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Chapter 57 ***ATH

OF STARKAD AND HIS SONS.

There was a man named Starkad; he was a son of Bork the Waxy- toothed-blade, the son of Thorkell Clubfoot, who took the land round about Threecorner as the first settler. His wife's name was Hallbera (1). The sons of Starkad and Hallbera were these: Thorgeir and Bork and Thorkell. Hildigunna the Leech was their sister.

They were very proud men in temper, hard-hearted and unkind. They treated men wrongfully.

ENDNOTES (1) She was daughter of Hroald the Red and Hildigunna Thorstein Titling's daughter. The mother of Hildigunna was Aud Eyvind Karf's daughter, the sister of Modolf the Wise of Mosfell, from whom the Modylfings are sprung.

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Starkaður hét maður. Hann var sonur Barkar blátannarskeggs Þorkelssonar bundinfóta er land nam umhverfis Þríhyrning. Hann var kvongaður maður og hét kona hans Hallbera. Hún var dóttir Hróalds hins rauða og Hildigunnar dóttur Þorsteins tittlings. Móðir Hildigunnar var Auður dóttir Eyvindar karpa, systir Móðólfs hins spaka frá Mosfelli er Móðylfingar eru frá komnir. Synir þeirra Starkaðar og Hallberu voru þeir Þorgeir og Börkur og Þorkell. Hildigunnur læknir var systir þeirra. Þeir voru ofsamenn miklir í skapi, hraðlyndir og ódælir. Þeir sátu yfir hlut manna.