348 OCCUPATIONS AND SPORTS OF MEN. 



" Ulf was son of Bjalfi and Hallbera, daughter of Ulf 

 Uargi ; she was the sister of Hallbjorn Half-Troll in Hrafnista, 

 the father of Ketil Hoeng. He vras so tall and strong that 

 his like was not found in the land at that time ; when 

 he was young he went on Viking expeditions. Berdlu- 

 Kari, high-born, berserk, of great strength and boldness, 

 was with him. He and ULf had one money-bag together, 

 and the most intimate friendship existed between them. 

 When they returned from their expedition Kari went to his 

 boar at Berdla ; he was very wealthy and had three children, 

 Eyvind Lambi, Olvir Him fa, and a daughter Salbjorg. She 

 was one of the fairest of women and very accomplished. Ulf 

 married her, and went to his beer ; he was rich both in. 

 lands and movables. He took the rights of a lendr man, as 

 his forefathers had done, and became a powerful man. It 

 is said that he was a great husbandman. It was his custom 

 to rise early in the morning and overlook the work of 

 the men or of his smiths, and see over his cattle and fields, 

 and sometimes to give advice to those who needed it. His 



Fig. 1320. Blacksmith's pincers of iron, found with an urn containing burnt 

 bones, a hammer of iron, 29 small glass beads, &c. ^ real size. Sk&ggesta, 

 Soderm.inland, Sweden. 



counsel was good in everything, for he was very wise ; but 

 every evening he became so peevish that few men could speak 

 to him, and he was then fond of sleep. It was believed that 

 he was a great shape-changer (hamramm = shape-strong), and 

 he was called Kveldulf (evening wolf). Kveldulf had two sons 

 by his wife, the older named Thorolf, and the younger Grim. 

 When they grew up they were both tall and strong like their 

 father. Thorolf was very handsome and accomplished ; like 

 his mother's kin, very cheerful and a liberal man in every- 

 thing, and a great trader ; he was beloved by all ; Grim was 

 swarthy and ugly, like his father, both in looks and character. 

 He became a great man of business, and was skilled in work- 

 ing wood and iron and became a great smith. In winter he 

 often went herring fishing with a lagnar skuta (fishing sloop), 

 and many servants with him " (Egil's Saga, c. 29). 1 



Several finds have been discovered which evidently be- 

 longed to a blacksmith. At Thiele, Viborg, Jutland, was 



1 Cf. also St. Olaf's Saga, c. 234. 



