Then Glum

Njál's Saga

• relationship: Then Glum said, "There has been some talk between thy father and my brother Thorarin and myself about a bargain. (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 13. Glum'S Wooing)

  "Then Glum said, "There has been some talk between thy father and my brother Thorarin and myself about a bargain."

• attestation: Then Glum declared: "'Tis no business of mine," (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 16. Glum'S Sheep Hunt)

  "Then Glum said to Thiostolf, "Go thou up on the fell with my house-carles and see if ye cannot find out anything about the sheep."

"'Tis no business of mine," says Thiostolf, "to hunt up sheep, and this one thing is quite enough to hinder it."

• attestation: Then Glum declared: "

Thiostolf said, " (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 17. Glum'S Slaying)

"Then Glum said, "`A man's foes are those of his own house.' Shall I take upbraiding from thee, runaway thrall as thou art?"

Thiostolf said, "Thou shalt soon have to own that I am no thrall, for I will not yield an inch to thee."

Then Glum got angry, and cut at him with his hand-axe, but he threw his axe in the way, and the blow fell on the haft with a downward stroke and bit into it about the breadth of two fingers."

• attestation: Then Glum said, "Is Skarphedinn dead, indeed?" But the others said he must have been dead long ago. (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 129. Skarphedinn'S Death)

  "Then Glum said, "Is Skarphedinn dead, indeed?" But the others said he must have been dead long ago."