Chapter Lxxxvi. How Thorbiorn Angle Brought : CHAP. LXXXVI. How Thorbiorn Angle brought Grettir's Head to Biarg. THE kin of Grettir and Illugi were exceeding ill content when they heard of these slayings, and they so looked on matters as deeming that Angle had wrought a shameful deed in slaying a man at death's door; and that, besides that, he...
Chapter Xxxviii. Of Thorir Of Garth And His : p. 115 CHAP. XXXVIII. Of Thorir of Garth and his sons; and how Grettir fetched fire for his shipmates. THERE was a man named Thorir, who lived at Garth, in Maindale, he was the son of Skeggi, the son of Botulf. Skeggi had settled Well-wharf up to Well-ness; he had to wife Helga, daughter...
Chapter Xxviii. Grettir Comes Out To Iceland Again : CHAP. XXVIII. Grettir comes out to Iceland again. THIS summer Grettir Asmundson came out to Skagafirth: he was in those days so famed a man for strength and prowess, that none was deemed his like among young men. He rode home to Biarg forthwith, and Asmund welcomed him meetly. At that time Atli...
Chapter Li. Of The Suit For The Slaying : CHAP. LI. Of the suit for the Slaying of Thorbiorn Oxmain, and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless. THORGILS Arison rode to the Thing with many men; and thither came all the great men of the land. Now Thorgils and Skapti the Lawman soon met, and fell to talking. Then...
Chapter Iv : CHAP. IV. THERE were two vikings called Vigbiod and Vestmar; they were South-islanders, and lay out both winter and summer; they had thirteen ships, and harried mostly in Ireland, and did many an ill deed there till Eyvind the Eastman took the land-wardship; thereafter they got them gone...
Chapter Lxix. How Grettir Took Leave Of His : CHAP. LXIX. How Grettir took leave of his Mother at Biarg, and fared with Illugi his Brother to Drangey. GRETTIR rode north to Biarg a little after he parted with Thorod, and lay hid there yet awhile; then so great grew his fear in the dark, that he durst go nowhere as soon as dusk set in. His...
Chapter Xli. Of Thorstein Dromond's Arms : CHAP. XLI. Of Thorstein Dromond's Arms, and what he deemed they might do. NOW Grettir was with Thorstein for the rest of the winter and on into the spring; and it befell one morning, as those brothers, Thorstein and Grettir, lay in their sleeping-loft, that Grettir had laid his arms outside...
Chapter Xxxv. Grettir Goes To Thorhall Stead : CHAP. XXXV. Grettir goes to Thorhall-stead, and has to do with Glam. GRETTIR rode to Thorhall-stead, and the bonder gave him good welcome; he asked whither Grettir was minded to fare, but Grettir said he would be there that night if the bonder would have it so. Thorhall said that he thanked him...
Chapter Viii : CHAP. VIII. NOW Onund and Asmund sailed into the sea when they were ready, and held company together; then sang Onund this stave-- Meet was I in days agone For storm, wherein the Sweeping One, Midst rain of swords, and the darts' breath, Blew o'er all a gale of death. Now a maimed, one-footed m...
Chapter Xx. How Thorfinn Met Grettir At Haramsey : p. 60 CHAP. XX. How Thorfinn met Grettir at Haramsey again. AFTER Yule Thorfinn made ready for coming home, and he let those folk go with good gifts whom he had bidden to his feast. Now he fares with his following till he comes hard by his boat-stands; they saw a ship lying on the strand, and so...
Chapter Xciii. Thorstein And Spes Come Out : CHAP. XCIII. Thorstein and Spes come out to Norway. THORSTEIN Dromund was with the Varangians while the talk ran highest about these matters; so famed did he become that it was deemed that scarce had any man of the like prowess come thither; the greatest honours he gat from Harald Sigurdson, for he...
Chapter Lxxxviii. Thorbiorn Angle Goes : CHAP. LXXXVIII. Thorbiorn Angle goes to Norway, and thence to Micklegarth. THORBIORN Angle took ship at Goose-ere, with whatso of his goods he might take with him; but Hialti his brother took to him his lands, and Angle gave him Drangey withal. Hialti became a great chief in aftertimes, but he h...
Chapter Xxii. Of The Slaying Of Biorn : CHAP. XXII. Of the Slaying of Biorn. IN the spring Grettir went north to Vogar with chapmen. He and Thorkel parted in friendship; but Biorn went west to England, and was the master of Thorkel's ship that went thither. Biorn dwelt thereabout that summer and bought such things for Thorkel as he had...
