The Eyrbyggja Saga on Stir
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 12 - Of Arnkel The Priest And Others.
- attestation: Arngrim son of Thorgrim Kiallakson was physically imposing with bleak-red hair, early baldness, and great fair eyes; he was called Stir for his wrongfulness
"Another was Arngrim; he was a big man and a strong, large of nose, big-boned of face, bleak-red of hair, early bald in front; sallow of hue, his eyes great and fair; he was very masterful, and exceeding in wrongfulness, and therefore was he called Stir."
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 18 - Men Will Ransack At Mewlithe; Thorarin Falls To Fight.
attestation: Stir lived at Lava, situated above Bearhaven, and was known as both wise and hardy
"Stir also had by then dwelt for some time at Lava, up from Bearhaven; he was a wise man and a hardy"
relationship: Stir married Thorbiorg, who was the daughter of Thorstein Windy-Nose
"He had to wife Thorbiorg, daughter of Thorstein Windy-Nose"
attestation: Stir and Thorbiorg had two sons named Thorstein and Hall, and a daughter called Asdis
"Thorstein and Hall were their sons; Asdis was the name of their daughter"
attestation: Stir dominated the local district and was accused of many unpaid killings
"Stir was a masterful man in the countryside, and had a many folk about him; he was held guilty at many men's hands, for that he wrought many slayings and booted none"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 24 - Of Eric the Red.
- attestation: Stir persuaded Snorri the Priest not to attack Eric after the Thing, promising future support in return
"Stir prayed Snorri the Priest not to set on Eric after the Thing with those of Thorgest, and gave his word to Snorri in return, that he would help him another time"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 25 - Of Vermund And Thorarin In Norway; Of Those Bareserks.
attestation: Stir acknowledged the berserkers' dangerous reputation but agreed to take them to relieve his brother's burden
"That is another case," said Stir, "to loose thee from thy troubles, than taking these men of thine hand as a friendly gift, and thus I will not take them; but it is the due of no man more than me to put off this thy trouble from thee"
attestation: The berserkers accompanied Stir on a raid west over Broadfirth to kill Thorbiorn Jaw at Jawfirth
"The Bareserks were with Stir when he went west over Broadfirth to slay Thorbiorn Jaw who dwelt at Jawfirth"
attestation: Stir himself struck the killing blow against Thorbiorn Jaw, despite the berserkers' role in breaching his defenses
"yet was Stir himself the bane of Thorbiorn Jaw"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 27 - Arnkel Takes Up The Blood-Feud For Vigfus.
attestation: Thorgerd asked Stir to prosecute the case for Vigfus, but he refused due to a prior promise to Snorri the Priest
"But I promised Snorri the Priest last spring, when he sat those suits of ours with the Thorgestlings, that I would not go against him with enmity in cases for the taking up of which there were many as nigh of kin as I"
attestation: Stir directed Thorgerd to seek help from his brother Vermund or other kinsmen
"Now wert thou best to seek to Vermund my brother for this matter, or other kinsmen of ours"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 28 - Of The Bareserks And The Wooing of Asdis, Stir's Daughter.
attestation: Stir rode east to Holyfell to consult with Snorri the Priest, and they deliberated all day on Holy Fell mountain
"Stir rode east to Holyfell, and when he came there, Snorri bade him abide"
attestation: Stir agreed to let Halli earn Asdis's hand through a feat of labor rather than a bride-price
"I see that it will mislike thee if I give thee not my daughter; so now will I do as men of old, and will let thee do some great deed for this bridal"
attestation: Their private consultation on Holy Fell lasted all day with no witnesses to what was discussed
"they went upon to the mount, and there sat talking all day till evening, nor did any man know what they said together"
attestation: Stir noted that Halli was poor and asked what labor he would perform in place of a bride-price
"It is the talk of men that thou seemest somewhat bare of money, so what wilt thou do for this, since thou hast no fee to lay down therefor?"
attestation: Stir assigned Halli three labors: break a road through the lava to Bearhaven, build a boundary wall, and construct a fortress
"Thou shalt break up," says Stir, "a road through the lava out to Bearhaven, and raise a boundary-wall over the lava betwixt our lands, and make a burg here at the head of the lava"
attestation: While the berserkers worked, Stir secretly constructed a subterranean hot bath at his home at Lava
"Stir let build a hot bath at his house at Lava, and it was dug down in the ground, and there was a window over the furnace, so that it might be fed from without, and wondrous hot was that place"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 31 - Of Thorolf Halt-Foot And Snorri The Priest.
- attestation: Stir and Vermund arbitrated the case, valuing each thrall at twelve ounces, with payment made at the Thing
"those brethren, Stir and Vermund, should be umpires in the case; and they put the thralls at twelve ounces each, and the money should be paid there and then at the Thing"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 46 - The Peace-Making After These Battles.
- attestation: Stir's killings on both sides during the battle canceled each other out
"The manslaughters which Stir made in either band were equalled"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 56 - Of Snorri The Priest And The Blood-Suit After Stir.
attestation: Snorri's father-in-law Stir was killed at Iorvi in Flisa-wharf during Snorri's last winter at Holyfell
"The last winter he dwelt there was the one wherein his father-in-law Stir was slain at Iorvi in Flisa-wharf."
attestation: Stir's kinsmen armed themselves and blocked the Redmel men from reaching the courts, sparking a battle
"the kin of Stir and folk allied to him knew that, they armed themselves, and went betwixt the courts, and the Redmel- folk as they would go to the courts, and a fight befell betwixt them."