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The Laxdæla Saga on Bolli

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xxviii

attestation: Bolli and Kjartan were nearly the same age

"Bolli and Kjartan were much of an age."

attestation: Bolli also accepted Christianity along with Kjartan in Norway

"[Sidenote: The family of Asgeir]"

attestation: Bolli returned to Iceland around 999 AD

"Bolli returns to Iceland, A.D. 999"

attestation: Bolli went to Laugar to court Gudrun while Kjartan was still detained in Norway

"Bolli goes to Laugar"
attestation: Bolli told Gudrun that Kjartan was unlikely to return, suggesting she marry him instead

"Bolli makes love to Gudrun, A.D. 1000"

attestation: Bolli asked his uncle Olaf for support in seeking a marriage, saying he was now grown to manhood

"Bolli talked to his uncle Olaf, and said, "It has come to this, uncle, that I have it in mind to settle down and marry, for I am now grown up to man's estate."
attestation: Bolli sought Olaf's backing because most local men valued Olaf's word highly

"most of the men hereabouts are such as will set much store by your words."
attestation: Bolli specifically wanted to marry Gudrun Osvifsdottir, having set his heart on her

"A little after this Bolli talked to his uncle Olaf"
relationship: Bolli married Gudrun around 1001 AD while Kjartan was still abroad in Norway

"A little after this Bolli talked to his uncle Olaf"
attestation: The marriage of Bolli and Gudrun was to have tragic consequences for all involved

"A little after this Bolli talked to his uncle Olaf"
attestation: Bolli acknowledged that Olaf's opinion would be decisive in arranging the match

"I should like to have the assistance of your words and your backing-up"

attestation: Bolli and the sons of Osvif welcomed Olaf and his company to Laugar with a cheery greeting

"Bolli, together with the sons of Osvif, went out to meet Olaf and his company, and gave them a cheery welcome."
attestation: Bolli kissed Kjartan in greeting but Kjartan remained rather silent

"Bolli went to Kjartan and kissed him, and Kjartan took his greeting."
attestation: The feast went well, with Bolli being very merry and Olaf responding heartily, but Kjartan was silent

"Bolli was of the merriest towards them, and Olaf responded to that most heartily, but Kjartan was rather silent."
attestation: Bolli offered his best stud-horses as a gift to Kjartan

"Now Bolli had some stud-horses which were looked upon as the best of their kind."
attestation: The feast at Laugar was hosted by Bolli and the Osvifssons

"Bolli, together with the sons of Osvif, went out to meet Olaf and his company"
attestation: The stallion offered by Bolli was great and considered the best of its kind

"The stallion was great and"

attestation: Bolli denied responsibility, saying he would sooner have expected any accusation from Kjartan other than theft

"Bolli answered, "What you put down to me, Kjartan, is not my fault, and I should have looked for anything else from you sooner than that you would charge me with theft.""

attestation: Bolli was drawn into the plot against his will through Gudrun's pressure

"Kjartan spent the fourth day after Easter at Hol"

attestation: Bolli was among the ambushers but was reluctant to fight his foster-brother

"the men of Laugar in ambush"
attestation: Bolli dealt the fatal blow to Kjartan, fulfilling Gudrun's demands

"the men of Laugar in ambush"

attestation: Bolli was willing to let Olaf settle all terms on his behalf

"Bolli was most willing, and bade Olaf settle all terms on his behalf"

attestation: Bolli and Gudrun established a stately household at Saelingsdale-Tongue in the spring

"In the spring Bolli and Gudrun set up householding at Saelingsdale-Tongue, and it soon became a stately one."
relationship: Bolli and Gudrun had a son named Thorleik who grew to be a fine and nimble lad

"Bolli and Gudrun begat a son. To that boy a name was given, and he was called Thorleik; he was early a very fine lad, and a right nimble one."
attestation: The household at Saelingsdale-Tongue became prosperous under Bolli and Gudrun's management

"it soon became a stately one."

attestation: Bolli was at the out-dairy in Saelingsdale as Halldor had learned

"Bolli was there in the out-dairy, as Halldor had hea"
attestation: The attackers found and killed Bolli in the dairy in Saelingsdale

"Bolli was there in the out-dairy, as Halldor had heard."
attestation: Bolli was killed by the sons of Olaf in revenge for Kjartan's death

"Bolli was there in the out-dairy, as Halldor had heard."

attestation: The brothers acknowledged they had been too young to seek revenge without a leader

"they had been too young to seek for revenge without a leader; they knew not, they felt, how to frame a counsel for themselves or others either."
attestation: Bolli declared they could no longer bear their grief and mother's taunts, and were ready for revenge

""We will seek revenge," said Bolli, "now that we brothers have come to so ripe an age that men will be much after us if we do not take the matter in hand.""

attestation: Peace was made between the sons of Bolli and the sons of Olaf around 1026 AD

"The Peace between the Sons of Bolli and the Sons of Olaf, A.D. 1026"