olaf and thorgerd lived happily together at hoskuldstead for some time. around 962 olaf's foster father thord died, leaving olaf his property and goðorð. olaf bought land and built a new homestead at hjardarholt, which, according to the saga, he had to cleanse of the draugr of its former owner, killer-hrapp. as time went on people began to settle near olaf's hall and regarded him as their "goði". olaf's ever-increasing wealth caused jealousy from hoskuld's wife jorunn. around the same time olaf and thorgerd had a daughter, thurid. hjardarholt was renowned for its rich decorations; some two decades later, the skald úlfr uggason composed the famous poem húsdrápa, about certain mythological scenes illustrated on the walls of olaf's hall.