Laxdæla saga, part 12.

56.

Halldór: "Ok that Guðrún's totally plotting something now."

Guðrún: "Snorri change houses with me I don't want to live next door to these guys anymore."

Snorri: "Sure thing."

Guðrún gives birth and names her son Bolli. Bolli Bollason. IDK why it made me lol a little.



57.

Þorgils Hölluson gets his last name from his mother because sometimes people are named after their mothers if f.ex. the dad is nonexistent or dead at the child's birth. I'll use this chance to mention that the Norse God Loki Laufeyjarson is named after his mother as well, so a certain movie that shall now remain unnamed caused quite a bit of amusement over here in Iceland when it introduced this Laufey as his father instead.

ANYWAY BACK TO THE SAGA.

Þorgils is a total swaggerer and has a crush on Guðrún.

Then there's a Þorkell who's also kind of cool.

And then there's some Grímur who kills a son of some Eiður and gets outlawed. Þorkell goes after him. This is yet another vendetta and they're getting a bit boring, can we have more handsome young lads soon?

58.

Þorkell attacks Grímur but it's not very effective. So he friends him instead.

Snorri: "Yo Þorkell go marry that Guðrún."

Þorkell: "Þorgils won't like that though."

Then Þorkell sails to Norway with Grímur and drops him off there because obvy it's not a very smart idea to keep him in Iceland while he's free game for anyone.

59.

Guðrún: "Hey Snorri what about avenging my husband's death?"

Snorri: "Hmmmm what did you have in mind?"

Guðrún: "KILL THEM ALL."

Snorri: "Er."

Guðrún: "At least that Lambi."

Snorri: "Uh, he didn't do anything to Bolli though."

Guðrún: "Well Þorsteinn then!"

Snorri: "He didn't do anything either! Come on woman, at least start with the ones who actually killed him!"

Guðrún: "But those two are too strong and have friends..."

Snorri: "Look, just get that Þorgils to do your dirty work for you and promise to marry him if he agrees."

Guðrún: "No way I don't want to marry him!"

Snorri: "It's ok, just tell him you won't marry anyone else on this island if he goes to kill Helgi. Then you can still marry Þorkell who's currently in Norway and not on this island. Get it? Get it? Cool huh?"

Guðrún: "No one's going to fall for that!"

Snorri: "Don't worry Þorgils is an idiot."

60.

Guðrún show her sons Bolli and Þorleikur their father Bolli's bloody clothes and is like WHY HAVEN'T YOU TWO USELESS LOUTS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YET and the kids are like but mum we're only 12 and 16. But Guðrún's having none of that.

Guðrún: "Ok Þorgils here's the deal, my son't are absolutely itching to go get some due revenge on their dad's death. Go with them and I promise I won't marry any other man who's currently in Iceland."

Þorgils: "This is no doubt a cool deal and I'm not suspecting anything even though you've previously flat out told me you wouldn't marry me ever ever ever."



Part 13.