The Eyrbyggja Saga on Thorir

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 57 - Of Uspak Of Ere In Bitter And Of His Injustice.

• attestation: Thorir son of Gullhard lived at Tongue in Bitter and was allied with Sturla Thiodrekson, called Slaying-Sturla

  "Thorir, son of Gullhard, dwelt at Tongue in Bitter in those days. He was a friend of Sturla Thiodrekson, who was called Slaying-Sturla, who dwelt at Stead-knoll in Saurby."

• attestation: Thorir was a wealthy and prominent farmer who managed Sturla's drifts in the north

  "Thorir was a rich bonder, and a foremost man among those of Bitter, and had withal the wardship of Sturla's drifts there in the north."

• attestation: Thorir rebuked his men for their cowardice in standing by while they were robbed and he was beaten

  "he blamed his men that they had done slothfully in standing by him while some were robbed and some beaten"

• attestation: The whale loss was distributed equally among all shareholders according to their respective portions

  "Thorir and his folk shared the whale, and let the loss of that which was taken fall equally on all, even according to the share which each man owned in the whale"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 58 - Uspak Robs Alf The Little. Thorir Chases Uspak.

• attestation: Thorir gathered eighteen men and pursued Uspak after being alerted by scouts from Firth-horn

  "From Firth-horn men had gotten ware of their goings, and therefore was a man sent to Tongue to tell Thorir. Thorir gathered men, and he was eighteen strong"

• attestation: Thorir attacked Uspak with a bear-bill but missed when Uspak deflected the thrust, causing Thorir to fall forward

  "Thorir had a bear-bill in his hand, and therewith he ran at Uspak and smote at him, but Uspak put the thrust from him, and whereas Thorir had thrown all his might into the blow, and there was nought before the bill, he fell on his knees and louted forward."

• attestation: Thorir threw his bear-bill at the fleeing Uspak, hitting him in the thigh and cutting through the outer side of the bone

  "he cast his bill at Uspak and smote him on the thigh, and cut through it on the outer side of the bone."

• attestation: Thorir chased Uspak's men along the foreshores nearly to Ere before reinforcements from the homestead turned them back

  "Thorir and his company chased them out along the foreshores well-nigh to Ere. Then came folk from the homestead, both men and women, and Thorir and his folk turned back."