Svínoyar-Bjarni
Svínoyar-Bjarni ( 10th century on Svínoy , Faroe Islands ; often Svínoy-Bjarne or just Bjarne ) was a large farmer on the northern island of Svínoy, the Pig Island , in the Faroe Islands during the Viking Age .
The Faroese According Bjarni's sister Gudrun was the mother of the powerful Viking chieftain Tróndur í Gøtu .
In 970 Bjarni was involved with Havgrímur in the murder of Brestir and Beinir on Stóra Dímun . When his nephew Tróndur - in the background "uninvolved" - asked him to kill their sons Sigmundur Brestisson (then 9 years old) and Tóri Beinirsson (then 11) after the bloody act , he refused. Besides human motives, this could be for him The fact that his client Havgrímur also fell in the fight and therefore Bjarni did not receive the promised lifelong pension (3 cows every spring and 300 yards of woolen fabric every autumn) played a role .
In any case, Svínoyar-Bjarni could refer to this behavior when Sigmundur and Tóri returned from Norway in 983 . The storm took them to Svínoy , of all places, and Bjarni came to terms with Sigmundur by revealing the whereabouts of Øssur Havgrímsson on Skúvoy and allegedly lending 50 of his men to Sigmundur.
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| SURNAME | Svínoyar-Bjarni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svínoy-Bjarne; Bjarne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Large farmer in the Viking Age |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Svínoy , Faroe Islands |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 983 |