Chapter Lxvii. Grettir Driven From Sand Heaps : CHAP. LXVII. Grettir driven from Sand-heaps to the West. BUT when the priest met Grettir he asked him closely about what had happed; so he told him all the tale of his doings, and said withal that the priest had been unfaithful to him in the matter of the rope-holding; and the priest must needs say...
Chapter Liii. Grettir With Thorstein Kuggson : CHAPTER LIII. Grettir with Thorstein Kuggson. WHEN the autumn was somewhat spent, Grettir turned back by the south, and made no stay till he came to Liarskogar to Thorstein Kuggson, his kinsman, and there had he good welcome, for Thorstein bade him abide there through the winter, and that bidding...
Chapter I : p. 1 THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. This First Part tells of the forefathers of Grettir in Norway, and how they fled away before Harald Fairhair, and settled in Iceland; and of their deeds in Iceland before Grettir was born. CHAP. I. THERE was a man named Onund, who was the son of Ufeigh...
Chapter Lii. How Grettir Was Taken : CHAP. LII. How Grettir was taken by the Icefirth Carles. WHEN Grettir came over Codfirth-heath down into Longdale, he swept up unsparingly the goods of the petty bonders, and had of every man what he would; from some he took weapons, from some clothes; and these folk gave up in very unlike ways;...
Chapter Lxxx. Thorbiorn Angle Goes With His : CHAP. LXXX. Thorbiorn Angle goes with his Foster-mother out to Drangey. THORBIORN Angle had a foster-mother, Thurid by name, exceeding old, and meet for little, as folk deemed, very cunning she had been in many and great matters of lore, when she was young, and men were yet heathen; but men thought...
Chapter Liv. Grettir Meets Hallmund On The Keel : CHAP. LIV. Grettir meets Hallmund on the Keel. NOW Grettir fared from Tongue up to Hawkdale, and thence north upon the Keel, and kept about there long that summer; nor was there trust of him that he would not take men's goods from them, as they went from or to the north over the Keel, because he...
Chapter Xxx. Of Thorbiorn Oxmain And Thorbiorn : CHAP. XXX. Of Thorbiorn Oxmain and Thorbiorn Tardy, and of Grettir's meeting with Kormak on Ramfirth-neck. THORBIORN was the name of a man who dwelt at Thorodstead in Ramfirth; he was the son of Arnor Hay-nose, * the son of Thorod, who had settled Ramfirth on that side out as far as Bank w...
Chapter Ii : CHAP. II. IN those days were there great troubles in Norway. Harald the Unshorn, * son of Halfdan the Black, was pushing forth for the kingdom. Before that he was King of the Uplands; then he went north through the land, and had many battles there, and ever won the day. Thereafter he harried south...
Chapter Xciv. Thorstein Dromund And Spes : CHAP. XCIV. Thorstein Dromund and Spes leave Norway again. AT that time many urged Thorstein to go meet King Harald, and become his man; but he took not kindly to it. Then Spes spake, "I will, Thorstein," says she, "that thou go not to meet Harald the king, for to another king have we much more...
Chapter V : p. 10 CHAP. V. THE summer after this they made ready to fare west to Ireland. But at that time Balk and Hallvard betook themselves from the lands west over the Sea, and went out to Iceland, for from thence came tales of land good to choose. Balk settled land in Ramfirth and dwelt at either...
Chapter Lxxiii. The Handselling Of Peace : p. 213 CHAP. LXXIII. The Handselling of Peace. SAYS he, "Herewith I establish peace betwixt all men, but most of all betwixt all men and this same Guest who sits here, and so is named; that is to say, all men of rule, and goodly bonders, and all men young, and fit to bear arms, and all other men...
Chapter Lxii. Of The Death Of Hallmund, Grettir's : CHAPTER LXII. Of the Death of Hallmund, Grettir's Friend. A LITTLE after Grettir had gone from Ernewater heath, there came a man thither, Grim by name, the son of the widow at Kropp. He had slain the son of Eid Skeggison of the Ridge, and had been outlawed therefor; he abode whereas Grettir had...
