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The Eyrbyggja Saga on Thord Walleye

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 41 - Of Thorleif Kimbi And Thord Wall-Eye.

attestation: Thord Walleye rejected the suit by mocking Thorleif's porridge-burn scars from Norway

"first must the porridge spots on thy neck be healed, wherewith thou wast burnt when thou wast beaten in Norway three winters agone, or ever I give thee my sister"
attestation: At the Thing, a thrown turf struck Thord Walleye on the back of the head, knocking him down, while Thorbrand's sons laughed

"forth flew a great piece of turf, and smote Thord Wall-eye under the poll, and so great was the stroke, that he fell heels over head; but when he arose, he saw that Thorbrand's sons were laughing at him hugely"

attestation: Thord Walleye was too hot-tempered to play the ball games, despite being strong enough

"Thord Wall-eye; but he might not deal therein because of his too great eagerness, though he was not so strong that he might not play for that cause"

attestation: Thord Walleye lay wounded at Ere after the battle

"Thord Wall-Eye lay wounded at Ere"

attestation: Thord Walleye slipped on the ice while lunging at Thorleif Kimbi and slid headfirst down from the skerry

"Thord Wall-eye laboured over the blow his feet failed him on the slippery floe, and he fell on his back and slipped headforemost down from the skerry"
attestation: Thord Walleye urged beheading all of Thorbrand's sons, but Steinthor refused to attack men who lay fallen

"Then cried out Thord Wall-eye that they should go betwixt head and trunk of all the sons of Thorbrand, but Steinthor said he had no will to bear weapons on men who lay alow"

attestation: Thord Walleye's wound was balanced against twelve-year-old Thorod's wound in the settlement

"The wound of Thord Wall-eye at Swanfirth was set against the wound of Thorod, son of Snorri the Priest"