Í þann tíma, er Hákon jarl Sigurðarson réð fyrir Noregi, bjó sá bóndi í Gaulardal, er Brynjólfr hét. Hann var kallaðr úlfaldi. Hann var lendr maðr ok mikil kempa. Kona hans hét Dagný; hún var dóttir Járnskeggja af Yrjum. Þau áttu einn son, er Þorsteinn hét. Hann var mikill ok sterkr, harðúðigr ok óaflátssamr við hvern, sem eiga var. Engi var jafnstórr í Noregi, ok trautt fengust þær dyrr, at honum væri hægt um at ganga, ok því var hann kallaðr bæjarmagn, því at hann þótti ofmagni bera flestum húsum. Hann var óþýðr, ok fekk faðir hans honum því skip ok menn, ok var Þorsteinn þá ýmist í hernaði eða í kaupferðum, ok tókst honum hvárttveggja vel.

Í þenna tíma tók ríki í Noregi Óláfr konungr Tryggvason, en Hákon jarl var skorinn á háls af þræli sínum, þeim sem Þormóðr karkr hét. Þorsteinn bæjarmagn gerðist hirðmaðr Óláfs konungs. Þótti konungi hann röskr maðr ok helt mikit til hans, en ekki var hann mjök kenndr af hirðmönnum. Þótti þeim hann stríðlyndr ok óvæginn, ok hafði konungr hann mjök til þess at fara sendiferðir þær, sem aðrir töldust undan at fara. En stundum fór hann kaupferðir at afla konungnum gersema.

In that time, when Earl Hakon Sigurdarson ruled Norway, there lived a farmer in Gaulardal who was named Brynjolf. He was called "camel." He was a landed man and a great warrior. His wife was named Dagny; she was the daughter of Jarnskeggja of Yrja. They had one son who was named Thorsteinn. He was big and strong, hard-minded, and unremitting with anyone who he was dealing with. No one in Norway was his equal in size, and there was scarcely a door that he could easily get through. Because of this he was called "House-power," since he was thought to be too powerful for most houses. He was unfriendly, and so his father got him a ship and some men, and he was alternately plundering and trading, and did equally well in both.
In that time King Olaf Tryggvason took Norway, when Earl Hakon’s neck was cut by his slave, who was called Thormodr Kark. Thorsteinn House-power was made one of the king’s men. The king thought him a brave man, and thought much of him, but he was not well thought of by the king's other men. They considered him sullen and unyielding, and the king used to send him on errands, which the others would not do. Sometimes he went on trading missions to procure treasure for the king.

Eitt sinn lá Þorsteinn austr fyrir Bálagarðssíðu, ok gaf honum eigi at sigla. Gekk hann á land einn morgin, ok er sól var í landsuðri, var Þorsteinn kominn í eitt rjóðr. Hóll fagr var í rjóðrinu.

Hann sá einn kollóttan pilt uppi á hólnum, ok mælti: "Móðir mín," segir hann, "fá þú mér út krókstaf minn ok bandvettlinga, því at ek vil á gandreið fara. Er nú hátíð í heiminum neðra."

Þá var snarat út ór hólnum einum krókstaf, sem eldsskara væri. Hann stígr á stafinn ok dregr á sik vettlingana ok keyrir, sem börn eru vön at gera.

Þorsteinn gengr á hólinn ok mælti slikum orðum sem piltrinn, ok var þegar út kastat staf ok vöttum ok mælt þetta: "Hverr tekr nú við?"
"Bjálfi, sonr þinn," sagði Þorsteinn.

Síðan stígr hann á stafinn ok ríðr þar eptir, sem piltrinn fór undan. Þeir kómu at einni móðu ok steyptu sér ofan í hana, ok var því líkast sem þeir væði reyk. Því næst birti þeim fyrir augum, ok kómu þeir at, sem á fell fram af hömrum. Sér Þorsteinn þá byggð mikla ok borg stóra. Þeir stefna til borgarinnar, ok sitr þar fólk yfir borðum. Þeir gengu í höllina, ok var höll skipuð af fólki, ok var þar af engu drukkit utan af silfrkerum. Trapiza stóð á gólfi. Allt sýndist þeim þar gullligt ok ekki drukkit nema vín. Þat þóttist Þorsteinn skilja, at engi maðr sá þá. Félagi hans fór með borðum ok henti allt þat, sem niðr fell. Konungr sat þar í hásæti ok drottning. Menn váru glaðir um höllina.
Þessu næst sér Þorsteinn, at maðr kom í höllina ok kvaddi konung ok kveðst vera sendr til hans utan af Indíalandi ór fjalli því, er Lúkanus heitir, frá jarli þeim, er þar réð fyrir, ok segir konungi, at hann var huldumaðr. Hann færði honum einn gullhring. Eigi þóttist konungr betri hring sét hafa, ok fór hringrinn um höllina til sýnis, ok lofuðu hann allir. Hann var sundr tekinn í fjórum stöðum. Annan grip sá Þorsteinn, er honum þótti mikils um vert. Þat var dúkr sá, er lá á konungs borðinu. Hann var með gullligum röndum ok í festir þeir tólf gimsteinar, sem beztir eru. Gjarna vildi Þorsteinn dúkinn eiga. Kemr honum í hug at treysta á konungs hamingju ok vita, hvárt hann getr ekki nát hringnum. Nú sér Þorsteinn, at konungrinn ætlar at draga hringinn á hönd sér. Þá greip Þorsteinn hringinn af honum, en annarri hendi tók hann dúkinn, ok fór allr matr í saur, en Þorsteinn hljóp á dyrr, en krókstafr hans varð honum eptir í höllinni.

Verðr nú upphlaup mikit, hlaupa menn út síðan ok sjá, hvar Þorsteinn ferr, ok stefna eptir honum. Sér hann nú, at þeir muni geta nát honum.

Hann mælti þá: "Ef þú ert svá góðr, Óláfr konungr, sem ek treysti mikit til þín, þá veittu mér lið."

En svá var Þorsteinn frár, at þeir kómust ekki fyrir hann, fyrr en hann kom at ánni, ok staldraði hann þá við. Þeir slógu hring um hann, en Þorsteinn varðist vel ok drap ótal marga, áðr förunautr hans kom ok færði honum stafinn, ok hurfu þeir þegar í móðuna. Komu þeir aptr á inn sama hól sem fyrr gátum vér, þá sól var í vestri. Kastaði piltrinn þá inn stafnum ok klæðsekk þeim, sem hann hafði fylldan af góðum krásum, ok svá gerði Þorsteinn. Kollsveinn hljóp inn, en Þorsteinn nam staðar við glugginn. Hann sá þar tvær konur, ok vaf önnur guðvef, en önnur ruggaði barni.

