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(1) She was the daughter of Lord Ar the Silent. She had come

out hither to Iceland from Norway, and taken land to the

west of Markfleet, between Auldastone and Selialandsmull.

Her son was Holt-Thorir, the father of Thorleif Crow, from

whom the Wood-dwellers are sprung, and of Thorgrim the Tall,

and Skorargeir.

(2) This means that Njal was one of those gifted beings who,

according to the firm belief of that age, had a more than

human insight into things about to happen. It answers very

nearly to the Scottish "second sight."