The Egil's Saga on Bjorgolf

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 7 - Of Bjorgolf, Brynjolf, Bard, and Hildirida.

• attestation: Bjorgolf dwelt in Torgar in Halogaland and was a powerful, wealthy baron

  "There was a man in Halogaland named Bjorgolf; he dwelt in Torgar. He was a baron, powerful and wealthy"

• attestation: Bjorgolf was described as part hill-giant in strength, stature, and kindred

  "in strength, stature, and kindred half hill-giant."

• relationship: Bjorgolf had a son named Brynjolf who resembled his father

  "He had a son named Brynjolf, who was like his father."

• attestation: Bjorgolf took Hildirida from Leka by force, arriving with thirty men and demanding a hasty wedding

  "old Bjorgolf journeyed from home in a cutter of his own, with thirty men aboard. He came to Leka"

• attestation: Bjorgolf purchased Hildirida from Hogni with an ounce of gold for a hasty marriage

  "Bjorgolf bought her with an ounce of gold, and they became man and wife, and Hildirida went home with Bjorgolf to Torgar."

• relationship: Bjorgolf and Hildirida had two sons named Harek and Haerek

  "Bjorgolf and Hildirida had two sons; one was named Harek, the other Hærek."

• attestation: After Bjorgolf's death, Brynjolf sent Hildirida and her sons away to Leka

  "no sooner was he buried than Brynjolf sent away Hildirida and her sons. She went to her father at Leka"

• attestation: Bjorgolf and Brynjolf held the hereditary office of collecting tribute from the Finns

  "Bjorgolf and his son Brynjolf had long held the office of going to the Finns, and collecting the Finns' tribute."