Girda is the widow of King Dunig of Yrda and the mother of Loran, the only surviving son. Dunig was killed by Leglaf Alefsson as an initiation rite into the cult of Jörn. She later, at the prompting of Surm Ulrich, declared that she wanted to collect weregild from the temple that sent the assassin. She sent her cousin, Sigurd Danulfsson, as her representative on the journey.