Sú mælti: "Hvat dvelr hann Bjálfa, bróður þinn?"

"Ekki hefir hann mér fylgt í dag?" sagði hann.

"Hverr hefir þá farit með krókstafinn?" segir hún.

"Þat var Þorsteinn bæjarmagn," segir Kollsveinn, "hirðmaðr Óláfs konungs. Kom hann okkr í mikinn vanda, því at hann hafði ór undirheimum þau þing, at eigi munu slík í Noregi, ok var við því búit, at vit mundum drepnir, er hann kastaði stafnum í hendr þeim, ok eltu þeir hann til niðrgangs, ok þá færði ek honum stafinn, ok víst er hann hraustr maðr, því at eigi veit ek, hversu marga hann drap." Ok nú laukst aptr haugrinn.

Fór Þorsteinn nú til sinna manna, ok sigldu þaðan til Noregs, ok fann Óláf konung austr í Vík ok færði honum gersemi þessi ok sagði frá ferðum sínum, ok fannst mönnum mikit um. Konungr bauð at gefa Þorsteini lén mikit, en hann kveðst enn vilja fara eina ferð í Austrveg. Var hann nú með konungi um vetrinn.

One time Thorsteinn set off to the east, by Balagardssidu, and there was no wind to sail. In the morning he went on land, and when the sun was in the southeast, Thorsteinn came to a clearing. There was a beautiful mound in the clearing.
He saw a shaven-haired boy up on the mound, and said: "Mother, mine," he said, "get me out my crook-staff and gloves, because I want to go on a witch ride. There is a festival now in the underworld."
Then a crook-staff was twisted out of the mound, which was like a poker. He climbed on the staff and pulled on his gloves and set out, as children are wont to do.
Thorsteinn went to the mound and said the same words as the boy, and then a staff and gloves were cast out, and this was spoken: "Who is receiving these?"
"Bjalfi, your son," said Thorsteinn.
Then he climbed on the staff and rode after, down where the boy was riding. They came to a large river and cast themselves into it, and it was as if they were wading through smoke. Soon it became brighter before their eyes, and they came to a place where the river ran over a cliff. Thorsteinn saw there a built up place and large town. They went down to the town, and there were people sitting at a table there. They went into the hall, and the hall was full of people, and they were all drinking out of silver cups. There was a table sitting on the floor. Everything there was golden, and no-one was drinking anything but wine. Then Thorsteinn realized that no man saw them. His companion went among the tables, and gathered all that had fallen down. The king and queen sat on the high seat. People were happy in the hall.
Next Thorsteinn saw that a man came into the hall and spoke with the king, and said that he had been sent from India, from the mountain called Lukanus, from the earl who ruled there, and said to the king that he was one of the "hidden people." He gave the king a gold ring. No one thought that the king had ever seen a better ring, and the ring was passed around the hall for inspection, and everyone praised it. The ring could be taken apart in four sections. Thorsteinn saw another treasure, which he thought of great worth. That was the tablecloth, which lay on the king’s table. It had a golden border and there were twelve gemstones fastened there, which were extremely fine. Thorsteinn very much wanted to own the cloth. He got the idea to try out the king’s luck, and learn how he might get the ring. Now Thorsteinn saw that the king intended to put the ring on his hand. Thorsteinn grabbed the ring from him, and with the other hand he took the cloth, and all of the food fell in the mud. Then Thorsteinn ran to the door but his crook-staff was left behind him in the hall.
There was now a great commotion, and then men ran out and saw, where Thorsteinn went, and went after him in the same direction. He saw now that they could get him.
He then said: "If you are so good, King Olaf, as I trusted mightily in you, then help me."
But Thorsteinn was so fast that they could not catch up with him, before he came to a river, and faltered. They surrounded him, but Thorsteinn comported himself well, and killed any number of them, before his companion came and brought him his staff, and they disappeared then in the river. They came back to the same mound where they had been before, when the sun was in the west. The boy cast his staff into the mound, and also his sack, which he had filled with dainty morsels, and Thorsteinn did the same. The shaven-headed youth ran in, and Thorsteinn took place at the window. He saw two women, one weaving a precious cloth, and the other rocking a baby.
She said, "What is keeping Bjalfi, your brother?"

"He did not follow me today," he said.

"Who ran off with the crook-staff?" she said.

"That was Thorsteinn House-power," said the shaven-headed youth, "a retainer of King Olaf. He got us into a lot of trouble, since he had from the underworld things, such as can’t be had in Norway, and we were about to be killed, when he cast the staff in their hands, and they almost drove him under. I brought him the staff, and he is certainly a brave man. I don’t know, how many he killed. And now the mound closed again.

Thorsteinn went now to his men, and sailed to Norway, and found King Olaf east in Vik and brought him the treasure and told him of his journey, and people were very impressed. The king offered to give Thorsteinn a royal grant, but he said that he wanted to make a journey to the east. He stayed with the king for the winter.

At vári bjó Þorsteinn skip sitt. Hann hafði snekkju ok fjóra menn ok tuttugu. Ok er hann kom við Jamtaland, lá hann í höfn einn dag, ok gekk hann á land at skemmta sér. Hann kom í eitt rjóðr. Þar var einn mikill steinn. Skammt þaðan sá hann einn dverg furðuliga ljótan, ok grenjaði upp yfir sik. Sýndist Þorsteini kjaptrinn snúinn út at eyranu, en öðrum megin nefit niðr at kjaptinum. Þorsteinn segir, hví hann léti svá heimsliga.

"Þú, góði maðr," sagði hann, "undrast eigi. Sér þú eigi þann mikla örn, er þar flýgr? Hann hefir tekit son minn. Ætla ek þat, at sá ófögnuðr sé sendr af Óðni, en ek spring, ef ek missi barnit."

Þorsteinn skaut eptir erninum, ok kom undir vænginn, ok datt hann dauðr niðr, en Þorsteinn henti dvergsbarnit á lopti ok færði föðurnum, en dvergrinn varð feginn mjök ok mælti: "Þér á ek at launa lífgjöf ok sonr minn, ok kjós þér nú fyrir laun í gulli ok silfri."
"Græð þú fyrst son þinn," sagði Þorsteinn; "er ek eigi vanr at taka mútur á afli mínu."
"Eigi væri mér at óskyldara at launa," segir dvergrinn. "Mun þér ekki þykkja framboðligr serkr minn af sauða ullu, en eigi muntu á sundi mæðast ok eigi sár fá, ef þú hefir hann næst þér."
Þorsteinn fór í serkinn, ok var honum mátuligr, en honum sýndist dvergnum of lítill. Hann tók ok silfrhring ór pungi sínum ok gaf Þorsteini ok bað hann vel geyma ok sagði honum aldri féfátt verða mundu, meðan hann ætti hringinn.

