of Bodmod the Champion and Grimolf.




CHAPTER XIII

THORGRIM SETTLES AT BJARG AND MARRIES. HIS SON ASMUND VISITS
NORWAY AND MARRIES TWICE


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.