Norse · The Laxdaela Saga · 1 of 77
Of Ketill Flatnose and his Descendants
tr. Muriel A. C. Press (1899)
9th Century A.D.
TZETILL FLATNOSE was the name of Ketill’s a man. He was the son of Bjorn the Un- ^am^y gartered. Ketill was a mighty and high-born chieftain (hersir) in Norway. He abode in Raumsdale, within the folkland of the Raumsdale people, which lies between Southmere and Northmere. Ketill Flatnose had for wife Yngvild, daughter of Ketill Wether, who was a man of exceeding great worth. They had five children ; one was named Bjorn the Eastman, and another Helgi Bjolan. Thorunn the Horned was the name of one of Ketill’s daughters, who was the wife of Helgi the Lean, son of Eyvind Eastman, and Rafarta, daughter of Kjarval, the Irish king. Unn “the Deepminded ” was another of Ketill’s daughters, and was the wife of Olaf the White, son of Ingjald, who was son of Frodi the Valiant, who was slain by the Svertlings. Jorunn, “ Men’s Witbreaker,” was the name of yet another of Ketill’s
The ty- daughters. She was the mother of Ketill the ranny of Finn, who settled on land at Kirkby. His son Harald was -^s4orn> ^at^er of Thorstein, father of Surt, the father of Sighat the Speaker-at-Law.