Thorgrim settles at Bjarg and marries.

After these events Thorgrim and his brothers divided up the

property between them. Thorgrim took the movable property and

Thorgeir the lands. Then Thorgrim went inland to Midfjord and

bought some land at Bjarg with the aid of Skeggi. He married

Thordis, the daughter of Asmund from Asmund's peak who had land

in Thingeyrasveit. They had a son named Asmund, a great man and

strong, also wise, and notable for his abundance of hair, which

turned grey very early. He was called Longhair.



Thorgrim occupied himself with the management of his estate and

kept all the men of his household hard at work. Asmund did not

want to work, so that he and his father got on rather badly

together. This continued until Asmund was grown up, when he

asked his father to give him the means to go abroad. Thorgrim

said he should have little enough, but he gave him some ready

cash. So Asmund went away and soon increased his capital. He

sailed to divers lands, became a great trader and very wealthy.

He was popular and enjoyed good credit, and had many friends

among the leading men of Norway.



One autumn Asmund was in the East on a visit to a certain magnate

named Thorsteinn. His family came from the Uplands, and he had

a sister named Rannveig who had excellent prospects. Asmund

asked this girl in marriage and obtained her through the interest

of her brother Thorsteinn; he settled there for a time and was

highly thought of. He and Rannveig had a son named Thorsteinn,

who became a handsome man, strong, and with a powerful voice. He

was very tall and rather sluggish in his movements, wherefore he

was nicknamed Dromund. When young Thorsteinn was half grown up

his mother fell ill and died, and Asmund cared no more for

Norway. Thorsteinn was taken over by his mother's relations

along with his property, while Asmund went on voyages and became

famous.



Asmund came in his ship to Hunavain, where Thorkell Krafla was

chief of the Vatnsdalers. On hearing of Asmund's arrival

Thorkell went to the ship and invited him to stay, and Asmund

went to visit him in Marsstadir in Vatnsdal where he lived.

Thorkell was a son of Thorgrim, the Godi of Karnsa, and a man of

great experience. This was soon after the arrival of Bishop

Fridrek and Thorvald the son of Kodran, who were living at

Laekjamot when these events happened, preaching Christianity for

the first time in the North of the island. Thorkell and many of

his men received the prima signatio. Many things might be told

of the dealings between the bishop's men and the Northerners,

which, however, do not belong to this saga.



There was a girl named Asdis who was being brought up in

Thorkell's house. She was a daughter of Bard the son of Jokull,

the son of Ingimund the Old, the son of Thorsteinn, the son of

Ketil Raum. Her mother's name was Aldis, whom we have already

heard of as the daughter of Ofeig Grettir. Asdis was not

betrothed as yet, and was a most desirable match, both on account

of her connections and her wealth. Asmund now became sick of

travelling about and wanted to settle down in Iceland. So he

spoke up and asked for Asdis as his wife. Thorkell knew all

about him and knew that he was a man of wealth, able to manage

his affairs, so the marriage was arranged. Asmund married Asdis,

and became a close friend of Thorkell. He was a great man of

affairs, learned in the law and very strenuous. Soon afterwards

Thorgrim Greyhead died at Bjarg; Asmund succeeded to his property

and took up his residence at Bjarg.