Queen Aud* of Dublin came out to her brother Bjorn in Bjarnar-hofn, and stayed with him only a winter. Then, being as her surname showed, “the deeply wealthy,”f and consequently followed by too large a meinie to live upon mere hospitality, she went forth to find a home of her own. She sailed round Thorsnes and came to a cape in Middlefellstrand—the promontory that stands out into Breidifjord, and there she landed and took breakfast—and the place is called Breakfast-ness (Dogurdarnes) to this day. Then she entered Hvammsfjord—and lost her comb while staying awhile on that shore which is therefore still called Kambs-nes. Finally her high-seat pillars were found cast up at the head of the fjord, and she abode there at first by the sea—afterwards building a house a little way up the valley. Hvamm is a valley like our Borrowdale in picturesque character, except that the crags, when you come to look at them in detail, are much grander and more massive; with a goodly river coming down from the mountains in cascades as fine as the Handeck of the Alps, and after some miles of broken fall through ravines, spreading out between sloping fields and winding seaward; but—as Derwent-water continues Borrowdale, the fjord carries on the valley, here completely land-locked and shut in by the snow capped peaks of Hordadal. The aspect of the valley is toward the east of south—its climate mild and situation sheltered. Nowhere is the vegetation richer in varied ferns and flowers; every gill and cranny is as full of interest as the nooks of our Lakeland. In ancient times the place was richly wooded—and now again the efforts of the present holder, who has planted largely, seem likely to be rewarded before long by the reafforesting of the mountain sides. It was in this pleasant place—strangely different from the general idea of Icelandic bleakness—that the Queen of Dublin settled, and spent her latest years. She married off her grand-daughters, and at last, when her youngest grandchild, Olaf Feilan, came of age, made him a great wedding feast, and invited her brethren Bjorn and Helgi with all the countryside. This was early in the tenth century ; Aud had been widowed thirty years before : and Laxdasla says “ Old age was coming fast upon her, so that she rose at mid-day and laid her down early. No man might come asking her questions between the time when she went to sleep in the evening and when she was dressed : and if anyone asked how she did she answered sharply. This day she slept longer than usual, but got afoot before the guests came, and went to meet them and made them welcome, saying that they had shown her great love in making that long journey. Then she led them into the hall, and when they were all set down to a great feast, said ‘ Brother Bjorn, and Helgi, and all kinsmen and friends, this house and all you see in it I now give over to Olaf, my grandson, to hold and to enjoy.’ After that stood she up and said she must go to her chamber where she slept, but bade every man enjoy himself and the ale. She had been tall and strong, and now, as she walked with a firm and quick step forth of the hall, everyone said what a fine old lady she was. Next *Audr means “treasure”—pronounced by the Modern Icelanders something- like Urth, with the flat th, or dh. Her other name Unn—usually translated “sea” should rather be connected with unna, to love: a pretty name for old Kettle Flatnose to give her. f or “ Deep-minded ” 1 32

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