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The Grettir's Saga on Onund Treefoot

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Ii. The Battle Of Hafrsfjord

attestation: Onund recovered from his wound and walked with a wooden leg for the rest of his life, earning the name Onund Treefoot

"Onund recovered and went about for the rest of his life with a wooden leg, wherefore he was called Onund Treefoot as long as he lived."

attestation: They spent summers on fighting expeditions and wintered in the Barra Isles during the betrothal period

"Then they went on fighting expeditions in the summer, remaining in the Barra Isles during the winter."

attestation: Onund employed a cunning tactical position between two rocks with a deep narrow channel to ambush the vikings

"Onund ordered his ships to take up a position between two rocks where there was a deep but narrow channel, open to attack from one side only"
attestation: Onund's men used a trap by launching huge stones from a cliff onto the viking ships at the narrowest part of the channel

"They launched upon the vikings stones so huge that nothing could hold against them."
attestation: Onund's men placed a log under his leg stump so he could stand firm during combat

"They shoved a log under the stump of his leg, so that he stood pretty firm."
attestation: Onund severed Vigbjod's arm in single combat when Vigbjod's sword got stuck in the log under Onund's leg

"As Vigbjod bent down to pull his sword clear again, Onund dealt him a blow on his shoulder, severing his arm and disabling him."
attestation: Onund composed a victory verse over the dead Vigbjod, taunting his opponent who had mocked his disability

""Bloody thy wounds. Didst thou see me flee? 'One-leg' no hurt received from thee. Braver are many in word than in deed. Thou, slave, didst fail when it came to the trial.""
attestation: They captured a large quantity of booty and returned to the Barra Isles in autumn

"They took a large quantity of booty and returned to the Barra Isles in the autumn."

attestation: Onund traveled to Rogaland, found King Harald had seized his property, and killed the official Harekr who managed it

"Onund went by night to Harekr's house and caught him at home; he was led to execution."
attestation: Onund and the sons of Ondott burned Grim the Hersir and thirty men in his house during a feast for Jarl Audun

"they appeared at his house unexpectedly and set fire to it. Grim the Hersir and about thirty men were burnt in the house."
attestation: The sons of Ondott fought with farmers who came to help Jarl Audun, slaying many

"When the farmers and people about heard of the disturbances they all came out to help the jarl. Onund had a large force with him, and there was a great battle"

attestation: Onund composed a verse lamenting his fall from warrior to one-legged voyager heading for Iceland

""Hallvard and I were aforetime deemed worthy in storm of swords to bear us. With one foot now I step on the ship towards Iceland. The poet's day is o'er.""
attestation: Onund's ship had its yard carried away while tacking and was driven back out to sea

"Just as Onund was tacking, the yard was carried away; they lowered the sail and were driven out to sea."

attestation: Onund was driven to the western coast of the Skagi peninsula and sailed into Strandafloi

"Then they made land again, which those of them who had been there before recognised as the western coast of the Skagi peninsula. They sailed in to Strandafloi"
attestation: Onund composed a verse lamenting having bartered his Norwegian acres for Kaldbak's cold mountains

""My lands and my might have drifted away as drifts the ship on the ocean. My friends and my home I have left behind me, and bartered my acres for Kaldbak.""
attestation: Onund took the Ofaera land and three creeks Byrgisvik, Kolbeinsvik, and Kaldbaksvik as far as Kaldbak's Cliff

"he took some of the Ofaera land and the three creeks Byrgisvik, Kolbeinsvik, and Kaldbaksvik as far as Kaldbak's Cliff."
attestation: Onund made his home in Kaldbak with a large household and had another house in Reykjarfjord; Kolbeinn lived in Kolbeinsvik

"Onund made his home in Kaldbak and had a large household. His property increased and he had another house in Reykjarfjord. Kolbeinn lived in Kolbeinsvik"

attestation: Onund was renowned throughout Iceland for his ancestry and his valor despite having one leg

"Onund was a man of such valour that few, even of those whose limbs were sound, could measure themselves against him."
attestation: Onund rode south to Hvamm to visit Aud the Deep-Minded, who was very infirm

"Onund Treefoot was sent for, and in the spring he rode South to Hvamm, where he stayed with Aud the Deep-Minded."

relationship: Onund and Aesa had two sons: elder Thorgeir and younger Ofeig Grettir

"Onund and Aesa had two sons; the elder was named Thorgeir, the younger Ofeig Grettir."
relationship: After Aesa died, Onund married Thordis daughter of Thorgrim of Gnup in Midfjord, a kinsman of Skeggi of Midfjord

"Soon afterwards Aesa died and Onund married a second wife, Thordis Thorgrim's daughter of Gnup in Midfjord"
relationship: Onund and Thordis had a son Thorgrim who grew up tall and strong

"By her Onund had a son named Thorgrim, who grew up quickly to manhood, tall and strong, wise and a good manager."
attestation: Onund died a natural death and was buried in Treefoot's howe; he was the boldest one-legged man ever to come to Iceland

"He died a natural death and lies in Treefoot's howe. He was the boldest and most active one-legged man that ever came to Iceland."