Hítardalur, a rather broad valley between the mountains Múlaselsmúli and Fagraskógarfjall. Lava in many places. The valley is closed by a tuff fell, Hólmur (334 m), below which was a farm of the same name, the home of Björn Hítdælakappi (“The hero of Hítardalur”). Björn Arngeirsson Hítdælakappi, a great hero and poet, lived at Hólmur in the early 11th century. There was a feud between him and another poet, Þórður Kolbeinsson of Hítarnes, over the beautiful Oddný eykyndill (“torch of the island”) Þorkelsdóttir from Hjörsey, who was engaged to marry Björn but was stolen from him by Þórður. Þórður eventually attacked Björn’s home with a force of 24 and killed him. Oddný became ill at the news and in Bjarnar saga Hítdælakappa it says that “Þórður would have preferred it if Björn were still alive, were that possible, and he himself might reclaim the love of his wife.”