOTHER
- OF HRUT'S CRUISE
- ATLI ARNVID SON'S SLAYING
- HRUT SAILS OUT TO ICELAND
- UNNA SEPARATES FROM HRUT
- MORD CLAIMS HIS GOODS FROM HRUT
- THORWALD GETS HALLGERDA TO WIFE
- HALLGERDA'S WEDDING
- THORWALD'S SLAYING
- THIOSTOLF'S FLIGHT
- GLUM'S WOOING
- GLUM'S WEDDING
- THIOSTOLF GOES TO GLUM'S HOUSE
- GLUM'S SHEEP HUNT
- GLUM'S SLAYING
- FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH
- GUNNAR COMES INTO THE STORY
- OF NJAL AND HIS CHILDREN
- UNNA GOES TO SEE GUNNAR
- NJAL'S ADVICE
- HUCKSTER HEDINN.
- GUNNAR AND HRUT STRIVE AT THE THING.
- UNNA'S SECOND WEDDING
- OF ASGRIM AND HIS CHILDREN
- HELGI NJAL'S SON'S WOOING
- HALLVARD COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- GUNNAR GOES ABROAD
- GUNNAR GOES A-SEA-ROVING
- GUNNAR GOES TO KING HAROLD GORM'SSON AND EARL HACON
- GUNNAR COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- GUNNAR'S WOOING
- OF THRAIN SIGFUS' SON
- THE VISIT TO BERGTHORSKNOLL
- KOL SLEW SWART
- THE SLAYING OF KOL, WHOM ATLI SLEW
- THE KILLING OF ATLI THE THRALL
- THE SLAYING OF BRYNJOLF THE UNRULY
- GUNNAR AND NJAL MAKE PEACE ABOUT BRYNJOLF'S SLAYING
- SIGMUND COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- THE SLAYING OF THORD FREEDMANSON
- NJAL AND GUNNAR MAKE PEACE FOR THE SLAYING OF THORD
- SIGMUND MOCKS NJAL AND HIS SONS
- THE SLAYING OF SIGMUND AND SKIOLLD
- OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND GEIR THE PRIEST
- OF OTKELL IN KIRKBY
- HOW HALLGERDA MAKES MALCOLM STEAL FROM KIRKBY
- OF SKAMKELL'S EVIL COUNSEL
- OF SKAMKELL'S LYING
- OF GUNNAR
- OF RUNOLF, THE SON OF WOLF AURPRIEST
- HOW OTKELL RODE OVER GUNNAR
- THE FIGHT AT RANGRIVER
- NJAL'S ADVICE TO GUNNAR
- GUNNAR AND GEIR THE PRIEST STRIVE AT THE THING
- OF STARKAD AND HIS SONS
- HOW GUNNAR'S HORSE FOUGHT
- OF ASGRIM AND WOLF UGGIS' SON
- AN ATTACK AGAINST GUNNAR AGREED ON
- GUNNAR'S DREAM
- THE SLAYING OF HJORT AND FOURTEEN MEN
- NJAL'S COUNSEL TO GUNNAR
- OF VALGARD AND MORD
- OF FINES AND ATONEMENTS
- OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON
- OF THORGEIR STARKAD'S SON
- OF NJAL AND THOSE NAMESAKES
- OLAF THE PEACOCK'S GIFTS TO GUNNAR
- MORD'S COUNSEL
- THE SLAYING OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON
- OF THE SUITS FOR MANSLAUGHTER AT THE THING
- OF THE ATONEMENT
- KOLSKEGG GOES ABROAD
- THE RIDING TO LITHEND
- GUNNAR'S SLAYING
- GUNNAR SINGS A SONG DEAD
- GUNNAR OF LITHEND AVENGED
- HOGNI TAKES AN ATONEMENT FOR GUNNAR'S DEATH
- OF KOLSKEGG: HOW HE WAS BAPTIZED
- OF THRAIN: HOW HE SLEW KOL
- NJAL'S SONS SAIL ABROAD
- OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON
- OF EARL SIGURD
- THE BATTLE WITH THE EARLS
- HRAPP'S VOYAGE FROM ICELAND
- THRAIN TOOK TO HRAPP
- EARL HACON FIGHTS WITH NJAL'S SONS.
- NJAL'S SONS AND KARI COME OUT TO ICELAND
- THE QUARREL OF NJAL'S SONS WITH THRAIN SIGFUS' SON
- THRAIN SIGFUS' SON'S SLAYING
- KETTLE TAKES HAUSKULD AS HIS FOSTER-SON
- NJAL TAKES HAUSKULD TO FOSTER
- OF FLOSI THORD'S SON
- OF HALL OF THE SIDE
- OF THE CHANGE OF FAITH
- OF THANGBRAND'S JOURNEYS
- OF THANGBRAND AND GUDLEIF
- OF GEST ODDLEIF'S SON
- OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND HJALLTI
- OF THORGEIR OF LIGHTWATER
- THE WEDDING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS
- THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD NJAL'S SON
- THE SLAYING OF LYTING'S BROTHERS
- OF AMUND THE BLIND
- OF VALGARD THE GUILEFUL
- OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS
- OF THE SLANDER OF MORD VALGARD'S SON.
- OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS
- THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OFWHITENESS
- OF HILDIGNNA AND MORD VALGARD'S SON
- THE PEDIGREE OF GUDMUND THE POWERFUL
- OF SNORRI THE PRIEST, AND HIS STOCK
- OF FLOSI THORD'S SON
- OF FLOSI AND HILDIGUNN
- OF FLOSI AND MORD AND THE SONS OF SIGFUS
- NJAL AND SKARPHEDINN TALK TOGETHER
- ASGRIM AND NJAL'S SONS PRAY MEN FOR HELP
- OF SKARPHEDINN AND THORKEL FOULMOUTH
- OF THE PLEADING OF THE SUIT
- OF THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT BETWEEN FLOSI AND NJAL
- OF THE JUDGES
- AN ATTACK PLANNED ON NJAL AND HIS SONS
- OF PORTENTS
- FLOSI'S JOURNEY FROM HOME
- OF PORTENTS AT BERGTHORSKNOLL
- THE ONSLAUGHT (1) ON BERGTHORSKNOLL
- NJAL'S BURNING
- SKARPHEDINN'S DEATH
- OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON
- NJAL'S AND BERGTHORA'S BONES FOUND
- FLOSI'S DREAM
- OF FLOSI'S JOURNEY AND HIS ASKING FOR HELP
- OF THORHALL AND KARI
- OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS
- OF THORGEIR CRAGGEIR
- OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON
- OF ASGRIM, AND GIZUR, AND KARI
- OF ASGRIM AND GUDMUND
- OF THE DECLARATIONS OF THE SUITS
- NOW MEN GO TO THE COURTS
- OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON
- THE COUNSEL OF THORHALL ASGRIM'S SON
- BATTLE AT THE ALTHING
- OF KARI AND THORGEIR
- THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT WITH THORGEIR CRAGGEIR
- KARI COMES TO BJORN'S HOUSE IN THE MARK
- OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS
- OF KARI AND BJORN
- MORE OF KARI AND BJORN
- OF KARI AND BJORN AND THORGEIR
- FLOSI GOES ABROAD
- KARI GOES ABROAD
- GUNNAR LAMBI'S SON'S SLAYING
- OF SIGNS AND WONDERS
- BRIAN'S BATTLE
- THE SLAYING OF KOL THORSTEIN'S SON
- OF FLOSI AND KARI
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