Elsewhere the plundering at Berunes is told a little differently: The lady of the house at Berunes, named Sigríður, was said to have owned a great deal of silver. When the Turks approached, the people fled the farm, but a helpless old woman was left behind and set between the partition and the
Séð frá Steinaborg yfir Berufjörð að Djúpavogi. Ljósmynd: Alda Snæbjörnsdóttir.
wall so she wouldn’t be found. In the panic as the people left, the silver was forgotten, and the Turks found it. The old woman in hiding heard the raiders rummaging through the mistress’s silver. Then she said: ‘So that’s what became of my Sigga’s silver.’ These words, spoken in the heat of the moment, cost the old woman her life and later became a saying.” (Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson, 1983:41) In Árbók FÍ 2002 (p. 156) there is mention of another old woman from Berunes who is said to have hidden in a cave outside by Lambaleitislækur, a short way within Berunes. Things went better for her than for the one hidden in the wall, and thus she escaped being carried off by the Turks. The place has since been called Kerlingarhellir (“Old Woman’s Cave”).
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