The Egil's Saga on Thorstein

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 65 - Egil goes to Norway.

• relationship: Thorstein son of Eric Allwise was raised by Arinbjorn and went with him to England

  "Son of Eric and Thora was Thorstein; he was brought up with Arinbjorn, and was now fully grown, though quite young. He had gone westwards to England with Arinbjorn."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 66 - Egil and Thorstein go before the king.

• attestation: Thorstein and Egil traveled north to Throndheim with thirty men to present their claims to king Hacon

  "Thorstein started on his journey and Egil with him, and they had about thirty men."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 79 - Egil comes to Thorfinn's. The harrying of king Hacon.

• attestation: Thorstein was reconciled with king Hacon and given leave to dwell in Norway

  "Thorstein should have leave to dwell in the land, and should be reconciled to him."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 85 - Of Aunund Sjoni and Steinar his son.

• attestation: Thorstein warned the thrall that he would suffer the same fate as his predecessor if caught again

  "Thorstein warned the thrall"

• attestation: Thorstein found Steinar's cattle on his land again with the thrall Thrand tending them

  "Thorstein found the cattle again on his land"

• attestation: Thorstein drove the cattle home and reported to Steinar what had happened

  "Thorstein drove the cattle"

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 86 - Slaying of Thrand.

• attribution: Thorstein warned Steinar he would go on slaying every man sent to graze cattle on his land, even Steinar himself

  "next summer, if you feed on my land, and set men to drive your cattle thither, then will I go on slaying for you every man that tends them, though it be yourself."

• attestation: Thorstein built an unusually large empty booth at the Thing to signal his power

  "Then he had roofed in a far larger booth than the other that were there. In this booth were no men."

• attestation: Thorstein offered no atonement and argued the thralls deserved death for their offenses

  "Thorstein offered no atonement for himself, but to those who advised atonement made answer, that he meant to abide by judgment."

• attestation: Thorstein welcomed his father and Egil's troop moved into the large empty booth

  "Thorstein perceived his father's coming, he with all his troop went to meet him, and bade him welcome."

• attestation: Thorstein slaughtered three oxen at Egil's booth for the Thing banquet

  "Thorstein had three oxen led to Egil's booth and slaughtered for the Thing banquet."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 88 - Of Thorgeir.

• attribution: Thorstein cleverly deflected attention by pretending he was riding to visit the sick Aulvald

  "Aulvald will think it strange that I refuse him the visit if he is sick."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 89 - Thorstein goes to a feast.

• attestation: Thorstein rode out to a harvest feast at Swan-ness with his son Grim aged ten, an Easterling guest, and two house-carles

  "With Thorstein went an Easterling, his guest, and two house-carles. There was a son of Thorstein named Grim, who was then ten years old"

• attestation: In the fight both of Thorstein's house-carles died and Steinar's son killed young Grim

  "both Thorstein's house-carles had lost their lives, one house-carle of Steinar's had fallen, and several were wounded."

• attestation: Thorstein buried his son Grim in a holt afterward called Grimsholt and the battle site was named Battle-hillock

  "they buried him there in the holt, called since Grimsholt. And the place where they fought is called Battle-hillock."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 92 - Of Thorstein's descendants.

• attestation: Thorstein received baptism when Christianity came to Iceland and built a church at Borg

  "Thorstein Egil's son received baptism when Christianity came to Iceland, and he had a church built at Borg."

• attestation: Thorstein was true to the faith, lived to old age, and was buried at Borg by his church

  "He was true to the faith, and a good man. He lived to be old, and died in his bed; he was buried at Borg by the church which he had built."

• attestation: From Thorstein descended the Myra-men stock with many great men and poets, some the handsomest in Iceland

  "From Thorstein have come numerous descendants; many great men, many poets: they are of the stock of the Myra-men"

• attestation: The Myra-men had two types: the handsomest men in Iceland like Kjartan and Helga the Fair, and the very ill-favoured

  "in that stock have been born the handsomest men in Iceland, such were Thorstein Egil's son, and Kjartan Olaf's son"