DEEP-MINDED
Onund was a man of such valour that few, even of those whose limbs were
sound, could measure themselves against him. His name, too, was renowned
throughout the whole country on account of his ancestry. It happened
that a dispute arose between Ofeig Grettir and one Thorbjorn called
Jarlakappi, which ended in Ofeig being killed by Thorbjorn in
Grettisgeil near Haell. The feud was taken up by Ofeig's sons who
assembled a large force of men. Onund Treefoot was sent for, and in the
spring he rode South to Hvamm, where he stayed with Aud the Deep-Minded.
He had been with her over the sea in the West, and she received him with
welcome. Her grandson, Olaf Feilan, was then grown up, and Aud was very
infirm. She consulted Onund concerning her kinsman Olaf, for whom she
wished to ask in marriage Alfdis of the Barra Isles, the cousin of
Onund's wife Aesa. Onund thought it a very suitable match, and Olaf rode
with him to the South. Then Onund met friends and kinsmen, who made him
their guest. The matter of the dispute was talked over between them, and
finally laid before the Kjalarnes Thing, for the All-Thing had not yet
been established. Eventually it was settled by arbitration and heavy
weregilds were imposed for the murder. Thorbjorn Jarlakappi was exiled.
His son was Solmund, the father of Svidukari. These kinsmen were long
abroad after that. Thrand invited Onund and Olaf with his party to stay
with him, as did Thormod Shaft. The matter of Olaf's marriage was
then pressed, and an agreement easily arrived at, for Aud's rank and
influence were well known to them. The settlement was arranged and
Onund's party rode home again. Aud thanked him for his aid in behalf of
Olaf, who married Alfdis of the Barra Isles that autumn. Then Aud the
Deep-Minded died, as is told in the Laxdaela Saga.