We have a winner....Husky Mom guessed it correctly.
Congrats.
Will you host the next puzzle Isabelle ????

The phrase was the first sentence out of my most favourite book "Njal's Saga"

Of Fiddle Mord.
There was a man named Mord whose surname was Fiddle; he was the son of Sigvat the Red, and he dwelt at the "Vale" in the Rangrivervales.
The Story of Burnt Njal.