THE SCENE: After killing Rannveig’s son, Gizur has the audacity to ask her for permission to bury the dead on her land. Rannveig’s response is one for the ages.
THE TEXT: Gizur said: ‘A great chieftain have we laid low now, and it has cost us dear, and his defence will be remembered as long as men live in this land!’
Thereupon he went to Rannveig and asked: ‘Will you grant us a plot of earth so that we may bury two of our men who have died here?’
‘Gladly for the two, and more gladly would I for all of you!’ she answered.
– Njal’s Saga, 13th Century AD
