But as Skallagrim’s live-stock multiplied, the cattle used to go up to the fells in the summer. And he
found that the cattle that went on the heath were by far better and fatter; also that sheep did well
through the winters in the fell-dales without being driven down. So Skallagrim set up buildings close
to the fell, and had a house there; and there he had his sheep kept. Of this farm Griss was the
overlooker, and after him was called Grisartongue. Thus Skallagrim’s wealth had many legs to stand
on.

Some time after Skallagrim’s coming out, a ship put into Borgar-firth from the main, commanded by a
man named Oleif Halt. With him were his wife and children and other of his kin, and the aim of his
voyage was to get him a home in Iceland.Oleif was a man wealthy, high-born, and fore-seeing.
Skallagrim asked Oleif and all his company to his house for lodging. Oleif accepted this, and was with
Skallagrim for his first winter in Iceland.

But in the following spring Skallagrim showed him to choice land south of White-river upwards from
Grims-river to Flokadale-river. Oleif accepted this, and moved thither his household, and set there his
homestead by Warm-brook as it is called. He was a man of renown; his sons were Ragi in Hot-spring-
dale, and Thorarin, Ragi’s brother, who took the law-speakership next after Hrafn Hængsson. Thorarin
dwelt at Warm-brook; he had to wife Thordis, daughter of Olaf Shy, sister of Thord Yeller.

Chapter 30 - Of the coming out of Yngvar, and of
Skallagrim’s iron-forging.
King Harold Fair-hair took for his own all those lands that Kveldulf and Skallagrim had left behind in
Norway, and all their other property that he could lay hands on. He also sought diligently after those
men who had been in the counsels or confidence or in any way helpers of Skallagrim and his folk in
the deeds which they wrought before Skallagrim went abroad out of the land. And so far stretched the
enmity of the king against father and son, that he bore hatred against their kith and kin, or any whom
he knew to have been their dear friends. Some suffered punishment from him, many fled away and
sought refuge, some within the land, some out of the land altogether. Yngvar Skallagrim’s wife’s
father was one of these men aforesaid. This rede did he take, that he turned all his wealth that he could
into movables, then gat him a sea-going ship and a crew thereto, and made ready to go to Iceland, for
he had heard that Skallagrim had taken up his abode there, and there would be no lack of choice land
there with Skallagrim. So when they were ready and a fair wind blew, he sailed out to sea, and his
voyage sped well. He came to Iceland on the south coast, and held on westwards past Reykja-ness, and
sailed into Borgar-firth, and entering Long-river went up it even to the Falls. There they put out they
ship’s lading.

But when Skallagrim heard of Yngvar’s coming, he at once went to meet him and bade him to his
house with as many men as he would. Yngvar accepted this offer. The ship was drawn up, and Yngvar
went to Borg with many men, and stayed that winter with Skallagrim. In the spring Skallagrim offered
him choice land. He gave Yngvar the farm which he had on Swan-ness, and land inwards to Mud-
brook and outwards to Strome-firth. Thereupon Yngvar went out to this farm and took possession, and
he was a most able man and a wealthy. Skallagrim then built a house on Ship-ness, and this he kept for
a long time thereafter.