The next
tidings
were that
Thora
Bjorn's wife
fell sick and died.
But some while after Bjorn
took to him another wife;
she was named Alof,
the daughter
of Erling the wealthy of Ostr.
They two had a daughter
named Gunnhilda.

There was a man named Thorgeir Thornfoot;
he dwelt in Fenhring of Hordaland, at a place called Askr.
He had three sons—one named Hadd, another Bergonund,
the third Atli the short.
Bergonund was beyond other men tall and strong,
and he was grasping and ungentle;
Atli the short was of small stature, square-built, of sturdy strength.
Thorgeir was a very rich man, a devoted heathen worshipper,
of magic cunning.
Hadd went out freebooting, and was seldom at home.