Åsland is the land on the ridge and it is situated high and majestically above Dalen and Bandaksvatnet [Bandak Lake].

We find here one of the families of Mo that can be traced back a long time. The farm was also an assembly place in olden times; already in 1359 «Asalans thinga» [Asalan's trial] is mentioned in the sources. Sheriff Trond Reidarson announced to King Håkon then that he had taken testimony about Eivind Sveinson and his brother Levard who murdered Talleiv Olavson and his son Olav. Shall we stretch the sources a little; can we mention Kjetil Ormson under Åsland? He is mentioned from 1481 to 1497 as a lagrettman [juror] at Åmdal, Byrte and Bergland, but never with a farm name. He may have been father of Orm Kjetilson who bought land at Åsland from Olav Bø for 1 mark [1/4 kg.] gold. Orm was married to Torbjørg Drengsdtr who was related to Olav Bø. Orm had also acquired, by trade, N.Midjås (8 markebol) and Rykkeli (4 markebol) from Vetle Bjørguvson for 10 markebol of Akre at Lårdal.

In 1536, Dreng Ormson Åsland 1a received a title drawn up on the farm. There had been a fire here and all the old letters had burned. The court produced evidence that he had 24 markebol (8 tunner grain) at Åsland at the deserted farms Hedebø (Heibø) and Bjørnemyr and the fishing lakes Movatn and Breidevatn. His father had purchased some from Olav Bø, and he had purchased Skremestøyl from Åsbjørn Gunvaldson for a horse and a broad axe. Dreng had also inherited all of N.Midjås and 4 markebol at Rykkeli from his father. This he traded in 1544 to a Tarjei «Agir» for 3 markebol at Jordet under Åsland and the fishing lake Optevatn. This deal resulted in significant consequences a couple generations later. Around 1600 it was Gunnuv N.Midjås 1 who had Midjås and Rykkeli. In 1591 and later, after he died, Ånund Homme of Valle brought suit against the heirs for these lands. Some years later, after Olav Moghus died, the heirs sued Talleiv Rygnestad and coheirs over these lands. How this situation was, does not come forth from the documents.

From 1577 a paper is saved which tells that Gunnuv Asbjørnson sold Åsmund Talleivson the one markebol at Jordet under Åsland, which Dreng Åsland gave his wife Signe, for a three-portion spoon and a four-portion spoon and a wooden handled «tjeld». So, Dreng's wife's name is Signe.

In 1526 [sic 1536? see Åsland 2], Dreng Ormson Åsland 2 received a title drawn up on his allodial property because all his documents were burned. That was when he testified that his father, Orm Kjetilson, had received 8 markebol of Midjås and 4 markebol of Rykkeli from Vetle Bjørguvson in exchange for 10 markebol of Akre in Lårdal. Dreng Ormson traded N.Midjås in 1544 to Tarjei «Agir» for 3 markebol of Jordet at Åsland and the fishing lake Optevatn.

The lawsuit of N.Midjås was not as simple as this probate suggested. The children of Gunnuv were sued in 1591 by Ånund Homme of Valle for the rights to the farm. The outcome of the lawsuit is unknown, but probably did not suit Ånund Homme.