The Eyrbyggja Saga on Thorod

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 29 - Of Thorod Scat-Catcher And Of Biorn Asbrandson, And Of The Slaying Of The Sons Of Thorir Wooden-Leg.

• attestation: Thorod was a trustworthy man of Midfell-strand kindred who traded as a seafarer to Ireland and Dublin

  "There was a man called Thorod, who was of the Midfell-strand kindred. He was a trustworthy man and a great seafarer, and had a ship afloat. Thorod had sailed on a trading voyage west to Ireland and Dublin"

• attestation: The Earl's tribute collectors were shipwrecked north of Ireland, and Thorod rescued them

  "Their ship was broken to pieces on an unpeopled island there; and when they were in this plight there bore down on them Thorod the Icelander, late come from Dublin"

• attestation: Thorod sold the shipwrecked men his boat in exchange for a share of the tribute silver, earning the nickname 'Scat-catcher'

  "he sold them his boat from his big ship, and took therefor a good share of the scat; and thereon they laid their boat for the Orkneys"

• attestation: Thorod arrived at Daymeal-ness on Iceland's south coast and lodged with Snorri the Priest at Holyfell that winter

  "came safe and sound to Daymeal-ness, and in the autumn went to dwell with Snorri the Priest at Holyfell, and ever after was he called Thorod Scat-catcher"

• attestation: Thorod married Thurid, Snorri the Priest's sister and widow of Thorbiorn the Thick

  "Thorod put forth the word and prayed Snorri to give him his sister Thurid; and seeing that he was wealthy of money, and that Snorri knew his conditions well"

• attestation: Thorod and Thurid settled at Frodis-water, where he became a good and trustworthy farmer

  "the spring after Thorod betook himself to keeping house at Frodis-water, and he became a good bonder and a trustworthy"

• attestation: The wedding of Thorod and Thurid was held at Holyfell during the winter

  "he held their wedding in the winter there at Holyfell"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 44 - The Battle In Swanfirth.

• attestation: Snorri's twelve-year-old son Thorod suffered a great shoulder wound from Steinthor

  "there stood Thorod his son with a great wound in his shoulder, and he was then twelve winters old. Snorri asked who had brought that about. "Steinthor of Ere," said he"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 45 - The Battle In Swordfirth.

• attestation: Thorod's neck wound healed crookedly, leaving his head tilted backward on his trunk

  "when Thorod's neck grew together his head sat somewhat drawn backwards on his trunk, and he said that Snorri would heal him into a maimed man"

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 51 - It Rains Blood At Frodis-Water. Of Thorgunna, And How She Died And Was Buried At Skalaholt.

• attestation: Thorod owned the horses used for the burial journey

  "trusty men got to go with the corpse, and good horses that Thorod owned."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 52 - The Beginning Of Wonders At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorod asked Thorir Wooden-leg to interpret the meaning of the supernatural moon

  "So Thorod asked Thorir Wooden-leg what that might bode."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 53 - Now Men Die At Frodis-Water, More Wonders.

• attestation: Thorod went out to Ness with five companions in a ten-oared boat to fetch stock-fish, staying overnight

  "goodman Thorod went out to Ness after his stock-fish. They were six together in a ten-oarer, and were out there night-long."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 54 - The Death Of Thorod Scat-Catcher; The Dead Walk At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorod and all his men drowned off Enni while returning from Ness; their ship and fish washed ashore but their bodies were never recovered

  "Thorod and his men went out westaway from Ness, they were all lost off Enni; the ship and the fish drave ashore there under Enni, but the corpses were not found."

• attestation: Thorod and his drowned companions appeared dripping wet at their own funeral feast, which was considered a good omen from the goddess Ran

  "in came goodman Thorod and his fellows into the hall, all of them dripping wet. Men gave good welcome to Thorod, for a good portent was it deemed, since folk held it for sooth that those men should have good cheer of Ran if they, who had been drowned at sea, came to their own burial-ale"

• attestation: Thorod's dripping ghost and his companions sat by the fire each evening throughout the funeral feast

  "Thorod and his company went down the endlong sitting-hall, which was double-doored, and went into the fire-hall, and took no man's greeting, and set them down by the fire."

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 55 - A Door-Doom At Frodis-Water.

• attestation: Thorod was the last ghost sentenced and remarked there was little peace, urging the dead to depart

  "At last was judgment given on goodman Thorod, and when he heard it he stood up and said: "Meseems little peace is here; so get us all gone otherwhere ;""

Chapter 1 - Herein Is Told How Ketil Flatneb Fares To West-Over-Sea. > Chapter 65 - The Kindred Of Snorri The Priest; The Death Of Him.

• attestation: Thorod, Snorri's second-noblest son, lived at Spaewife's-fell in Skagastrand

  "The second noblest son of Snorri the Priest was Thorod, who abode at Spaewife's-fell in Skagastrand."