Chapter Xxv. The Slaying Of Thorgils Makson : p. 77 CHAP. XXV. The Slaying of Thorgils Makson. ASMUND the Greyhaired lived on at Biarg, while Grettir was abroad, and by that time he was thought to be the greatest of bonders in Midfirth. Thorkel Krafla died during those seasons that Grettir was out of Iceland. Thorvald Asgeirson farmed then...
Chapter Lxxxv. How Thorbiorn Angle Claimed : CHAP. LXXXV. How Thorbiorn Angle claimed Grettir's Head-money. "A GREAT champion have we laid to earth here," said Thorbiorn; "now shall we bring the head aland with us, for I will not lose the money which has been laid thereon; nor may they then feign that they know not if I have slain Grettir."...
Chapter X : CHAP. X. NOW Onund was so brisk a man, that few, even of whole men, could cope with him; and his name withal was well known throughout the land, because of his forefathers. After these things, befell that strife betwixt Ufeigh Grettir and Thorbiorn Earls'-champion, which had such ending, th...
Chapter Xxiii. The Slaying Of Hiarandi : CHAP. XXIII. The Slaying of Hiarandi. IT happened one day that Grettir and Arnbiorn were walking through some streets for their sport, that as they came past a certain court gate, a man bounded forth therefrom with axe borne aloft, and drave it at Grettir with both hands; he was all unwares of this...
Chapter Xl. Of Grettir And Snaekoll : p. 122 CHAP. XL. Of Grettir and Snkoll. AT Yule came Grettir to a bonder who was called Einar, he was a rich man, and was married and had one daughter of marriageable age, who was called Gyrid; she was a fair woman, and was deemed a right good match; Einar bade Grettir abide with him through Yule...
Chronology Of The Story : p. xvii CHRONOLOGY OF THE STORY. 872. The battle of Hafrs-firth. 874. Begins the settlement of Iceland. cca. 897. Thrand and Ufeigh Grettir settle Gnup-Wardsrape. cca. 900. Onund Treefoot comes to Iceland. cca. 920. Death of Onund Treefoot. 929. The Althing established. 997 (?). Grettir born. I000...
Chapter Xviii. Of Grettir At Haramsey : p. 46 CHAP. XVIII. Of Grettir at Haramsey and his dealings with Karr the Old. NOW the lord who dwelt in the island was called Thorfinn; he was the son of Karr the Old, who had dwelt there long; and Thorfinn was a great chief. But when day was fully come men saw from the island that the chapmen...
Chapter Lxxviii. Of Haering At Drangey : CHAP. LXXVIII. Of Hring at Drangey, and the end of him. THAT same summer a ship came to the Gangpassmouth, and therein was a man called Hring--a young man he was, and so lithe that there was no cliff that he might not climb. He went to dwell with Thorbiorn Angle, and was there on into the autumn;...
Chapter Xix. Of Yule At Haramsey, And How : CHAP. XIX. Of Yule at Haramsey, and how Grettir dealt with the Bearserks. NOW the summer before these things Earl Erie Hakonson made ready to go from his land west to England, to see King Knut the Mighty, his brother-in-law, but left behind him in the rule of Norway Hakon, his son, and gave him...
Chapter Lxxxix. How The Short Sword W : CHAP. LXXXIX. How the Short-Sword was the easier known when sought for by reason of the notch in the blade. THORSTEIN Dromund was a mighty man, and of the greatest account; and now he heard that Thorbiorn Angle had got him gone from the land out to Micklegarth; speedy were his doings thereon, he...
Chapter Lvii. How Thorir Of Garth Set : p. 168 CHAP. LVII. How Thorir of Garth set on Grettir on Ernewaterheath. AT the Althing Thorir of Garth heard of the slaying of Thorir Redbeard, and now he thought he saw that he had no light task to deal with; but such rede he took that he rode west over the lower heathlands from the Thing with...
Chapter Xxxii. Of The Haunting At Thorhall : CHAP. XXXII. Of the Haunting at Thorhall-stead; and how Thorhall took a Shepherd by the rede of Skapti the Lawman, and of what befell thereafter. THERE was a man hight Thorhall, who dwelt at Thorhall-stead, in Shady-vale, which runs up from Waterdale. Thorhall was the son of Grim, son of Thorhall...
Chapter Lxxxiii. How Thorbiorn Angle Gathered : CHAP. LXXXIII. How Thorbiorn Angle gathered Force and set Sail for Drangey. THORBIORN Angle sat this while at home at Woodwick, and was ill content in that he might not win Grettir; but when a certain space had passed since the carline had put the sorcery into the root, she comes to talk with...