Síðan tók hann einn stein svartan ok gaf Þorsteini, - "ok ef þú felr hann í lófa þér, sér þik engi. Eigi hefi ek fleira, þat þér megi gagn at vera. Hall einn vil ek gefa þér til skemmtunar."

Tók hann þá hallinn ór pungi sínum. Fylgdi honum einn stálbroddr. Hallrinn var þríhyrndr. Hann var hvítr í miðju, en rauðr öðrum megin, en gul rönd utan um.

Dvergrinn mælti: "Ef þú pjakkar broddinum á hallinn, þar sem hann er hvítr, þá kemr haglhríð svá mikil, at engi þorir móti at sjá. En ef þú vilt þíða þann snjó, þá skaltu pjakka þar, sem gulr er hallrinn, ok kemr þá sólskin, svá at allt bræðir. En ef þú pjakkar þar í, sem rautt er, þá kemr þar ór eldr ok eimyrja með gneistaflaug, svá at engi má móti at sjá. Þú mátt ok hæfa þat, sem þú vilt, með broddinum ok hallinum, ok hann kemr sjálfr aptr í hönd þér, þegar þú kallar. Get ek nú ekki launat þér fleira at sinni."
Þorsteinn þakkar honum gjafirnar. Fór hann nú til sinna manna, ok var honum þessi ferð betr farin en ófarin. Þessu næst gefr þeim byr ok sigla í Austrveginn. Koma nú á fyrir þeim myrkr ok hafvillur, ok vita þeir ekki, hvar þeir fara, ok var þat hálfan mánuð, at þessi villa helzt.

In spring Thorsteinn prepared his ship. He had a swift ship and twenty-four men. When he came to Jamtaland, he stayed in the harbor for a day, and went on land for relaxation. He came to a clearing. There was a large stone there. A short distance away he saw a dwarf, terribly ugly, bellowing loudly. It seemed to Thorsteinn that his jaw was turned up to his eye, and on the other side his nose was down to his jaw. Thorsteinn asked why he was acting so foolishly.
"You, good man," he said, "don’t wonder. Don’t you see that big eagle flying there. He has taken my son. I expect that it is a plague, sent by Odinn, but I would die if I lose the child."
Thorsteinn shot at the eagle, and hit it under the wing, and it fell down dead. Thorsteinn got hold of the dwarf’s son as he fell, and brought him to his father. The dwarf was very happy, and said: "I owe you a lot for the gift of life to my son, so choose now a reward in gold and silver."
"Take care of your son first," said Thorsteinn,; "I am not accustomed to taking rewards for my strength."
"I would not be any less obliged to you," said the dwarf. "Can’t you consider a gift of my shirt of sheep’s wool. You would never be tired, and never be wounded, if you have it on you."
"Thorsteinn put on the shirt and it fit him well, although he thought that it was too small for the dwarf. The dwarf took a silver ring from his purse and gave it to Thorsteinn and bade him to keep it well, and told him he would never be lacking in treasure, while he had the ring.
Then he took a black stone and gave it to Thorsteinn, - "and if you hide it in the palm of your hand, no one can see you. I do not have anything else that I can give you that would be of use. Only a stone will I give you for your pleasure."
He took a stone out of his purse. A steel point accompanied it. The stone was three cornered. It was white in the middle, but red on the opposite side, and a gold ring around the outside.
The dwarf said: "If you prick the point on the stone, there where it is white, then there will come a hailstorm so great, that no one will dare to face it. But if you want to thaw snow, then you should prick there where the stone is gold, and then sunshine will come, so that everything will melt away. But if you prick there, where it is red, then embers will come from the fire in a shower of sparks that no one can endure. You can also aim at whatever you want with the point and the stone, and it will come back into your hand, when you call it. I can’t now reward you any further."
Thorsteinn thanked him for the gifts. He then went to his men, and they thought that the trip was better taken, than not taken. Next they were given favorable winds, and sailed to the east. Now they were beset with darkness and were lost, and they did not know where they were going. It was a half a month, that they continued to be lost.

