Landnámabók Reference

There was a famous man called Thord, the son of Bjorn Butter-Box, son of Hroald Spine, son of Bjorn Ironside, son of Ragnar Hairy-Breeks. Thord went to Iceland, took possession of Hofdastrand in Skagafjord, between Unadale and Hrolleifsdale Rivers, and made his home at Hofdi. He married Thorgerd, daughter of Thorir Slouch and Fridgerd, daughter of King Kjarval of Ireland. They had nineteen children. Their son Bjorn married Thurid, daughter of Ref of Bard. The children of Bjorn and Thurid were Arnor Hag-Nose and Thordis, mother of Orm, father of Thordis, mother of Botolf, father of Thordis, mother of Helga, mother of Gudny, mother of the Sturlusons. Thord had another son called Thorgeir, who married Rjupa, daughter of Arnald and their son was Halldor of Hof. Thord had a third son called Snorri, who married Thorhild the Ptarmigan, daughter of Thord Gellir, and their son was Thord Horse-Head. A fourth son was called Thorvald Hollow-Throat. One autumn he came to Smidkel at Thorvardsstead and stayed there for a while. Then he travelled up to Surt's Cave and declaimed a poem there that he'd composed about the giant living in the cave. Afterwards he married Smidkel's daughter, and their daughter was Jorunn, mother of Thorbrand of Skarfsness.


- The Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), Chapter 208 (Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards translation)