The Laxdæla Saga on Hrefna

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xl

• relationship: Hrefna was a daughter of Asgeir Eider-drake who would later marry Kjartan

  "[Sidenote: The family of Asgeir]"

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. L

• attestation: Hrefna went north with her brothers, bore her grief with dignity, and never remarried after Kjartan

  "Hrefna went north with her brothers, and was much weighed down with grief, nevertheless she bore her sorrow with dignity, and was easy of speech with every man. Hrefna took no other husband after Kjartan."

• attestation: Hrefna died shortly after going north, reportedly from a broken heart

  "She lived but a little while after coming to the north; and the tale goes that she died of a broken heart."