Chapter Xxxiv. Grettir Hears Of The Hauntings : CHAP. XXXIV. Grettir hears of the Hauntings. NOW we take up the story where Grettir Asmundson sat at Biarg through the autumn after they parted, he and Slaying-Bardi at Thoreys-peak; and when the time of winter-nights had well-nigh come, Grettir rode from home north over the neck to Willowdale...
Chapter Lxx. Of The Bonders Who Owned Drangey : CHAP. LXX. Of the Bonders who owned Drangey between them. N the days when Grettir came to Drangey, these were chief men of the country side of Skagafirth. Hialti dwelt at Hof in Hialtidale, he was the son of Thord, the son of Hialti, the son of Thord the Scalp: Hialti was a great chief, a right...
Chapter Xxvii. The Suit For The Slaying : p. 80 CHAP. XXVII. The Suit for the Slaying of Thorgils Makson. A MAN hight Thorgils abode at Reek-knolls in those days, he was the son of Ari, the son of Mar, the son of Atli the Red, the son of Ulf the Squinter, who settled at Reekness; the mother of Thorgils Arison was Thorgerd, the daughter...
Chapter Xliii. The Onset On Atli At The Pass : CHAP. XLIII. The Onset on Atli at the Pass and the Slaying of Gunnar and Thorgeir. THORBIORN Oxmain heard that Atli and Grim were on a journey from home, and there were with him the sons of Thorir from the Pass, Gunnar and Thorgeir. Now Thorbiorn envied Atli for his many friendships, and therefore...
Chapter Xliv. The Suit For The Slaying : p. 129 CHAP. XLIV. The Suit for the Slaying of the Sons of Thorir of the Pass. THORBIORN Oxmain took on himself the suit for the slaying of the sons of Thorir of the Pass. He made ready a suit against Grim and Atli, but they set forth for their defence onset and attack, to make those brothers fall...
Chapter Xc. How The Lady Spes Redeemed Thorste : CHAP. XC. How the Lady Spes redeemed Thorstein from the Dungeon. THERE was a great lady of a castle in that town called Spes, exceeding rich and of great kin; Sigurd was the name of her husband, a rich man too, but of lesser kin than she was, and for money had she been wedded to him; no great love...
Chapter Vi : p. 11 CHAP. VI. AND now it came to pass that Biorn, the father of Thrand, died; and when Grim the hersir hears ther he went to meet Ondott Crow, and claimed the goods left by Biorn; but Ondott said that Thrand had the heritage after his father; Grim said that Thrand was west over seas, and th...
Chapter Lxxix. Of The Talk At The Thing : p. 225 CHAP. LXXIX. Of the Talk at the Thing about Grettir's Outlawry. THAT summer, at the Althing, the kin of Grettir spake many things concerning his outlawry, and some deemed he had outworn the years ther, if he had come at all into the twentieth year; but they who had blood-suits against him...
Preface : p. v PREFACE. WE do not feel able to take in hand the wide subject of the Sagas of Iceland within the limits of a Preface; therefore we have only to say that we put forward this volume as the translation of an old story founded on facts, full of dramatic interest, and setting before people's eyes...
Chapter Xlv. Of The Slaying Of Atli Asmundson : CHAP. XLV. Of the Slaying of Atli Asmundson. THERE was a man with Thorbiorn Oxmain who was called Ali; he was a house-carle, a somewhat lazy and unruly man. Thorbiorn bade him work better, or he would beat him. All said he had no list thereto, and was beyond measure worrying. Thorbiorn would not...
Chapter Xxxix. How Grettir Would Fain Bear : p. 119 CHAP. XXXIX. How Grettir would fain bear Iron before the King. NOW on a day when the king sat in council, Grettir went before the king and greeted him well. The king looked at him and said, "Art thou Grettir the Strong?" He answered, "So have I been called, and for that cause am I come...
Colophon : p. i A life scarce worth the living, a poor fame Scarce worth the winning, in a wretched land, Where fear and pain go upon either hand, As toward the end men fare without an aim Unto the dull grey dark from whence they came: Let them alone, the unshadowed sheer rocks stand Over the twilight graves...
