Thrym sat on a mound,
The Lord of Thursar,
Braiding gold bands
For his grey hounds,[[483]]
And cutting even the manes
Of his horses.”
(Thrymskvida, 6.)
Thorleif the wise was a chief who would not accept Christianity, and Ólaf Tryggvason sent the poet Hallfred to him on this account.
“Thorleif was wont, as was often the custom of men in ancient times, to sit on a mound not far from the bœr, and there he was when Hallfred came” (Fornmanna Sögur).
“Thorgnýr Jarl had much loved his queen, and her mound was near the burgh. The jarl sat there often at good meals, or when he held councils, or had games played before him” (Göngu Hrólf’s Saga, c. 5).