Nú sér Þorsteinn þrjá menn ríða vel vápnaða ok svá stóra, at enga menn sá hann fyrr jafnstóra. Sá vár mestr, er í miðit reið, í gullskotnum klæðum á bleikum hesti, en hinir tveir riðu á grám hestum í rauðum skarlatsklæðum.
En er þeir kómu þar gegnt, sem Þorsteinn var, mælti sá, sem fyrir þeim var, ok nam staðar: "Hvat er kvikt í eikinni?"
Þorsteinn gekk þá á veginn fyrir þá ok heilsaði þeim, en þeir ráku upp hlátr mikinn, ok mælti inn mikli maðr: "Sjaldsénir eru oss þvílíkir menn, eða hvert er nafn þitt, eða hvaðan ertu?"
Þorsteinn nefndi sik ok kveðst vera kallaðr bæjarmagn, "en kyn mitt er í Noregi. Er ek hirðmaðr Óláfs konungs."
Inn mikli maðr brosti ok mælti: "Mest er logit frá hirðprýði hans, ef hann hefir engan vaskligri. Þykki mér þú heldr mega heita bæjarbarn en bæjarmagn."
"Lát nokkut fylgja nafnfesti," segir Þorsteinn.
Inn mikli maðr tók fingrgull ok gaf Þorsteini. Þat vá þrjá aura. Þorsteinn mælti: "Hvert er þitt nafn, eða hverrar ættar ertu, eða í hvert land er ek kominn?"
"Goðmundr heiti ek. Ræð er þar fyrir, sem á Glæsisvöllum heitir. Þar þjónar til þat land, er Risaland heitir. Ek er konungsson, en mínir sveinar heitir annarr Fullsterkr, en annarr Allsterkr, eða sáttu enga menn ríða hér um í morgin?"
Þorsteinn mælti: "Hér riðu um tveir menn ok tuttugu ok létu eigi lítinn."
"Þeir eru sveinar mínir," segir Goðmundr. "Þat land liggr hér næst, er Jötunheimar heitir. Þar ræðr sá konungr, er Geirröðr heitir. Undir hann erum vér skattgildir. Faðir minn hét Úlfheðinn trausti. Hann var kallaðr Goðmundr sem allir aðrir, þeir á Glæsisvöllum búa. En faðir minn fór í Geirröðargarða at afhenda konungi skatta sína, ok í þeiri ferð fekk hann bana. Hefir konungr gert mér boð, at ek skyldi drekka erfi eptir föður minn ok taka slíkar nafnbætr sem faðir minn hafði, en þó unum vér illa við at þjóna Jötnum."
"Hví riðu yðrir menn undan?" segir Þorsteinn.
"Mikil á skilr land vort," segir Goðmundr. "Sú heitir Hemra. Hún er svá djúp ok ströng, at hana vaða engir hestar nema þeir, sem vér kumpánar eigum. Skulu hinir ríða fyrir uppsprettu árinnar, ok finnumst vér í kveld."
"Þat mundi skemmtan at fara með yðr," segir Þorsteinn, "ok sjá, hvat þar verðr til tíðenda."
"Eigi veit ek, hversu þat hentar," segir Goðmundr, "því at þú munt kristinn."
"Ek mun mik ábyrgjast," segir Þorsteinn.
"Ekki vilda ek þú hlytir vánt af mér," sagði Goðmundr, "en ef Óláfr konungr vill leggja gæfu á með oss, þá mundi ek framt á treysta, at þú færir."
Þorsteinn segist því heita vilja. Goðmundr biðr hann fara á bak með sér, ok svá gerði hann.
Ríða þeir nú til árinnar. Var þar eitt hús, ok tóku þeir þar önnur klæði ok klæddu sik ok sína hesta. Þau klæði váru þeirar náttúru, at ekki festi vatn á þeim, en vatnit var svá kalt, at þegar hljóp drep í, ef nokkut vöknaði. Riðu þeir nú yfir ána. Hestarnir óðu sterkliga. Hestr Goðmundar rasaði, ok varð Þorsteinn vátr á tánni, ok hljóp þegar drep í. En er þeir kómu af ánni, breiddu þeir niðr klæðin til þerris. Þorsteinn hjó af sér tána, ok fannst þeim mikit um hreysti hans. Ríða þeir nú sinn veg.
Bað Þorsteinn þá eigi fela sik, "því at ek kann at gera þann hulinshjálm, at mik sér engi." Goðmundr segir þat góða kunnáttu.
Kómu þeir nú til borgarinnar, ok kómu menn Goðmundar í móti honum. Riðu þeir nú í borgina. Mátti þar nú heyra alls háttar hljóðfæri, en ekki þótti Þorsteini af setning slegit. Geirröðr konungr kom nú í mót þeim ok fagnaði þeim vel, ok var þeim skipat eitt steinhús eða höll at sofa í ok menn til fengnir at leiða hesta þeira á stall. Var Goðmundr leiddr í konungshöll. Konungr sat í hásæti ok jarl sá hjá honum, er Agði hét. Hann réð fyrir því heraði, er Grundir heita. Þat er á millum Risalands ok Jötunheima. Hann hafði atsetu at Gnípalundi. Hann var fjölkunnigr, ok menn hans váru tröllum líkari en mönnum.
Goðmundr settist á skörina fyrir öndvegit gagnvart konungi. Var sá siðr þeira, at konungsson skyldi ekki í hásæti sitja, fyrr en hann hafði tekit nafnbætr eptir föður sinn ok drukkit væri it fyrsta full. Ríss þar nú upp in vænsta veizla, ok drukku menn glaðir ok kátir ok fóru síðan at sofa. En er Goðmundr kom í hús sitt, sýndi Þorsteinn sik. Hlógu þeir at honum. Goðmundr sagði mönnum sínum, hverr hann var, ok bað þá ekki hafa hann at hlátri. Ok sofa þeir af um nóttina.

Now Thorsteinn saw three well armed men riding, and so huge that he had never seen such large men before. The one who rode in the middle was the largest, in clothes woven through with gold, on a pale horse, and the two others rode on gray horses in red scarlet clothes.
And when they came opposite to where Thorsteinn was, they took places, and the one who was the leader said: "What is moving in the oak."
Thorsteinn then came down before them and greeted them, and there was much laughter, and the largest man said: "It’s seldom that such men come to us. What is your name and where are you from?"
Thorsteinn gave his name and said that he was called House-power, "and my family is in Norway, retainers of King Olaf."
The largest man smiled and said: "It is a great lie about his royal pomp if he has no one braver." It seems to me that you are more a House-child than House-power."
"Give me a naming gift, then," said Thorsteinn.
The biggest man took a gold ring from his finger and gave it to Thorsteinn. It was three aura in weight. Thorsteinn said: "What is your name, and from what background are you, and into what land have I come?"
"Godmund is my name. I rule that place which is called Glaesir Plain. They are a colony of that land that is called Risaland. I am a king’s son, and my squires are called Fullsterk and Allsterk. But did you see any men ride here this morning.?"
Thorsteinn said: "Twenty-two men rode here and did not slow down."
"They are my squires," said Godmund. "That land lies nearby, called Giant-land. A king rules there, who is called Geirrod. We are tributaries under him. My father was called Ulfheidinn the Trustworthy. He was called Godmund, like everyone else who lives in Glaesir Plain. But my father went to Geirrod’s court to deliver his tribute to the king, and died on the journey. The king gave me a request that I should have a funeral feast for my father, and take the rank that my father had. But we are not happy to serve the Giants."
"Why do your men ride ahead?" said Thorsteinn.
"A great river divides our land," said Godmund. "It is called Hemra. It is so deep and strong, that no horses can ford it, except those which we companions ride. Those others have to ride to the source of the river, and we meet in the evening."
"It must be a pleasure to ride with you," said Thorsteinn, "and see what news there will be."
"I don’t know about that," said Godmund. "since you must be a Christian."
"I can be responsible for myself," said Thorsteinn.
"I wouldn’t want you come to harm on my account," said Godmund, "but if King Olaf will give us good luck, then I will trust you to come with us."
"Thorsteinn said he would promise that. Godmund asked him to get behind him, and he did so.
They now rode to the river. There was a house there, and they took other clothes, and dressed themselves and their horses. The clothes were of such a nature that water could not touch them, but the water was so cold that gangrene would set in, if anything got wet. They then forded the river. The horses pushed ahead strongly. Godmund’s horse stumbled, and Thorsteinn got water on his toe, and gangrene then set in. When they came out of the river, they spread out their clothes to dry. Thorsteinn cut off his toe, and they were very impressed with his valor. They then rode on their way.
Thorsteinn asked them not to hide themselves, "because I can make a hiding helmet, so that no one can see me." Godmund said that was good knowledge.
They now came to the town, and Godmund’s men came to meet them. They now rode into the town. They could now hear all kinds of instruments, but Thorsteinn did not think much of the tune. King Geirrod came now toward them and greeted them well, and they were shown a stone house or hall to sleep in and men to lead their horses to the stalls. Godmund was led to the king’s hall. The king sat on the high seat, and his earl next to him, who was called Agdi. He ruled the district that was called Grundir. That is between Risaland and Giant-land. He had his residence at Gnipalundi. He was a sorcerer and his men were more like trolls than men.
Godmund sat on a step before the high seat opposite the king. It was their custom that the king’s son should not sit at the high seat, before he took title from his father and had drunk the first toast. A fine feast got under way, and men drank and were merry and then went to sleep. But when Godmund came to his house, Thorsteinn showed himself again. They laughed at him. Godmund told his men who he was, and told them not to laugh at him. Then they slept the night.

