Bjorgolf and his son Brynjolf had long held the office of going to the Finns,
and collecting the Finns' tribute.
Northwards, in Halogaland is a firth called Vefsnir, and in the firth lies an island
called Alost, a large island and a good, and in this a farm called Sandness.
There dwelt a man named Sigurd, the richest man thereabouts in the north;
he was a baron, and wise of understanding. He had a daughter named Sigridr;
she was thought the best match in Halogaland, being his only child and sole
heiress to her father. Bard Brynjolf's son journeyed from home with a cutter
and thirty men aboard northwards to Alost, and came to Sigurd at Sandness.

There he declared his business, and asked Sigridr to wife.
This offer was well received and favourable answered,
and so it came about that Bard was betrothed to the maiden.
The marriage was to take place the next summer.
Bard was then to come north for the wedding.