Out of the chest she also brought a bed-curtain and all the hangings that belonged to it, and the whole outfit was so fine that folk thought they had never seen the like of it.
Then said Thurid the housewife: "Name the price of all your bed- clothes and hangings".
Thorgunna answered, "I will not lie among straw for you, although you are so stately, and bear yourself so proudly".
Thurid was ill pleased at this, and offered no more to buy the things.
Thorgunna worked at cloth-making every day when there was no hay- making, but when the weather was dry she worked among the dry hay in the home field, and had a rake made for herself which she alone was to use.

Thorgunna was a big woman, both broad and tall, and very stout; she had dark eyebrows, and her eyes were close set; her hair brown and in great abundance.

She was well-mannered in her daily life, and went to church every day before beginning her work, but she was not of a light disposition nor of many words.

Most people thought that Thorgunna must be in the sixties, yet she was a very active woman.
At this time one Thorir "wooden-leg" and his wife Thorgrima "charm- cheek" were being maintained at Froda, and there was little love between them and Thorgunna.

The person that she had most ado with was Kjartan, the son of the house; him she loved much, but he was rather cold towards her, and this often vexed her.