knew that Onund was come there, he bade him take of his hands whatso he would, but said that there was little that had not been settled before.  Onund said he would first see what there was, so they went landward south past some firths, till they came to Ufoera; then said Eric, “Here is what there is to look to; all from here is unsettled, and right in to the settlements of Biorn.”  Now a great mountain went down the eastern side of the firth, and snow had fallen thereon, Onund looked on that mountain, and sang—­

  “Brand-whetter’s life awry doth go. 
  Fair lands and wide full well I know;
  Past house, and field, and fold of man,
  The swift steed of the rollers ran: 
  My lands, and kin, I left behind,
  That I this latter day might find,
  Coldback for sunny meads to have;
  Hard fate a bitter bargain drave.”

Eric answered, “Many have lost so much in Norway, that it may not be bettered:  and I think withal that most lands in the main-settlements are already settled, and therefore I urge thee not to go from hence; but I shall hold to what I spake, that thou mayst have whatso of my lands seems meet to thee.”  Onund said, that he would take that offer, and so he settled land out from Ufoera over the three creeks, Byrgis Creek, Kolbein’s Creek, and Coldback Creek, up to Coldback Cleft.  Thereafter Eric gave him all Fishless, and Reekfirth, and all Reekness, out on that side of the firth; but as to drifts there was nought set forth, for they were then so plentiful that every man had of them what he would.  Now Onund set up a household at Coldback, and had many men about him; but when his goods began to grow great he had another stead in Reekfirth.  Kolbein dwelt at Kolbein’s Creek.  So Onund abode in peace for certain winters.

CHAP.  X.

Now Onund was so brisk a man, that few, even of whole men, could cope with him; and his name withal was well known throughout the land, because of his forefathers.  After these things, befell that strife betwixt Ufeigh Grettir and Thorbiorn Earl’s-champion, which had such ending, that Ufeigh fell before Thorbiorn in Grettir’s-Gill, near Heel.  There were many drawn together to the sons of Ufeigh concerning the blood-suit, and Onund Treefoot was sent for, and rode south in the spring, and guested at Hvamm, with Aud the Deeply-wealthy, and she gave him exceeding good welcome, because he had been with her west over the Sea.  In those days, Olaf Feilan, her son’s son, was a man full grown, and Aud was by then worn with great eld; she bade Onund know that she would have Olaf, her kinsman, married, and was fain that he should woo Aldis of Barra, who was cousin to Asa, whom Onund had to wife.  Onund deemed the matter hopeful, and Olaf rode south with him.  So when Onund met his friends and kin-in-law they bade him abide with them:  then was the suit talked over, and was laid to Kialarnes Thing, for as then the Althing was not yet set up.  So the case was settled by umpiredom, and heavy weregild came for the slayings, and Thorbiorn Earl’s-champion was outlawed.  His son was Solmund, the father of Kari the Singed; father and son dwelt abroad a long time afterwards.