Farmer family with handmaid and hunting dog on the farm

There was also a brown man and a handmaid. The farmer was a wise man and unmeddlesome, but the old woman was quite haughty and largely governed the daily affairs of the household. The farmer’s son was merry and joyful, jocular and boistrous. The farmer’s daughter was older, quick-minded, and naturally wise, though she had not grown up around many people. The farmer had a large female hunting-hound, which was called Lærir.⁹ They had no understanding of the holy faith.