Thvattwater
Settlement in Alftafirth where a man dwelt who rode to meet missionary Thangbrand, attested in 1 source.
Thvattwater is a location in Alftafirth attested in Njal's Saga. A man dwelt at Thvattwater (Njal's Saga, Ch. 96), and the place is situated within territory associated with Thangbrand's missionary activity. The passage records that the resident rode from Thvattwater to the ship with twenty-nine men to meet Thangbrand and asked him about trade conditions (Njal's Saga, Ch. 96).
Both attestations derive from the same chapter of Njal's Saga, dealing with the arrival of Thangbrand and the change of faith in Iceland. Thvattwater functions as the home of a man who takes the initiative to seek out the missionary, riding with a substantial retinue of twenty-nine men. The geographic detail -- that Thvattwater lies in Alftafirth -- anchors the episode in a specific Icelandic landscape (Njal's Saga, Ch. 96).
Appears in: Places, Entities in Njál's Saga, Norse Tradition