guðrún smiles @ helgi harðbeinsson, right after killed third husband bolli.
guðrún encounters ghost after fourth , last husband Þorkell eyjólfsson drowned @ sea.
guðrún goads brothers attacking kjartan , start laying plans waylay him. guðrún asks bolli go along them. bolli refuses, reminding guðrún olaf peacock had brought him kindly , kjartan kinsman. guðrún tells him divorce him if not go , relents.
guðrún s brothers find kjartan 1 companion , attack him while bolli stands aside. seeing that, despite superior numbers, cannot overpower kjartan, urge bolli join them, pointing out there dire consequences of them if kjartan escapes. bolli draws sword , turns toward kjartan. seeing kinsman attack him, kjartan throws away weapon , bolli deals him death blow. filled regret, bolli holds kjartan in arms while dies.
kjartan s killers prosecuted @ local assembly , guðrún s brothers exiled iceland. out of affection bolli, olaf peacock asks him pay fine rather outlawed. kjartan s brothers outraged father s lenience , find difficult live in same district bolli.
olaf dies 3 years after kjartan s death. widow, Þorgerðr, starts inciting sons avenge brother. reminds them of great ancestors , says grandfather egill not have failed avenge man kjartan. unable resist mother s taunts, brothers start planning attack. riding out party of ten, including mother, find bolli , guðrún in shieling. man named helgi harðbeinsson deals bolli heavy blow spear , 1 of kjartan s brothers severs head. helgi wipes spear clean on guðrún s shawl , guðrún smiles. helgi remarks own death lies under end of shawl .
guðrún gives birth son , names him bolli dead father. when bolli 12 years old, guðrún shows him , older brother bloody garments father wearing when killed , own bloody shawl. start planning vengeance , time later bolli, wielding father s sword, kills helgi. cycle of killing , vengeance peters out , bolli , brother make peace kjartan s brothers.
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