Nú er morginn kom, váru þeir snemma á fótum. Var Goðmundr leiddr til konungs hallar. Konungr fagnaði honum vel. "Viljum vér nú vita," segir konungr, "hvárt þú vilt veita mér slíka hlýðni sem faðir þinn, ok vil ek þá auka þínar nafnbætr. Skaltu þá halda Risalandi ok sverja mér eiða."

Goðmundr svarar: "Ekki er þat lög at krefja svá unga menn til eiða."

"Þat skal vera," sagði konungr.

Síðan tók konungr guðvefjarskikkju ok lagði yfir Goðmund ok gaf honum konungsnafn, tók síðan horn mikit ok drakk til Goðmundi. Hann tók við horninu ok þakkaði konungi. Síðan stóð Goðmundr upp ok sté á stokkinn fyrir sæti konungs ok strengdi þess heit, at hann skal engum konungi þjóna né hlýðni veita, meðan Geirröðr konungr lifði. Konungr þakkaði honum, sagði sér þat þykkja meira vert en þótt hann hefði eiða svarit. Síðan drakk Goðmundr af horninu ok gekk til sætis síns. Váru menn þá glaðir ok kátir.

Tveir menn eru nefndir með Agða jarli. Hét annarr Jökull, en annarr Frosti. Þeir váru öfundsjúkir. Jökull þreif upp uxahnútu ok kastaði í lið Goðmundar. Þorsteinn sá þat ok henti á lopti ok sendi aptr, ok kom á nasir þeim, er Gustr hét, ok brotnaði í honum nefit ok ór honum allar tennrnar, en hann fell í óvit. Geirröðr konungr reiddist ok spurði, hverr berði beinum yfir hans borð. Sagði hann, at reynt skyldi verða, hverr sterkastr væri í steinkastinu, áðr en úti væri.

Síðan kallar konungr til tvá menn, Drött ok Hösvi: "Farið þit ok sækið gullhnött minn ok berið hann hingat."

Þeir fóru ok kómu aptr með eitt selshöfuð, er stóð tíu fjórðunga. Þat var glóanda, svá at sindraði af svá sem ór afli, en fitan draup niðr sem glóanda bik.

Konungr mælti: "Takið nú knöttinn ok kastið hverr at öðrum. Hverr, sem niðr fellir, skal fara útlægr ok missa eignir sínar, en hverr eigi þorir at henda, skal heita níðingr."

Now it is morning, and they got up early. Godmund was led to the king’s hall. The king greeted him well. "Now we would like to know," the king said, "whether you will show me the same homage that your father did, and I will increase your titles. You will keep Risaland if you swear me an oath."
Godmund answered: "It’s not lawful to ask for an oath from a man as young as I am."
"That shall be," said the king.
Then the king took a velvet kirtle and laid it over Godmund, and gave him the title of king, then took a great horn and drank to Godmund. He received the horn, and thanked the king. Then Godmund stood up and stepped on the footboard step before the king’s seat, and vowed solemnly that he would never serve any king, or show him obedience, while king Geirrod lived. The king thanked him, and said that it seemed to him worth more than if he had sworn an oath. Then Godmund drank from the horn, and went to his seat. The men were happy and merry.
Two men were named with Earl Agdi. One was Jokull and the other Frosti. They were envious. Jokull grabbed up an ox-bone and threw it at Godmund’s men. Thorsteinn saw that and grabbed it in flight and sent it back, and it hit Gustur in the face and broke his nose and knocked out all his teeth, and he fell unconscious. King Geirrod was angry, and asked, who threw bones over his table. He said that before it was all over, they would find out who was the strongest in throwing stones.
The the king called to two men, Drott and Hosvi: "Go and get my gold sphere and bring it here."
They went, and returned with a seal’s head, which weighed ten fjordungs. It was glowing and sent out sparks like a forge, with fat dripping down like glowing pitch.
The king said: "Now take the sphere and throw it at each other. Whoever drops it, shall be an outlaw and lose his possessions, and whoever does not dare to participate, shall be called a coward.

Nú kastar Dröttr knettinum at Fullsterk. Hann greip á móti annarri hendi. Þorsteinn sá, at honum varð orkufátt, ok hljóp undir knöttinn. Þeir snöruðu at Frosta, því at kapparnir stóðu fremstir við hvárntveggja bekkinn. Frosti tók mót sterkliga, ok kom svá nær andliti hans, at kinnbeinit rifnaði. Hann kastar knettinum at Allsterk. Hann tók í móti báðum höndum, ok lá við, at hann mundi kikna, áðr Þorsteinn studdi hann. Allsterkr snaraði at Agða jarli, en hann greip móti báðum höndum. Fitan kom í skeggit á honum, ok logaði þat allt, ok var honum til þess annast at afhenda knöttinn ok fleygir at Goðmundi konungi. En Goðmundr snaraði at Geirröði konungi, en hann veik sér undan, ok urðu þeir fyrir Dröttr ok Hösvir, ok fengu þeir bana. En knöttrinn kom á glerglugg einn ok svá út í díki þat, sem grafit var um borgina, ok hljóp upp eldr logandi. Var nú lokit þessu gamni. Tóku menn þá til drykkju. Sagði Agði jarl, at honum hrysi hugr við jafnan, er hann kom í flokk Goðmundar.

Um kveldit gekk Goðmundr at sofa ok hans menn. Þökkuðu þeir Þorsteini hjástöðu, at þeim hefði slysalaust farit. Þorsteinn kvað lítit til reynt, "eða hvat mun til gamans haft á morgin?"

"Konungr mun láta glíma," segir Goðmundr, "ok munu þeir þá hefna sín, því at fjarstætt er um afl várt."

"Konungs gæfa mun styrkja oss," segir Þorsteinn. "Hirðið eigi, þótt þér berizt þangat at, sem ek er fyrir." Sofa þeir af um nóttina.

En at morgni fór hverr til sinnar skemmtunar, en matsveinar at dúka borð. Geirröðr konungr spurði, hvárt menn vildu ekki glíma, en þeir sögðu, at hann skyldi ráða. Síðan afklæðast þeir ok tókust fangbrögðum. Þorsteinn þóttist eigi sét hafa slíkan atgang, því at allt skalf, þá þeir fellu, ok lékst mjök á mönnum Agða jarls.

