Visbur

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Vísburr tók arf eptir Vanlanda föður sinn; hann gékk at eiga dóttur Auða hins auðga ok gaf henni at mundi þrjá stórbœi ok gullmen. Þau áttu 2 sonu, Gisl ok Öndur. En Vísburr lét hana eina ok fékk annarrar konu; en hon fór til föður síns með sonu sína. Vísbur átti son er Dómaldi hét; stjúpmóðir Dómalda lét síða at honum úgæfu. En er synir Vísburs váru 12 vetra ok 13, fóru þeir á fund hans ok heimtu mund móður sinnar, en hann vildi eigi gjalda. Þá mæltu þeir, at gullmenit skyldi verða at bana hinum bezta manni í ætt hans, ok fóru í brott ok heim. Þá var enn fengit at seið ok siðit til þess, at þeir skyldu mega drepa föður sinn. Þá sagði Huldr völva þeim, at hon mundi svá síða, ok þat með, at ættvíg skyldu ávalt vera í ætt þeirra Ynglinga síðan. Þeir játtu því. Eptir þat sömnuðu þeir liði, ok kómu at Vísbur um nótt á úvart ok brendu hann inni.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heimskringla.no/original/heimskringla/ynglingasaga.php |title=Ynglinga saga at Norrøne Tekster og Kvad |access-date=2006-11-03 |archive-date=2005-12-31 |archive-url=http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20051231070651/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/heimskringla/ynglingasaga.php |url-status=dead }}

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Visbur succeeded his father Vanlande. He married the daughter of

Aude the Rich, and gave her as her bride-gift three large farms,

and a gold ornament. They had two sons, Gisle and Ond; but

Visbur left her and took another wife, whereupon she went home to

her father with her two sons. Visbur had a son who was called

Domald, and his stepmother used witchcraft to give him ill-luck.

Now, when Visbur's sons were the one twelve and the other

thirteen years of age, they went to their father's place, and

desired to have their mother's dower; but he would not deliver it

to them. Then they said that the gold ornament should be the

death of the best man in all his race, and they returned home.

Then they began again with enchantments and witchcraft, to try if

they could destroy their father. The sorceress Huld said that by

witchcraft she could bring it about by this means, that a

murderer of his own kin should never be wanting in the Yngling

race; and they agreed to have it so. Thereafter they collected

men, came unexpectedly in the night on Visbur, and burned him in

his house.[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/02ynglga.htm Laing's translation at the Internet Sacred Text Archive][http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_03.php Laing's translation at Northvegr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312204129/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_03.php |date=2007-03-12 }}

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:vilja byrgi

:sævar niðr

:svelga knátti,

:þá er meinþjóf

:markar öttu

:setrs verjendr

:á sinn föður;

:ok allvald

:í arinkjóli

:glóða garmr

:glymjandi beit.[http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm A second online presentation of Ynglingatal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928181924/http://www.home.no/norron-mytologi/sgndok/kvad/yngli.htm |date=September 28, 2006 }}

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:Have the fire-dogs' fierce tongues yelling

:Lapt Visbur's blood on his own hearth?

:Have the flames consumed the dwelling

:Of the here's soul on earth?

:Madly ye acted, who set free

:The forest foe, red fire, night thief,

:Fell brother of the raging sea,

:Against your father and your chief.[http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_05.php Laing's translation at Northvegr] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311071027/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/heim/001_05.php |date=March 11, 2007 }}

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He [Vanlande] was the father of Visbur, whose sons

burnt him alive with all his hirdsmen, so that they might attain

their inheritance more swiftly. His son Domalde [...]Ekrem, Inger (editor), Lars Boje Mortensen (editor) and Peter Fisher

(translator) (2003). Historia Norwegie. Museum Tusculanum Press. ISBN

8772898135, p. 75.

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