Grímshóll
It is mentioned regarding the Northerners (men from the North of Iceland) that when they went south to the fishing stations, a gap occurred in their group near Grímshóll on the Stapi. One of them was rather solitary and clumsy; he lagged behind near the hill and vanished there from his companions.
But when he had become alone, a man came to him and asked him to row [fish] with him. The Northerner was glad for the offer and went with the stranger, and rowed with him during the fishing season.
But at the end, when the Northerners went home, they found him in the same place on their path as where they had parted with him before. He was there with his travel gear, and had not unpacked it; for he had not provided anything for himself during the season. His countrymen now made no small mockery of him, that he should have sat there the whole season, and asked where he had been. He said he had rowed, just like them, and, perhaps, had not caught less than any other.
He then takes out a sea-mitten full of money and says that there is his share. They were struck with great envy when they saw that, and the catch appeared not at all small.
They then all went north. The man rowed south for many seasons after this, and it always went the same way as the first time. But he never told clearly where he was, and men knew only this one thing about him, which all saw: that he rowed somewhere there where he fished well.
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Original text
(Eptir handriti Guðmundar í Gegnishólum)
Þess er getið um Norðlínga að þá er þeir fóru suður í verið, gjörði bil á þá nálægt Grímshóli á Stapanum. Einn þeirra var heldur hjárænulegur og drógst hann aptur úr hjá hólnum og hvarf þar fèlögum sínum. En er hann var einn orðinn, kom maður að honum og bað hann að róa hjá sèr. Norðlíngurinn varð feginn boðinu og fór með hinum ókunna manni, og reri hjá honum um vertíðina.
En um lokin, þegar Norðlendíngar fóru heim, fundu þeir hann í sama stað á leið sinni og þeir skildu áður við hann. Var hann þar þá með færur sínar, og hafði ekki leyst þær upp; því ekki hafði hann lagt sèr neitt til um vertíðina. Landar hans gjörðu nú heldur enn ekki gys að honum, að hann skyldi hafa setið þarna alla vertíðina, og spurðu, hvar hann hefði verið. Hann sagðist hafa róið, eins og þeir, og, ef til vill, ekki hafa aflað minna en hver annar.
Tekur hann þá upp sjóvetlíng fullan af peníngum og segir að þarna sè hluturinn sinn. Blæddi þeim þá mjög í augum er þeir sjá það, og sýndist aflinn ei alllítill. Fóru þeir síðan allir norður. Maðurinn reri suður margar vertíðir eptir þetta, og fór æ á sömu leið og í fyrsta skipti. En aldrei sagði hann neitt greinilega frá, hvar hann var, og vissu menn það eitt um hann, er allir sáu, að hann reri einhverstaðar þar, sem hann aflaði vel.