Frosti gekk nú fram á gólfit ok mælti: "Hverr skal mér á móti?"

"Til mun verða einhverr," sagði Fullsterkr.

Ráðast þeir nú á, ok váru með þeim miklar sviptingar, ok er Frosti miklu sterkari. Berast þeir nú at Goðmundi. Frosti tekr hann upp á bringu sér ok keiktist mjök. Þorsteinn slær fæti sínum á knésbætr honum, ok fell Frosti á bak aptr, en Fullsterkr á hann ofan. Hnakkinn sprakk á Frosta ok olnbogarnir.

Hann stóð seint upp ok mælti: "Ekki eru þér einir at gamninu, eða hví er svá fúlt í flokki yðrum?"

"Skammt á nefit at kenna ór kjaptinum," sagði Fullsterkr.

Jökull stóð þá upp, ok Allsterkr réðst þá í móti honum, ok var þeira atgangr inn harðasti. En þó var Jökull sterkari ok bar hann at bekk, þar sem Þorsteinn var fyrir. Jökull vildi draga Allsterk frá bekknum ok togast við fast, en Þorsteinn helt honum. Jökull tók svá fast, at hann sté í hallargólfit upp at ökkla, en Þorsteinn hratt Allsterk frá sér, ok fell Jökull á bak aptr, ok gekk ór liði á honum fótrinn.

Allsterkr gekk til bekkjar, en Jökull stóð upp seint ok mælti: "Ekki sjáum vér alla þessa, sem á bekknum eru."

Geirröðr segir Goðmundi, hvárt hann vildi ekki glíma. En hann kveðst aldri glímt hafa, en kveðst eigi vildu synjast. Konungr bað Agða jarl hefna manna sinna. Hann kveðst löngu hafa af lagt, en segir konung ráða skyldu. Síðan afklæddust þeir. Eigi þóttist Þorsteinn sét hafa tröllsligri búk en á Agða. Var hann blár sem hel. Goðmundr reis mót honum. Var hann hvítr á skinnslit. Agði jarl hösvaðist at honum ok lagði svá fast krummurnar at síðum hans, at allt gekk niðr at beini, ok bárust þeir víða um höllina. Ok er þeir kómu þar, sem Þorsteinn var, þá brá Goðmundr jarli til sniðglímu ok sneri honum vakrliga. Þorsteinn lagðist niðr fyrir fætr jarli, ok fell hann þá ok stakk niðr nösunum, ok brotnaði í honum þjófsnefit ok fjórar tennr.

Jarl stóð upp ok mælti: "Þung verða gamalla manna föll, ok svá þyngst, at þrír gangi at einum."

Fóru menn þá í klæði sín.

Now Drottur throws the ball at Fullsterk. He grabbed it with one hand. Thorsteinn saw that he was failing in strength, and ran against the ball. They tossed it to Frosti, since the champions stood farthest against each bench. Frosti caught it mightily, and it came so close to his face that his cheek-bone split. He threw the ball at Allsterk. He caught it with both hands but he would have bent backwards, had not Thorsteinn supported him. Allsterk turned quickly toward Earl Agdi and he grabbed it with both hands. Fat spattered his beard, and everything blazed and because of that he hurried to get rid of the ball and tossed it to King Godmund. But Godmund tossed it to King Geirrod. He dodged it, and the ball hit Drottur and Hosvir and killed them both. The ball went through a glass window and out in a ditch, that was dug around the town. Flame flared up. Now this game was over. Then men started to drink. Earl Agdi said that his thoughts always trembled, whenever he came near Godmund’s men.
In the evening, Godmund and his men went to sleep. They thanked Thorsteinn for his assistance, which kept them without mishap. Thorsteinn said it was nothing, "but what entertainment will we have in the morning?"
"The king will have us wrestle," said Godmund, "and they will attempt vengeance, since they are much stronger than we are."
"The king’s luck will strengthen us," said Thorsteinn. "Don’t forget, to let yourself be taken in my direction." Then they went to sleep for the night.
In the morning everyone followed his pleasure, while the servants were laying the table. King Geirrod asked, which men wanted to wrestle, and they said that he should choose. Then they undressed and started wrestling. Thorsteinn thought that he had never seen such an onslaught, so that everyone trembled with fear, when they fell, and Earl Agdi’s men were losing.

Frosti went to the floor and said, "Who will come against me?"
"I expect someone will," said Fullsterk.

"They went at each other and there was a great struggle, and Frosti was much stronger. The fight came near to Godmund. Frosti lifted him up to his chest but had to bend over backward. Thorsteinn struck him with his feet at the back of his knees, so that Frosti fell backwards, and Fullsterk was on top of him. The nape of Frosti’s neck was broken, and also his elbows.

He stood up slowly and said: "You are not alone in this game, and why is it smelling so foul around you?"

"Your nose is too close to your jaw," said Fullsterk.

Then Jokull stood up, and Allsterk went against him, and the onslaught was the hardest yet. Jokull was stronger, and took him toward the bench where Thorsteinn was. Jokull wanted to drag Allsterk from the bench and held fast to him, but Thorsteinn held on to him. Jokull pulled so hard that he sank up to his ankles in the hall floor, but Thorsteinn pushed Allsterk away from him, and Jokull fell on his back, and his foot went out of joint.

Allsterk went to the bench, but then Jokull stood up and said: "We can’t see all the people who are on the bench."

Geirrod asked Godmund if he wanted to wrestle. However, he said that he had never wrestled, but that he would not turn down the offer. The king bade Earl Agdi to avenge his men. He said that he had been away from wrestling for a long time, but that he would do the king’s bidding. Then they undressed. Thorsteinn thought that he had never seen such a troll-like body as Agda. He was deathly blue. Godmund rose against him. His skin was white. Earl Agdi approached him in wrath, and took his side so firmly that everything went down to the bones, and they staggered all around the hall. And when they came there where Thorsteinn was, Godmund started wrestling, and turned him nimbly. Thorsteinn threw himself down before the feet of the earl, and then he fell, and crashed on his nose, and broke his thief’s nose and four teeth.

The earl stood up and said; "Heavy is an old man’s fall, and the heaviest when three go against one."

Then the men dressed.

