Thormod Shaft
Father of Thorvor and Thorve, linking several Icelandic godi families in Grettir's Saga.
Thormod Shaft is a figure attested in Grettir's Saga, known primarily through his descendants. His daughters were Thorvor, who became the mother of Thorodd the Godi at Hjalli, and Thorve, mother of Thorstein the Godi and grandmother of Bjarni the Wise (Grettir's Saga, Chapter VI. Death of Bjorn).
Grettir's Saga provides the sole attestation of Thormod Shaft, introducing him within a genealogical passage. The saga specifies that "Thormod's daughters were named Thorvor and Thorve; the former afterwards became the mother of Thorodd the Godi at Hjalli, Thorve of Thorstein the Godi the father of Bjarni the Wise" (Grettir's Saga, Chapter VI). Thormod Shaft functions in the saga as a genealogical anchor linking several notable Icelandic figures through his daughters' marriages and offspring.
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