Now it was a belief of theirs that as the measuring went, so would the luck go: if the measuring-wand seemed to grow less when they tried it again and again, so would that house's luck grow less: and if it grew greater, so would the luck be.

This time the measure always grew less, though they tried it three times over.
So Ogmund built him a house on the sandhills, and lived there ever after.

He married Dalla, the daughter of Onund the Seer, and their sons were Thorgils and Cormac.

Cormac was dark-haired, with a curly lock upon his forehead: he was bright of blee and somewhat like his mother, big and strong, and his mood was rash and hasty.

Thorgils was quiet and easy to deal with.
When the brothers were grown up, Ogmund died; and Dalla kept house with her sons.