 Þessu næst fóru þeir konungr til borða. Töluðu þeir Agði jarl um, at þeir mundu einhvern prett við hafa haft, "því at mér býðr ávallt hita, er ek kem í þeira flokk."
"Látum bíða," segir konungr, "sá mun koma, at okkr mun kunngera."
Tóku menn þá at drekka. Þá váru borin inn tvau horn í höllina. Þau átti Agði jarl, gersemar miklar, ok váru kölluð Hvítingar. Þau váru tveggja álna há ok gulli búin.
Konungr lét sitt hornit ganga á hvárn bekk, "ok skal hverr drekka af í einu. Sá, sem því orkar eigi, skal fá byrlaranum eyri silfrs."
Gekk engum af at drekka utan köppunum, en Þorsteinn gat svá til sét, at þeir, sem með Goðmundi váru, varð engi víttr. Drukku menn nú glaðir þat, sem eptir var dagsins, en um kveldit fóru menn at sofa.
Goðmundr þakkaði Þorsteini fyrir góða hjástöðu. Þorsteinn spurði, nær endast mundi veizlan.
"At morgni skulu menn mínir ríða," segir Goðmundr. "Veit ek, at nú lætr konungr allt við hafa. Eru nú sýndar gersemar. Lætr konungr nú bera inn horn sitt it mikla. Þat er kallat Grímr inn góði. Þat er gersemi mikil ok þó galdrafullt ok búit með gull. Mannshöfuð er á stiklinum með holdi ok munni, ok þat mælir við menn ok segir fyrir óorðna hluti ok ef þat veit ófriðar ván. Verðr þat bani vár, ef konungr veit, at kristinn maðr er með oss. Munum vér eigi þurfa at vera fésparir við hann."
Þorsteinn sagði Grím eigi mæla fleira enn Óláfr konungr vildi, "en ek ætla, at Geirröðr sé feigr. Þykki mér ráð, at þér hafið mín ráð heðan af. Skal ek sýna mik á morgin."
En þeir sögðu þat hættu ráð. Þorsteinn sagði, at Geirröðr vildi þá feiga, "eða hvat segir þú mér af Grími inum góða fleira?"
"Þat er frá honum at segja, at meðalmaðr má standa undir bugtinni á honum, en álnar breitt yfir beitina, ok er sá mestr drykkjumaðr í þeira liði, er drekkr beitina, en konungr drekkr af í einu. Hverr maðr á at gefa Grími nokkura gersemi, en sú virðing þykkir honum sér mest ger, at í einu sé af drukkit. En ek veit, at mér ber fyrstum af at drekka, en þat er einskis manns þol at drekka þat í einu."
Þorsteinn mælti: "Þú skalt fara í serk minn, því at þér má þá ekki granda, þó at ólyfjan sé í drykknum. Tak kórónu af höfði þér ok gef Grími inum góða ok seg í eyra honum, at þú skalt gera honum miklu meira heiðr en Geirröðr, ok síðan skaltu láta sem þú drekkir. En eitr mun í horninu, ok skaltu steypa niðr næst þér, ok mun þik ekki saka. En þá er drykkjuskapr er úti, skaltu láta menn þína ríða."
Goðmundr sagði, at hann skuli ráða. "En ef Geirröðr deyr, þá á ek alla Jötunheima, en ef hann lifir lengr, verðr þat bani vár."
Síðan sofa þeir af um nóttina.

Next the king went to the table. Earl Agdi and the others said that there must have been some trick, "because I am always hot when I am around them."
"Let it be," said the king, "someone will come, so that we will be wiser."
They then started to drink. Two horns were carried into the hall. Earl Agdi owned them, very precious, and they were called Hvitingur. They were two yards long, and inlaid with gold.
The king put his horn on each side of the bench, "and each man shall drink it all at once. Anyone who can’t do it, must give the cupbearer an ounce of silver."
No one was able to drink out of the cup, but Thorsteinn saw to it that those, who were with Godmund, were not penalized. The men now drank merrily for the rest of the day, and in the evening, they went to sleep.
Godmund thanked Thorsteinn for his good company. Thorsteinn asked when the feast would be over.
"My men must ride in the morning," said Godmund. "I know the king will want to have everything. The treasures were now shown. The king now has his great drinking horn brought in. It is called Grim the good. That is a great treasure, and full of magic, and inlaid with gold. There is a man’s head on the point, with flesh and a mouth, and it talks to men and tells them of things to come, and if any difficulty will happen. It will be the death of us if the king knows, that there is a Christian man with us. We must not be stingy with him."
Thorsteinn said that Grim would not to say more than King Olaf would want, "but I intend that Geirrod should be doomed to die. It seems advisable that you follow my advice from here on. I will show myself in the morning."
They said that would be a risk. Thorsteinn said that Geirrod wanted them to die, "And what more do you have to say to me about Grim the good."
"It is said about him that an average man can stand in the curve, and it is a yard broad in the opening, and the greatest drinking man of their group can drink in the opening, but the king drinks all at once. Each man has to give Grim some sort of treasure, and but the honor that seems most accomplished to him is to drink the horn in one draught. I know, that I am supposed to be the first to drink, but there is no man alive who can drink it in one draught"
Thorsteinn said: "You should put on my shirt, because then nothing can harm you, even if there is poison in the drink. Take the crown from your head and give it to Grim the Good, and whisper in his ear that you will do him much more honor than Geirrod, and then you must pretend to drink. If there is poison in the horn, then pour it down next to you, so that it does not do you any harm. But when the drinking is over, you should have you men ride away.
Godmund said that he should have his way: "If Geirrod dies, then I own all of Jotunheim, but if he lives longer, then that will be our death."
Then they slept the whole night.

Þenna vetr sat Óláfr konungr í Þrándheimi. Þorsteinn fann konung at jólum ok færði honum gripi þá, sem Goðmundr sendi honum, ok hornin Hvítinga ok marga aðra gripi. Sagði hann konungi frá ferðum sínum ok sýndi honum Goðrúnu. Konungr þakkaði honum, ok lofuðu allir hans hreysti ok þótti mikils um vert. Síðan lét konungr skíra Goðrúnu ok kenna trú. Þorsteinn lék svipuleik um jólin, ok þótti mönnum þat skemmtan mikil. Hvítingar gengu í minnum, ok váru tveir menn um hvárt horn. En ker þat, sem Goðmundr hafði sent konungi, gekk engum af at drekka utan Þorsteini bæjarbarni. Handklæðit brann eigi, þótt því væri í eld kastat, ok var hreinna eptir en áðr.

Þorsteinn talar um við konung, at hann vildi gera brullaup til Goðrúnar, en konungr veitti honum þat, ok var þat sæmilig veizla. Ok ina fyrstu nótt, er þau kómu í eina sæng ok niðr var hleypt fortjaldinu, þá brast upp þilfjöl at höfðum Þorsteins, ok var þar kominn Agði jarl ok ætlaði at drepa hann. En þar laust í móti hita svá miklum, at hann þorði eigi inn at ganga. Sneri hann þá í burtu. Þá kom konungr at ok sló hann með gullbúnu refði í höfuðit, en hann steyptist niðr í jörðina. Helt konungr vörð um nóttina, en um morguninn váru horfin hornin Hvítingar. Gekk veizlan vel fram. Sat Þorsteinn með konungi um vetrinn, ok unnust þau Goðrún vel.

