The Eyrbyggja Saga on Thorbiorn the Thick
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 15 - Of Snorri The Priest, Of The Mewlithe-Folk.
- relationship: Thorbiorn the Thick had three sons by Thurid: Ketil the Champion, Gunnlaug, and Hallstein
"These were the sons of Thorbiorn and Thurid: Ketil the Champion, Gunnlaug, and Hallstein."
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 16 - Gunnlaug Is Witch-Ridden Geirrid Summoned, Of Thorarin.
attestation: Thorbiorn summoned Geirrid at Mewlithe for being a ride-by-night who caused Gunnlaug's injuries
"Thorbiorn rode to Mewlithe and summoned Geirrid for this cause, that she was a ride-by-night and had brought about Gunnlaug's trouble."
attestation: The failed prosecution brought shame on Thorbiorn and Snorri
"And the case of Thorbiorn and Snorri came to nought, and thereof gat they shame."
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: Thorbiorn the Thick kept many stud horses on the fell-pastures but they went missing in autumn
"Thorbiorn the Thick withal had many stud horses together, which he kept on the fell-pastures, and he was wont to choose out of them in autumn horses for slaughter. But in the autumn it befell that Thorbiorn's horses were not to be found"
attestation: Thorbiorn sent Odd Katlason to consult Cunning-Gils at Under-the-Lava about the stolen horses
"In the beginning of winter Thorbiorn sent Odd Katlason south over the heath to a stead called Under-the-Lava, where there dwelt a man called Cunning-Gils"
attestation: Thorbiorn interpreted the seer's words as an accusation against the people at Mewlithe
"Thorbiorn deemed that Cunning- Gils had made a thrust at the Mewlithers in that matter"
attestation: Thorbiorn rode from home with eleven men to ransack Mewlithe, including his son Hallstein and Thorir son of Ern of Ernknoll
"After that rode Thorbiorn from home with eleven men. Hallstein, his son, was in that journey"
attestation: Thorbiorn demanded to search Thorarin's house at Mewlithe for his stolen horses
"we are seeking after the horses which were stolen from me in the autumn; therefore we claim to ransack thine house"
attestation: Thorbiorn established a door-doom with six nominated judges and formally accused Thorarin of horse-stealing
"Thorbiorn made a door-doom, and named six men for that doom; and then Thorbiorn gave forth the case at Thorarin's hands for the horse-stealing"
attestation: Thorbiorn and his party deferred the case to the Thorsness Thing and rode away via the Creeks
"Thorbiorn rode off with his folk, and they put off the case to the Thorsness Thing. They rode up along the Creeks"
Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 23 - Of Vigfus And Biorn And Mar.
- attestation: Thorbiorn the Thick's horses were found dead in the mountains after losing a grazing contest with Thorarin's stallion
"the horses of Thorbiorn the Thick in the mountain, and the stallion had not been able to hold his pasture-ground before a stallion of Thorarin's, who had driven the other horses, which were all found dead"