Word: hallgertha
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...central figures of the Saga are Njal and Gunnar, and the chief actions take place at or near their farmsteads situated within a few hours' ride of each other. Hrut and Hauskuld are brothers. Hauskuld's daughter, Hallgertha, "she with the thief's eyes" causes much of the trouble that follows. Hrut at his brother's suggestion marries Unna, daughter of Mord, a famous lawyer, but Hrut's mother lays a spell on him that thwarts his marital happiness...
...Hallgertha after the death of two husbands marries Mord's nephew Gunnar, "best of fighters, most courteous of men, sturdy in everything, generous, firm in friendship." His brother Kolskegg was a good fellow and a resolute...
Njal was fair of aspect and beardless, and so great a lawyer that his equal could not be found. Njal and Gunnar used in alternate years to entertain each other for friendship's sake. On such an occasion Hallgertha taunts Njal as being beardless, but Gunnar and Njal refuse to quarrel. Again Hallgertha makes a shameless jest on Njal, but the sturdy men remain true in their friendship...
...take out her provisions Hallgertha sends a servant to steal from a neighbor, and when questioned by her husband replies it is not for men to concern themselves about the cooking. Gunnar strikes her and she says she'll not forget the blow. Gunnar is warned not to kill twice in the same lineage, but his cousin Mord treacherously causes him to kill the son of a father whom he has already killed. Gunnar is outlawed and refusing to leave Iceland is killed. His wife remembering the blow on the cheek refuses to help him. Kolskegg became captain...
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