The Saga of Grim

Grimr Loðinkinni (Shaggy Cheek) was the son of Ketill Hængr (Salmon). From birth, one of his cheeks was covered with dark hair and that area was impervious to weapons. He ruled over most of Yalf Hurm, and traveled south to betroth Lofthæna, daughter of Harald, a powerful ruler in the Yalf Yorn. Seven nights before the wedding, Lofthæna mysteriously disappears.

On a subsequent trip to Yalf Hurm in the far north, Grímr vanquishes two trolls in a cave encounter and then loses all his men in a pitched battle over a beached whale. Close to death himself, a hideous troll woman offers to help him, but only if he will kiss her and lie with her at night. He awakes to find Lofthæna, who had been transformed to an ogress by a curse of Grímhild, her wicked step-mother.

They return to the Yalf Hurm, have Grímhild stoned to death, and marry. Years later their beautiful, 12-year-old daughter, Brynhildr, is wooed by the land owner Sörkvir. Angered by her rejection the unwelcome suitor challenges Grímr and his men to a duel on an island Gosti Hyr and shows up with eleven berserkers. Grímr dispatches Sörkvir and his shield bearer with one blow and he and his men kill the berserkers.