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The Grettir's Saga on Asmund Longhair

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xiii. Thorgrim Settles At Bjarg And Marries. His Son Asmund > Visits Norway And Marries Twice

relationship: Asmund went abroad, became a great trader, and married Rannveig from the Upplands region of Norway

"Asmund asked this girl in marriage and obtained her through the interest of her brother Thorsteinn"
relationship: Asmund and Rannveig had a son Thorsteinn nicknamed Dromund for being very tall and rather sluggish

"He and Rannveig had a son named Thorsteinn, who became a handsome man, strong, and with a powerful voice. He was very tall and rather sluggish in his movements, wherefore he was nicknamed Dromund."
attestation: Asmund came to Hunavain where Thorkell Krafla, chief of the Vatnsdalers, invited him to stay at Marsstadir

"Asmund came in his ship to Hunavain, where Thorkell Krafla was chief of the Vatnsdalers."
relationship: Asmund proposed to Asdis and was accepted; Thorkell approved the match, knowing Asmund as wealthy and capable

"So he spoke up and asked for Asdis as his wife. Thorkell knew all about him and knew that he was a man of wealth, able to manage his affairs, so the marriage was arranged."

attestation: Asmund next assigned Grettir to rub his back by the fire, which Grettir considered demeaning work fit for an idiot

""You shall rub my back when I am sitting by the fire, as I am in the habit of having it done.""
attestation: Asmund assigned Grettir to mind horses, with instructions to follow the dun mare Keingala who could predict storms by her grazing behavior

""I have a dun mare with a dark stripe down her back whom I call Keingala. She is very knowing about the weather and about rain coming.""
attestation: Asmund discovered the damage to Keingala when her coat fell off at his touch, and had her killed

"Asmund had Keingala killed."

attestation: Asmund said Atli would be a great landowner, careful and wealthy, while Grettir would be strong but headstrong and quarrelsome

"Asmund said that Atli would probably be a great landowner, very careful and wealthy.

"A useful man, like yourself," said Thorkell."

attestation: Asmund refused to give Grettir any weapon for his voyage, saying he had never been obedient

"Grettir asked him to give him some sort of weapon. Asmund answered: "You have never been obedient to me. Nor do I know what you would do with a weapon that would be of any profit. I shall not give you any.""

attestation: Asmund Longhair was becoming very infirm while his young son Illugi was growing up as a youth of much promise

"Asmund was now becoming very infirm and scarcely left his bed. He and Asdis had a young son named Illugi, a youth of much promise."

attestation: Asmund Longhair on his deathbed willed all his property to Atli and expressed fear that the wicked would not leave Atli in peace

"he called his kinsmen round him and said his will was that Atli should take over all the property after his day. "I fear," he said, "that the wicked will scarce leave you in peace.""
attribution: Asmund spoke of Grettir's life as a rolling wheel and feared he would have more trouble than kinsmen's support

""Of Grettir I can say nothing, for his condition seems to me like a rolling wheel. Strong though he is, I fear he will have more dealing with trouble than with kinsmen's support.""
attribution: Asmund predicted Illugi would become a man of valiant deeds if he remained unscathed

""And Illugi, though young now, shall become a man of valiant deeds if he remain unscathed.""
attestation: Asmund Longhair died and was buried at Bjarg where he had had a church built

"He died soon after and was buried at Bjarg, where he had had a church built."