Chapter Lxxv. Thorbiorn Angle Goes To Drangey : p. 218 CHAP. LXXV. Thorbiorn Angle goes to Drangey to speak with Grettir. WHENAS summer was far spent, Thorbiorn Angle went with a well-manned barge out to Drangey, and Grettir and his fellows stood forth on the cliff's edge; so there they talked together. Thorbiorn prayed Grettir to do so much...
Chapter Lxxvii. Grettir At The Home Stead Of Reeks : CHAP. LXXVII. Grettir at the Home-stead of Reeks. NOW Grettir got all ready for swimming, and had on a cowl of market-wadmal, and his breeches girt about him, and he got his fingers webbed together, and the weather was fair. So he went from the island late in the day, and desperate Illugi deemed...
Chapter Xlviii. The Slaying Of Thorbiorn Oxmain : CHAP. XLVIII. The Slaying of Thorbiorn Oxmain. ON a fair day Grettir rode west over the Necks to Thorodstead, and came there about noon, and knocked at the door; women came out and welcomed him, but knew him not; he asked for Thorbiorn, but they said he was gone to the meadow to bind hay, and with...
Chapter Xvi. Of The Slaying Of Skeggi : CHAP. XVI. Of the Slaying of Skeggi. NOW Thorkel Krafla got very old; he had the rule of Waterdale and was a great man. He was bosom friend of Asmund the Greyhaired, as was beseeming for the sake of their kinship; he was wont to ride to Biarg every p. 36 year and see his kin there, nor did he fail...
Chapter Lvi. Of Grettir And Thorir Redbeard : CHAP. LVI. Of Grettir and Thorir Redbeard. NOW Thorir of Garth heard where Grettir had set himself down, and was fain to set afoot some plot whereby he might be slain. There was a man called Thorir p. 165 Redbeard; he was the biggest of men, and a great manslayer, and therefore was he made outlaw...
Chapter Xvii. Of Grettir's Voyage Out : CHAP. XVII. Of Grettir's Voyage out. THERE was a man called Haflidi, who dwelt at Reydarfell in Whiteriverside, he was a seafaring man p. 40 and had a sailing ship, which lay up Whiteriver: there was a man on board his ship hight Bard, who had a wife with him young and fair. Asmund sent a m...
Chapter Lxxiv. Of Grettir's Wrestling : CHAP. LXXIV. Of Grettir's Wrestling: and how Thorbiorn Angle now bought the more part of Drangey. THEN many fell to saying that many and great words had been spoken hereon; but now Guest said, "Good is thy say and well hast thou spoken it; if ye spill not things hereafter, I shall not withhold th...
Chapter Lxiv. Of The Ill Haps At Sand Heaps : CHAP. LXIV. Of the ill haps at Sand-heaps, and how Guest came to the Goodwife there. THERE was a priest called Stein, who dwelt at Isledale-river, in Bard-dale; he was good at husbandry and rich in beasts; his son was Kiartan, a brisk man and a well-grown. Thorstein the White was the name of him...
Chapter Xliii. Of The Death Of Asmund : CHAP. XLII. Of the Death of Asmund the Greyhaired. NOW must the tale be taken up where it was left before, for Thorbiorn Oxmain heard how Thorbiorn Tardy was slain, as aforesaid, and broke out into great wrath, and said it would please him well that "now this and now that should have strokes in his...
Chapter Lviii. Grettir In Fairwood Fell : CHAP. LVIII. Grettir in Fairwood-fell. IN those days dwelt at Holm Biorn the Hitdale-Champion, who was the son of Arngeir, the son of Berse the Godless, the son of Balk, who settled Ramfirth as is aforesaid; Biorn was a great chief and a hardy man, and would ever harbour outlawed men. Now Grettir...
Chapter Xxxiii. Of The Doings Of Glam : p. 101 CHAP XXXIII. Of the doings of Glam at Thorhall-stead. IN the spring Thorhall got serving-men, and set up house at his farm; then the hauntings began to go off while the sun was at its height; and so things went on to midsummer. That summer a ship came out to Hunawater, wherein was a m...
Chapter Iii : CHAP. III. AT that time were many great men west over the Sea, such as had fled from their lands in Norway before King Harald, because he had made all those outlaws, who had met him in battle, and taken to him their possessions. So, when Onund was healed of his wounds, he and Thrand went to meet...
