Halfdan White-leg, King of Oppland, Norwaywas an ancester of Gudrid

There was a warrior king named Oleif who was called Oleif the White. He was the son of King Ingjald, who was the son of Helgi, who was son of Olaf, who was son of Gudrod, who was son of Halfdan White-leg, king of the people of Oppland. (Norway, Lillihammer area)

Oleif went on Viking expeditions around Britain, conquering the shire of Dublin, over which he declared himself king. As his wife he took Aud the Deep-minded, the daughter of Ketil Flat-nose, son of Bjorn Buna, an excellent man from Norway. Their son was named Thorstein the Red.

After Oleif was killed in battle in Ireland, Aud and Thorstein went to the Hebrides. There Thorstein married Thurid, the daughter of Eyvind the Easterner and sister of Helgi the Lean. They had a large number of children. Thorstein became a warrior king, throwing in his lot with Earl Sigurd the Powerful, the son of Eystein Glumra. They conquered Caithness and Sutherland, Ross and Moray, and more than half of Scotland. Thorstein became king there until the Scots betrayed him and he was killed in Battle.

Aud was at Caithness when she learned of the death of Thorstein. She had a knorr built secretly in the forest and, when it was finished, set out for the Orkneys. There she arranged the marriage of Groa, Thorstein the Red's daughter. Groa was the mother of Grelod, who was married to Earl Thorfinn the Skull-splitter. After this Aud set out for Iceland

On her ship she had a crew of twenty freeborn men. Aud reached Iceland and spent the first winter in Bjarnarhofn with her brother Bjorn.
Afterwards Aud claimed all the land in the Dales between the Dagverdara and Skraumuhlaupsa rivers and settled at Hvamm. She used to pray on the Krossholar hill, where she had crosses erected, for she was baptized and a
devout Christian.

Accompanying her on her journey to Iceland were many men of good family who had been taken prisoner by Vikings raiding around Britain and were called bondsmen. One of them was named Vifil.3 He was a man of very good family who had been taken prisoner in Britain and was called a bondsman until Aud gave him his freedom. When Aud gave her crew farm sites, Vifil asked her why she had not given him one like the others. Aud replied that it made no difference {whether he owned land or not} he would be considered just as fine a man wherever he was. Aud gave him Vifilsdal and he settled there. He had a wife and two sons, Thorgeir4 and Thorbjorn5. They were promising men and grew up with their father.