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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
264
THE
MARVELS
AT
FRODA
{273}
During
that
summer
in
which
Christianity
was
adopted
by
law
in
Iceland
(1000
A.D.),
it
happened
that
a
ship
came
to
land
at
Snowfell
Ness.
It
was
a
Dublin
vessel,
manned
by
Irish
and
Hebrideans,
with
few
Norsemen
on
board.
They
lay
there
for
a
long
time
during
the
summer,
waiting
for
a
favourable
wind
to
sail
into
the
firth,
and
many
people
from
the
Ness
went
down
to
trade
with
them.
There
was
on
board
a
Hebridean
woman
named
Thorgunna,
of
whom
her
shipmates
said
that
she
owned
some
costly
things,
the
like
of
which
would
be
difficult
to
find
in
Iceland.
When
Thurid,
the
housewife
at
Froda,
heard
of
this
she
was
very
curious
to
see
the
articles,
for
she
was
a
woman
that
was
fond
of
show
and
finery.
She
went
to
the
ship
and
asked
Thorgunna
whether
she
had
any
woman's
apparel
that
was
finer
than
the
common.
Thorgunna
said
that
she
had
nothing
of
the
kind
to
sell,
but
had
some
good
things
of
her
own,
that
she
might
not
be
affronted
at
feasts
or
other
gatherings.
Thurid
begged
a
sight
of
these,
and
Thorgunna
showed
her
treasures.
Thurid
was
much
pleased
with
them,
and
thought
them
very
becoming,
though
not
of
high
value.
She
offered
to
buy
them,
but
Thorgunna
would
not
sell.
Thurid
then
invited
her
to
come
and
stay
with
her,
because
she
knew
that
Thorgunna
was
well
provided,
and
thought
that
she
would
get
the
things
from
her
in
course
of
time.
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