Chapter Lxiii. How Grettir Beguiled Thorir : CHAP. LXIII. How Grettir beguiled Thorir of Garth when he was nigh taking him. NOW the story is to be taken up where Grettir came from the firths of the east-country; and now he fared with hidden-head for that he would not meet Thorir, and lay p. 189 out that summer on Madderdale-heath...
Chapter Xci. Of The Doings Of Thorste : CHAP. XCI. Of the doings of Thorstein and the Lady Spes. IN those days was Harald Sigurdson at Micklegarth, and Thorstein fell into friendship with him. Of much account was Thorstein held, for Spes let him lack no money; and greatly they turned their hearts one to the other, Thorstein and Spes;...
Chapter L. Grettir And The Foster Brothers : CHAP. L. Grettir and the Foster-brothers at Reek-knolls. NOW Grettir came to Reek-knolls about winter-nights, and prayed Thorgils for winter abode; Thorgils said, that for him as for other free men meat was ready; "but the fare of guests here is nowise choice." Grettir said he was not nice...
Chapter Xlvii. Grettir Comes Out To Iceland Again : p. 135 CHAP. XLVII. Grettir comes out to Iceland again. WHEN summer was far spent came Grettir Asmundson out to Whiteriver in Burgfirth; folk went down to the ship from thereabout, and these tidings came all at once to Grettir: the first, that his father was dead; the second, that his brother w...
Chapter Lxxxiv. The Slaying Of Grettir Asmundson : CHAP. LXXXIV. The Slaying of Grettir Asmundson. NOW it is to be told, that Grettir was so sick, that he might not stand on his feet, but Illugi sat beside him, and Noise was to keep watch and ward; and many words he had against that, and said that they would still think that life was falling...
Chapter Xxvi. Of Thorstein Kuggs : CHAP. XXVI. Of Thorstein Kuggson, and the gathering for the Bloodsuit for the Slaying of Thorgils Makson. THERE was a man called Thorstein, he was the son of Thorkel Kugg, the son of Thord the Yeller, the son p. 79 of Olaf Feilan, the son of Thorstein the Red, the son of And the Deep-minded...
Chapter Xxi. Of Grettir And Biorn And The Bear : CHAP. XXI. Of Grettir and Biorn and the Bear. THERE was a man, hight Biorn, who was dwelling with Thorkel; he was a man of rash temper, of good p. 63 birth, and somewhat akin to Thorkel; he was not well loved of men, for he would slander much those who were with Thorkel, and in this wise he sent...
End Notes : NOTES. P. 29. The genealogy of Gamli of Meals, as here recorded, seems to be peculiar to Grettir's saga. Yet its statements are inconsistent in the matter, for it gives this twofold genealogy of the man. See Ed. Kaupmannahfn: 1853. P. 22. Ranveig was the wife of Gamli, the son of "Thorald", the s...
Chapter Lix. Gisli's Meeting With Grettir : CHAP. LIX. Gisli's meeting with Grettir. THERE was a man hight Gisli, the son of that Thorstein whom Snorri Godi had slain. Gisli was a big man and strong, a man showy in weapons and clothes, who made much of himself, and was somewhat of a self-praiser; he was a seafaring man, and came one summer...
Chapter Xii : CHAP. XII. IN those days befell such hard times in Iceland, that nought like them has been known there; well-nigh all gettings from the sea, and all drifts, came to an end; p. 22 and this went on for many seasons. One autumn certain chapmen in a big ship were drifted thither, and were wrecked there...
Title Page : p. ii GRETTIS SAGA THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG TRANSLATED FROM THE ICELANDIC BY EIRKR MAGNSSON, TRANSLATOR OF 'LEGENDS OF ICELAND;' AND WILLIAM MORRIS, AUTHOR OF 'THE EARTHLY PARADISE.' SECOND EDITION. LONDON: F. S. ELLIS, KING STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCLXIX. [1869] Scanned , January 2003. J...
Chapter Xi : CHAP. XI. ONUND and Asa had two sons; the elder was called Thorgeir, the younger Ufeigh Grettir; but Asa soon died. Thereafter Onund got to wife a woman called Thordis, the daughter of Thorgrim, from Gnup in Midfirth, and akin to Midfirth Skeggi. Of her Onund had a son called Thorgrim; he was early...
Chapter Xiv. Of Grettir As A Child, And His : HERE BEGINS THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. CHAP. XIV. Of Grettir as a Child, and his froward ways with his Father. ASMUND the Greyhaired kept house at Biarg; great and proud was his household, and many men he had about him, and was a man much beloved. These were the children of him...
