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Gudrun Osvifsdottir

 

Gudrun Osvifsdottir (said to have lived c. 970-1050)

“Tarry-long brings little home.”

  • Quote attributed to Gudrun Osvifsdottir in the anonymously-written Laxdæla Saga (section 35), c. 13th century, translated by Keneva Kunz. New York: Penguin Classics, 2008.

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