Ólafr Hrólfsson was a gœðingr of earl Páll, and owned Gareksey (Gairsey) in Orkney, and another bú in Dungalsbœr á Katanesi. He was a most masterful man, _mesta afarmenni_, and his wife, Ásleif, was wise and of great family, _vitr ok ættstór_, and most imperious, _ok hin mesta fyrir sér_. In 1135, Ólafr had a great suite, _sveit mikla_, á Katanesi, which included his sons Sveinn and Gunni, and Ásbjörn and Murgaðr, sons of his friend Grímr of Svíney. His wife also lived in Caithness at this time. Their children were Valþjófr (an English name), Sveinn, Gunni, all well-bred men, _vel-menntir_, and a daughter, Ingigerðr. Ólafr had a brother Helgi, who lived Þingvöllr in Hrossey, now Tingwall in Mainland of Orkney, where the þing was held. Sveinn Ólafsson, after his father’s burning, was called Ásleifarson, after his mother. He married Ingirið Þorkelsdóttir, a kinswoman of earl Haraldr Maddaðarson, and the widow of Andrés of Suðreyjar or Man. Their children were, Ólafr, and Andrés, who married bishop Biarni’s sister, Fríða, and was the father of Gunni, whose son, Andreas, was in Iceland in 1235 (SS). Sveinn was a wise man and prophetic, _forspár_, about many things, unfair and reckless, _újafnaðarmaðr ok úfyrirleitinn_. When drinking with his karlar he took to speaking, _hann tók til orða_, and rubbed his nose, _ok gneri nefit_, and remarked, “it is my thought” about so and so, and then mentioned his foreboding, _hugboð_. As an illustration of Svein’s masterful unfairness may be mentioned his expedition against Holdboði. He asked the earl for _lið_, assistance, and got five ships, of which the captains were Þorbjörn klerkr (a grandson of Frakök and a brother-in-law of Sveinn), Hafliði son Þorkels flettis, Dufnjáll son Hávarðs Gunnasonar, Ríkgarðr (Richard) Þorleifsson and Sveinn himself. However, Holdboði judiciously fled, but they slew many men in Suðreyjar and plundered wide and burnt and got much booty, _fé_. On their return, when they were to share their _herfang_, war spoil, Sveinn said that they should all share equally except himself, who should have a chief’s share, _höfðingja-hlutr_, because, he said, he alone had led them, and the earl had given them to him for help, _til liðs_, and he alone had a quarrel with the Suðreyingar, and they none. Þorbjörn thought that he had worked as much and had been as much a leader, _fyrirmaðr_, as Sveinn. They also wished all the ship-captains, _skipstjórnar-menn_, to have equal shares, _jafnir hlutir_. But Sveinn would have his own way, _vildi þó ráða_, and he had more men in the Nes than they had. Þorbjörn complained to earl Rögnvaldr about Sveinn robbing them of their shares, _göra hlut ræningja_. The earl said it was not the only time that Sveinn was an unfair man, _engi jafnaðarmaðr_, and the day of retribution would come for his wrong-doing, _ranglæti_. Although the earl made good what Sveinn had cheated him of, Þorbjörn declared himself divorced from Svein’s sister.