Chapter Lv. Of Grettir On Ernewaterheath : CHAP. LV. Of Grettir on Ernewaterheath, and his dealings with Grim there. GRETTIR went up to Ernewaterheath and made there a hut for himself (wher are yet signs left) and dwelt there, for now was he fain to do anything rather than rob and reive; he got him nets and a boat and caught fish for his...
Chapter Lxxi. How Those Of Skagafirth Found : CHAP. LXXI. How those of Skagafirth found Grettir on Drangey. NOW time wears on towards the winter solstice; then the bonders get ready to go fetch the fat beasts for slaughter from the island; so they manned a great barge, and every owner had one to go in his stead, and some two. But when these...
Chapter Vii : CHAP. VII. ONUND went south to Rogaland, and met there many of his kin and friends; he dwelt there in secret at a man's called Kolbein. Now he heard that the king had taken his lands to him and set a man thereover who was called Harek, who was a farmer of the king's; so on a night p. 13 Onund went...
Chapter Xv. Of The Ball Play On Midfirth Water : CHAP. XV. Of the Ball-play on Midfirth Water. AT this time there were many growing up to be men in Midfirth; Skald-Torfa dwelt at Torfa's-stead in those days; her son was called Bessi, he was the shapeliest of men and a good skald. At Meal lived two brothers, Kormak and Thorgils, with them a m...
Chapter Xcv. How Thorstein Dromund And Spes : p. 271 CHAP. XCV. How Thorstein Dromund and Spes fared to Rowe and died there. NOW they went their ways till they came to Rome-town; and so when they came before him, who was appointed to hear the shrifts of men, they told him well and truly all things even as they had happed, and with wh...
Chapter Lxxxi. Of The Carline's Evil Gift : CHAP. LXXXI. Of the Carline's evil Gift to Grettir. NOW wore away the time of autumn till it wanted but three weeks of winter; then the carline bade bear her to the sea-shore. Thorbiorn asked what she would there. "Little is my errand, yet maybe," she says, "it is a foreboding of greater tidings."...
Chapter Xxxi. How Grettir Met Bardi : CHAP. XXXI. How Grettir met Bardi, the Son of Gudmund, as he came back from the Heath-slayings. BARDI, the son of Gudmund, and his brothers, rode home to Asbiornsness after their parting with Grettir. They were the sons of Gudmund, the son of Smund. The mother of Smund was Thorlaug, the daughter...
Chapter Xlvi. Grettir Outlawed At The Thing : CHAP. XLVI. Grettir outlawed at the Thing at the Suit of Thorir of Garth. THIS summer, wher the tale was telling e'en now, a ship came out to Goose-ere before the Thing. Then p. 134 was the news told of Grettir's travels, and therewithal men spake of that house-burning; and at that story was Thorir...
Chapter Ix : CHAP. IX. NOW it is to be told of Onund Treefoot that he drave out to sea for certain days, but at last the wind got round to the north, and they sailed for land: then those knew who had been there before that they had come west off the Skagi; then they sailed into Strand-Bay, and near...
Chapter Xxxvi. Of Thorbiorn Oxmain's Autumn : CHAP. XXXVI. Of Thorbiorn Oxmain's Autumn-feast, and the mocks of Thorbiorn Tardy. THORBIORN Oxmain held a great autumn feast, and many men came thither to him, and that was while Grettir fared north to Waterdale in the autumn; Thorbiorn the Tardy was there at the feast, and many things were spoken...
Chapter Xxxvii. Olaf The Saint, King In Norway : p. 112 CHAP. XXXVII. Olaf the Saint, King in Norway; the slaying of Thorbiorn Tardy; Grettir goes to Norway. EARLY the spring after came out a ship from Norway; and that was before the Thing; these folk knew many things to tell, and first that there was change of rulers in Norway, for Olaf...
Chapter Xxiv. Of The Slaying Of Gunnar : CHAP. XXIV. Of the Slaying of Gunnar, and Grettir's strife with Earl Svein. NOW Gunnar was in the town, and lay in wait for Grettir always and everywhere. It happened on a day that Grettir-sat in a booth a-drinking, for he would not throw himself in Gunnar's way. But, when be wotted of it the least...
