paid heed to nothing but; gazing at Bolli and his grandeur, and that
of his followers. In this state Bolli rode into the western parts all
the way till he came to Holyfell with his following. Gudrun was very
glad to see her son. Bolli did not stay there long till he rode up to
Saelingsdale Tongue to see Snorri, his father-in-law, and his wife
Thordis, and their meeting was exceeding joyful. Snorri asked Bolli to
stay with him with as many of his men as he liked. Bolli accepted the
invitation gratefully, and was with Snorri all the winter, with the
men who had ridden from the north with him. Bolli got great renown
from this journey. Snorri made it no less his business Snorri' now to
treat Bolli with every kindness than death when he was with him
before.

CHAP. LXXVIII

The Death of Snorri, and the End, A.D. 1031

[Sidenote: Snorri' death] When Bolli had been one winter in Iceland
Snorri the Priest fell ill. That illness did not gain quickly on him,
and Snorri lay very long abed. But when the illness gained on him, he
called to himself all his kinsfolk and affinity, and said to Bolli,
"It is my wish that you shall take over the manor here and the
chieftainship after my day, for I grudge honours to you no more than
to my own sons, nor is there within this land now the one of my sons
who I think will be the greatest man among them, Halldor to wit."
Thereupon Snorri breathed his last, being seventy-seven years old.
That was one winter after the fall of St. Olaf, so said Ari the Priest
"Deep-in-lore." Snorri was buried at Tongue. [Sidenote: The
descendants of Herdis] Bolli and Thordis took over the manor of Tongue
as Snorri had willed it, and Snorri's sons put up with it with a good
will. Bolli grew a man of great account, and was much beloved. Herdis,
Bolli's daughter, grew up at Holyfell, and was the goodliest of all
women. Orm, the son of Hermund, the son of Illugi, asked her in
marriage, and she was given in wedlock to him; their son was Kodran,
who had for wife Gudrun, the daughter of Sigmund. The son of Kodran
was Hermund, who had for wife Ulfeid, the daughter of Runolf, who was
the son of Bishop Kelill; their sons were Kelill, who was Abbot of
Holyfell, and Reinn and Kodran and Styrmir; their daughter was
Thorvor, whom Skeggi, Bard's son, had for wife, and from whom is come
the stock of the Shaw-men. Ospak was the name of the son of Bolli and
Thordis. The daughter of Ospak was Gudrun, whom Thorarin, Brand'