Reporter: Illugi Mardarson
Reporter: Illugi Mardarson
Unnur djupudga, daughter of Ketill the Flatnose has settled in Dalir. She brought with her lots of people and lifestock from the rebellion in Scotland, caused by the death of the king, her son Thorsteinn the Red. When she came to Iceland she gave her youngest granddaughter, Thorgerdur, to her most noble travelling companion, Dala-Kollur. They now live in the Laxardalur ("The Valley of Salmon-River").
Thorgerdur Thorsteinsdottir has passed away. She was once married to Dala-Kollur but after his death she remarried to Herjolfur in Norway. After Herjolfur's death she came back to Iceland and spent her last years at Hoesk- uldsstadir with her son, Hoskuldur Dala-Kollsson, who is a great leader. He has now claimed all of his mother's properties, although his half-brother, Hrutur Herjolfsson, has the right to his half of the inheritance.
A lot of talk has been about the glorious Olafur pa ("peacoock") Hoeskuldsson's trip abroad. He took his mother Melkorka's advise to visit his grandfather. Melkorka is daughter of Myrkjartan, king of Ireland. Olafur first went to Norway and stayed whith the king of Norway, then he continued his journey to Ireland, where his grand- father, the king, offered him the kingdom of Ireland after his death. Olafur generously refused his grandfather's offer, yet they separated in full friendship. Olafur sailed away, making a quick-stop in Norway. And now he has married Thorgerdur, daughter of Egill Skalla-Grimsson.
A few days ago, Geimundur gnyr divorced Thuridur Olafsdottir after three years of marriage. Geirmundur had planned to leave the country on his ship but was delayed because of bad weather. Last night Thuridur went with her one year old daughter, Gro, and nine other men to Geirmundur's ship. They made holes in his lifeboat and Thuridur sneaked aboard and exchanged his sword, Fotbitur, for Gro. Then they left the ship. No one noticed their visit until Thuridur and her men were out of reach. Geirmundur woke up when Gro started to cry and immediately noticed that his sword was gone. He went to the bulwork ad cast a spell on Fotbitur that it would kill the one that was the most important man in the family. When Thuridur got home she gave the sword, Fotbitur, to her foster-brother Bolli.
Yesterday, Gudrun Osvifursdottir's second husband drowned in Breidafjordur. His name was Thordur Ingunnarson. He drowned when his ship ran aground on a skerry which nobody had ever seen before in the sea. This skerry is believed to have occurred because of the witchcraft of Kotkell and his family. This all started because Thordur sued Kotkell and his family and accused them of stealing and use of sorcery against Thordur's mother, Ingunn. After killing Thordur with magic, Kotkell and his family fled to Thorleikur Hoeskuldsson in Laxardalur and got a place for a living instead of good horses.
Kotkell, Grima (his wife) and Hallbjoern slikisteinsauga (their sons) are dead and so is Kari Hrutsson and Eldgrimur. These killings started by Hrutur killing Eldgrimur for trying to steal Thorleikur's horses. Thorleikur got very angry because he wanted to kill the thief himself. So Thorleikur asked Kotkell to do something that was bad for Hrutur's family. Kotkell, his wife and sons perfomed a magical ceremony, called seidur, outside Hrutsstadir. Kari Hrutsson couldn't sleep that night ad decided to look outside. The magic killed him instantly. Hrutur went to Olafur pa and they decided to kill Kotkell and his whole family. At first they caught all of them but Stigandi, later on they caught Stigandi also, and killed them all. Then Hrutur wanted to get a revenge on Thorleikur but Olafur pa had made Thorleikur move abroad.
Bolli Thorleiksson and Gudrun Osvifursdottir are just married. Laxdaela News congratulates the newly married couple and wishes them all the best in the future!
A couple of days ago the Icelandic people became Christian. Olafur Tryggvason, king of Norway, forced them to do so by keeping Kjartan Olafsson and some other Icelandic chietains as hostages in Norway. But, according to rumour, Kjartan hasn't been bored in Norway, because he's had a splendid relationship with Ingibjoerg, the king's sister. When Kjartan left, she gave him a precious head gear and told him to give it to Gudrun the morning after their wedding night (i.e. his and Gudrun's wedding night). He also got a sword from king Olafur. The sword has the spell on it that Kjartan won't be hurt by weapons as long as he carries it. This is not the whole story because Bolli and Gudrun are already married and it'll be interesting to see Kjartan's reactions when he finds out - when he arrives to Iceland.
According to reliable sources severe hatred is now between the foster brothers Kjartan and Bolli Thorleiksson. The cause of this hatred is believed to be the fact that Bolli stole Kjartans fiancee.
Kjartan is dead, killed by his foster brother and cousin, Kjartan. People all over Iceland mourn Kjartan and a lot of people is exspected to attend his funeral at Borg. Bolli has already committed the killing but as Olafur pa, Kjartan's father and Bolli's foster-father, protects him he won't be punished, at least not as long as Olafur pa lives.
Now the sons of Olafur pa have had enough! As their father is dead they have decided to take Kjartan's revenge and their mother, Thorgerdur, is going to join them. More men will also join them as they are going to pay Bolli a visit. Bolli won't be able to fight them although he's a brave man.
A wedding was held at Helgafell a few days ago. Gudrun Osvifursdottir and Thorkell Eyjolfsson got married. For a while the wedding party almost turned into a fight when Thorkell found out that Gudrun was hiding a convict whom Thorkell had promised to kill. It was only because of the smartness of the chieftain Snorri Thorgrimsson that a fight bewteen the newly married couple was avoided. Apart from this the wedding party was great.
One year after Bolli Bollason returned to Iceland, after having spent 10 years abroad, chieftain Snorri Thorgrimsson, Bolli's father in law, got severly ill. Before his death he asked Bolli to take over his farm and so he did, along with Thordis Snorradottir, his wife. Bolli's mother, Gudrun Osvifursdottir, had come to age and was almost blind. She had become the first woman in Iceland to be a nun. A few days ago Gudrun died, at Helgafell, and has been buried there. A lot of people miss her and mourn her as the most memorable woman ever to be born in Iceland.
