Gívrinarhol & Gívrinarspor

Her, vestan fyri Sand er eitt hol niður í jørðina, kallað Gívrinarhol, tí her býr ein gívir. Ein dagin kom ein maður og sá gívrina standa og mala gull á eini kvørn. Á gólvinum sat eitt barn og spældi sær við eitt gullkelvi. 

Gívirin var blind, so maðurin tók sær burtur av gullinum. Í tí at maðurin fór út, tók hann gullkelvi frá barninum og sló tað í høvdi við tí. Síðani slapp hann sær avstað á hestbaki. 

Gívirin rópti á grannagívrina og bað hana fara eftir manninum. Hendan so gjørdi, ginaði so fast tvørtur um Gróthúsvatn, at hennara fótaspor enn sæst í steininum nevndur Gívrinarspor. Við Neytakonulíð tók hon hondina fyri seg niður í steinin, og enn síggjast knúgvarnir í seininum. Á Vølismýru fekk gívirin fatur á halanum og helt so fast, at halin slitnaði frá. Hesturin datt og maðurin fór framav, men tá sást kirkjutornið og hann var bjargaður.

Kelda: Søguslóðir

//There is a large hollow west of Sandur called Gívrinarhol, which – so legend says – is home to an old witch. 

According to the tale, a man passed by one day and saw an old witch grinding gold in a mill, while a child sat on the floor playing with a golden stick. The old witch was blind, so the man took some of the gold and before he left the hollow, he took the golden stick and used it to beat the child. Then he rode off on his horse. 

As the child cried, the old witch suspected something was wrong. The witch called to another witch nearby asking her to chase the man. The witch began to chase the man taking giant strides. According to the legend, the witch jumped across Gróthúsvatn and her footprint can still be seen on the rock Gívrinarspor. 

Closer to Sandur village, at Neytakonulið the marks can still be seen of where she pressed her knuckles onto a stone. At Vølismýra she managed to grab the horse’s tail and pulled so hard that she pulled the tail right off. The horse threw the rider off, but at that very moment the man caught sight of the church and was saved. Since then the witches are never seen.

Source: Søguslóðir