Chapter Lxi. How Grettir Left Fairwoodfell : p. 181 CHAP. LXI. How Grettir left Fairwoodfell, and of his abiding in Thorir's-dale. BUT Grettir and his men took horse and rode up to the fell, for they were all wounded, and when they came to Fairwood there was Eyolf left; the farmer's daughter was out of doors, and asked for tidings; Grettir...
Chapter Lxxii. Of The Sports At Heron Ness Thing : CHAP. LXXII. Of the Sports at Heron-ness Thing. NOW the days wore till such time as men went to the Heron-ness Thing in spring-tide, and many came thronging there from that part of the country, wherefrom men had to go to that Thing for their suits. Men sat there long time both over the suits...
Chapter Xiii : CHAP. XIII. NOW after this the brothers Thorgrim and Thorgeir shared their possessions. Thorgrim took the chattels and Thorgeir the land; Thorgrim betook himself to Midfirth and bought land at Biarg by the counsel of Skeggi; he had to wife Thordis, daughter of Asmund of Asmund's-peak, who had...
Chapter Xlix. The Gathering To Avenge Thorbiorn : CHAP. XLIX. The gathering to avenge Thorbiorn Oxmain. THOROD Drapa-stump sought tidings of this who might have slain Thorbiorn and his son, and when he came to Reeks, it was told him that Grettir had been p. 144 there and given out the slayings as from his hand. Now, Thorod deemed he saw how things...
Chapter Lxv. Of Guest And The Troll Wife : CHAP. LXV. Of Guest and the Troll-wife. NOW it is to be told of Guest, that when it drew towards midnight, he heard great din without, and thereafter into the hall came a huge troll-wife, with a trough in one hand and a chopper wondrous great in the other; she peered about when she came in, and saw...
Chapter Lxxxii. Grettir Sings Of His Great Deeds : p. 233 CHAP. LXXXII. Grettir sings of his Great Deeds. NOW they lay them down that evening, but at midnight Grettir began to tumble about exceedingly. Illugi asked why he was so unquiet. Grettir said that his leg had taken to paining him, "And methinks it is like that some change of hue there be...
Chapter Xcii. Of The Oath That Spes Made : p. 264 CHAP. XCII. Of the Oath that Spes made before the Bishop. NOW that day past, and time wore on to the day when Spes should make oath, and she bade thereto all her friends and kin, and arrayed herself in the best attire she had, and many noble ladies went with her. Wet was the weather...
Chapter Lxxvi. How Noise Let The Fire Out : p. 219 CHAP. LXXVI. How Noise let the Fire out on Drangey, and how Grettir must needs go a land for more. So the tale tells, that by then they had been two winters on Drangey, they had slaughtered well-nigh all the sheep that were there, but one ram, as men say, they let live; he was piebald...
Chapter Lxvi. Of The Dweller In The Cave : p. 197 CHAP. LXVI. Of the Dweller in the Cave under the Force. NOW it is to be told of Grettir that he set a stone in a bight of the rope and let it sink down into the water. "In what wise hast thou mind to go?" said the priest. "I will not go bound into the force," said Grettir; "such things doth...
Chapter Lxxxvii. Affairs At The Althing : p. 249 CHAP. LXXXVII. Affairs at the Althing. NOW men rode to the Althing, and Angle's helpers were fewer than he had looked for, because that his case was spoken ill of far and wide. Then asked Halldor whether they were to carry Grettir's head with them to the Althing. Angle said that he would...
Chapter Lxviii. How Thorod, The Son Of Snorri : CHAP. LXVIII. How Thorod, the Son of Snorri Godi went against Grettir. AFTER the slaying of Thorstein. Kuggson, Snorri Godi would have little to do with his son Thorod, or with Sam, the son of Bork the Fat; it is not said what they had done therefor, unless it might be that they had had no will...
Chapter Lx. Of The Fight At Hitriver : CHAP. LX. Of the Fight at Hitriver. WHEN Grettir had been two winters at Fairwoodfell, and the third was now come, he fared south to the Marshes, to the farm called Brook-bow, and had thence six wethers against the will of him who owned them, Then he went to Acres and took away two ne...
Chapter Xxix. Of The Horse Fight At Longfit : CHAP. XXIX. Of the Horse-fight at Longfit. THAT summer was settled to be a great horse-fight at Longfit, below Reeks. Thither came many men. Atli of Biarg had a good horse, a black-maned roan of Keingala's kin, and father and son had great love for that horse. The brothers, Kormak and Thorgils...
