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We learn of the Norwegian man Hallfreðr who becomes one of the original settlers of Iceland, arriving on the east coast around the year 900 with his teenage son Hrafnkell, a promising young man.

Hrafnkell has ambition and soon – with the permission of his father – establishes his own settlement.

He selects an uninhabited valley for his farm and names it Aðalból ( Noble home ).

The valley subsequently receives the name Hrafnkelsdalr ( Hrafnkell's valley ).