Um várit beiddi Þorsteinn orlofs at sigla í Austrveginn ok finna Goðmund konung. En konungr sagðist þat eigi gera, utan hann lofaði at koma aptr. Þorsteinn hét því. Konungr bað hann halda trú sína vel, - "ok eig meira undir þér en þeim austr þar."

Skildust þeir með kærleikum, ok báðu allir vel fyrir honum, því at Þorsteinn var orðinn vinsæll. Sigldi hann í Austrveg, ok er eigi getit annars en sú ferð færist vel. Kom hann á Glæsisvöllu, ok fagnaði Goðmundr honum vel.

Þorsteinn mælti: "Hvat hafið þér frétt ór Geirröðargörðum?"

"Þangat fór ek," segir Goðmundr, "ok gáfu þeir landit í mitt vald, ok ræðr þar fyrir Heiðrekr úlfhamr, sonr minn."

"Hvar er Agði jarl?" segir Þorsteinn.

"Hann lét gera sér haug, þá þér fóruð," segir Goðmundr, "ok gekk þar í með mikit fé, en þeir Jökull ok Frosti drukknuðu í ánni Hemru, er þeir fóru frá veizlunni, en ek hefi nú vald yfir heraðinu á Grundum."

"Þar er nú mikit undir," segir Þorsteinn, "hverju þú vilt mér af skipta, því at mér þykkir Goðrún eiga arf allan eptir föður sinn, Agða jarl."

"Ef þú vilt vera minn maðr," sagði Goðmundr.

"Þá muntu ekki vanda um trú mína," segir Þorsteinn.

"Þat vil ek," sagði Goðmundr. Sídan fóru þeir til Grunda, ok tók Þorsteinn heraðit undir sik.

That winter King Olaf sat in Thrandheim. Thorsteinn found the king at Christmastime and brought him the treasure that Godmund sent him, and the horn Hviting and many other treasures. He told the king of his journeys and introduced Godrun to him. The king thanked him and praised all his valor and thought much of him. Then he had Godrun baptized and instructed in the Christian faith. Thorsteinn played the "whip game" at Christmas and many thought this was great entertainment. The Hvitings were used in toasts, and there were two men to each horn. But no one could drink from the loving cup that Godmund had sent to the king, other than Thorsteinn House-child. The handkerchief would not burn, even though it was thrown in the fire, and was cleaner afterward than previously.
Thorsteinn spoke to the king, that he would like to marry Godrun, and the king granted this, and there was a splendid feast. And the first night, when they got into one bed, the curtain crashed down, and the paneling over Thorsteinn’s head burst, and Earl Agdi appeared there, intent on killing him. But there was such a blast of hot air against him, that he did not dare to go in. He then turned away. Then the king came and hit him with a gold-ornamented staff in the head, so that he was hammered right into the ground. The king continued this all night, and in the morning the Hviting horns had vanished. The feast continued very well. Thorsteinn stayed with the king for the winter, and he and Godrun loved each other very much.
In the spring, Thorsteinn asked permission to sail toward the east, to find King Godmund. But the king said that he could not do this, unless he promised to return. Thorsteinn made this promise. The king bade him to keep his faith well, - "and trust yourself more than the Easterners there."
They parted in friendship, and everyone wished him well,, since Thorsteinn had become very well liked. He sailed toward the east, and there is no news other than that his voyage went well. He came to Glaesisvoll, and Godmund received him well.
Thorsteinn said: "what news do you have of Geirrodgard?"
"I went there," said Godmund, "and they gave the land over to my rule, and my son Heidrik Wolf-skin is ruling there."
"Where is Earl Agdi?" said Thorsteinn.
"He had a burial mound built for him, after you left," said Godmund, "and went there with much wealth. Jokull and Frosti were drowned in the Hemra River, when they returned from the feast, and I now have power over the Grundir district."
"A lot depends now," said Thorsteinn, "on how much you will divide with me, since it seems to me that Godrun owns all the inheritance from her father, Earl Agdi."
"If you will be my man," said Godmund.
"Then you won’t find fault with my faith," said Thorsteinn.
"That I will do," said Godmund. Then they went to Grundir, and Thorsteinn took the district under his rule.

Þorsteinn reisti bú at Gnípalundi, því at Agði jarl hafði gengit aptr ok eytt bæinn. Gerðist Þorsteinn höfðingi mikill. Goðrún fæddi sveinbarn mikit litlu síðar, ok hét Brynjólfr. Ekki var traust, at Agði jarl glettist eigi við Þorstein. Eina nótt gekk Þorsteinn af sæng sinni ok sá, hvar at Agði fór. Hann þorði hvergi inn í hliðin, því at kross var fyrir hverjum dyrum. Þorsteinn gekk til haugsins. Hann var opinn, ok gekk hann inn ok tók burt hornin Hvítinga. Þá kom Agði jarl í hauginn, en Þorsteinn hljóp út hjá honum ok setti kross í dyrrnar, ok laukst aptr haugrinn, ok hefir ekki orðit vart við Agða síðan.
Um sumarit eptir fór Þorsteinn til Noregs ok færði Óláfi konungi hornin Hvítinga. Síðan fekk hann orlof ok sigldi til eigna sinna. Bauð konungr honum halda vel trú sína. Höfum vér eigi frétt síðan til Þorsteins. En þá Óláfr konungr hvarf af Orminum langa, hurfu hornin Hvítingar.
Lúkum vér þar þætti Þorsteins bæjarbarns.

Thorsteinn rebuilt the house at Gnipalundi, as Earl Agdi had returned and destroyed the house. Thorsteinn became a great chieftain. Godrun gave birth to a big boy a little later, and he was called Brynjolf. There was no protection from Earl Agdi playing tricks on Thorsteinn. One night Thorsteinn got out of his bed and saw where Agdi was going. He did not dare to go in the gate, because there was a cross before each door. Thorsteinn went to the burial mound. It was open, and he went in and took away the Hviting horns. Then Earl Agdi came to the mound, but Thorsteinn ran up beside him and put a cross in the door, and the mound closed up behind him, and there has been no word of Agdi since then.
The following summer Thorsteinn traveled to Norway, and brought the Hviting horns to King Olaf. Then he got permission to sail to his own possessions. The king bade him keep his faith well. We have no news of Thorsteinn since then. And when King Olaf disappeared from the Long Serpent, the Hviting horns vanished.
Here we end the story of Thorsteinn House-power.