Helgi Hin Magri, p* 107: Thdrir
Snepill, a fon o f Joruns, daughter of
the Lagman Thorgnys, p. 1 1 7 ; and
Gardarfuafarfon. Befides thefe. Are
Frode mentions one o f the name o f
Olafr, who was o f the fame family as
king Harold ; another of the name of
Hrollangur, brother o f Rolfs firft duke
o f Normandy, who drew his origin
from the Swedifli king Gore, grand^
father of Gylfe.
Torfasus mentions one Bodvar, a
Swede, who fettled in Iceland, and
was defeeiidant o f the princefs Goja,
fifter of Go re : Floke, who gave to
the iiland its prefent name o f Iceland,
was defcended from the fame family.
Dalin, in his preface to the firft volume
o f his Swedifh hiftory, likewife
mentions, out of Peringileold and
Biorner, the following : Snobjorn,
Biorn Oftrane, Grim, Orm Wedorin,
Biorn, and Grimkill, with their mother
Helga, daughter o f Harold, Bar-
der Saefallfas, Barder Wiking, Brimle,
Hielm, Gote, Skolder Svenllie, Gla-
mer, Wafur Helge, and Slattubjorn.
As
As often as a new colony Arrived
there, the principal perfon in the
company appropriated to himfelf as
large a part of the country as he was
able to occupy, and gave up as much
of it as he thought fit to his companions,
whofe chief he was, bearing the
title o f Godi. But in a period when
robberies and violence, by fea and
land, were confidered as valour and
merit, peace could not long fubfift
between the neighbouring leaders.
There are every where inftances to be
met with in the Icelandic Sagas of
battles between the new and original
fettlers* To nrevent thefe conflicis in X
future, a peribn was chofeii in the
year 928, with the title of Lang-
faugnmadur, and great power and
dignity conferred upon him. This
man was the fpeaker in all their public
deliberations, pronounced fentenGe
in difficult and intricate cafes, decided
all difputes, and publiflied new laws
after they had been received and ap-*
proved of by the people at large ; but
he had no power to make laws without
the approbation and confent of the
E 2 reft«