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loss of her children that she dies of grief. At this low ebb in his fortunes, Finnbogi contemplates going abroad again, but his uncle Þorgeirr convinces him to stay and arranges for him to remarry to Eyjólfr's daughter Hallfríðr, thereby resolving the other outstanding conflict in the district. Despite the political nature of the match, Finnbogi and Hallfríðr soon come to love each other deeply and have seven sons together.
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Some years later, Finnbogi becomes involved in two separate feuds, one with the prominent chieftain Eyjólfr Valgerðarson and the other with the sorcerer Þorvaldr moðskegg. Þorvaldr murders
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