Person:Ormar Borgarsson Hæm (1)

In early volumes of Bygdebok for Sauherad (2:606, 3:866), Kirkeby identifies the Solve Ormarsson who married Margareta Bjørnsdatter as his son.^[2] However, in volume 4 (4:507), he identifies Solve Ormarsson's father as Ormar Torleivsson Lindem.

1.   Kirkeby, Birger. Bygdebok for Sauherad, gards og ættesoge. (Sauherad: Utgjevar Sauherad kommune, 1980-1988)
   3:866, Hem.

   'Det blei sonen Ormar Borgarsson som tok over Hem etter Borgar Vetrlidesson.'
   
   translation: It was his son Ormar Borgarsson who took over Hem after Borgar Vetrlidesson.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Kirkeby, Birger. Bygdebok for Sauherad, gards og ættesoge. (Sauherad: Utgjevar Sauherad kommune, 1980-1988)
   2:606, Nord-Hem.

   'Segna fortel at pesta og kom til Hem ein dag, og tri av huslyden blei sjuke og døde tett etter einannan. Det var Ormar Borgarsson, Ingeborg (kona til Aulvir) og mora, den gamle Aslaug. ... Den unge enka etter Ormar gjekk da med barn. Ho fekk ikkje pesta, men påkjenninga var så stor at ho fødde for tidleg og fekk ein son som ho kalla Solve, eit namn dei trudde tydde berging.'
   
   translation: Legend tells that the plague came to Hem one day, and three of the household became sick and died one after the other. They were Ormar Borgarsson, Ingeborg (wife of Aulvir) and the mother, the old Aslaug. ... The young widow of Ormar was then with child. She did not get the plague, but the strain was so great that she bore her child prematurely and had a son whom she called Solve, a name suggesting salvation.

   The part of the legend about his son Solve might have arisen due to the assumption that the Solve Ormarsson who married Margareta Bjørnsdatter was his son. Therefore, it is not clear whether or not this Ormar had a son named Solve.

3. ↑ Birth year estimated based on estimated birth years of his brothers and his mother, and the fact that he took over the farm after his father died, suggesting he might have been the youngest (last left at home).