The Grettir's Saga on Asdis

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xiii. Thorgrim Settles At Bjarg And Marries. His Son Asmund > Visits Norway And Marries Twice

• relationship: Asdis was being raised at Thorkell's house; she was a daughter of Bard son of Jokull son of Ingimund the Old

  "There was a girl named Asdis who was being brought up in Thorkell's house. She was a daughter of Bard the son of Jokull, the son of Ingimund the Old"

• relationship: Asdis's mother was Aldis, the daughter of Ofeig Grettir

  "Her mother's name was Aldis, whom we have already heard of as the daughter of Ofeig Grettir."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xiv. Asmund'S Children. Grettir'S Childhood

• attestation: Grettir's mother defended him when Asmund complained, saying she didn't know who was more perverse

  ""I do not know," she said, "which seems to me the more perverse, for you to make him work, or for him always to get out of it in the same way.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xvii. Grettir Sails For Norway And Is Wrecked On Haramarsey

• attestation: Grettir's mother Asdis secretly gave him the sword of her grandfather Jokull, an heirloom of the Vatnsdal men blessed with victory

  ""This was the sword of Jokull, my father's father and of the ancient Vatnsdal men, in whose hands it was blessed with victory. I give it to you; use it well.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xlvii. Grettir Returns To Bjarg--Sveinn And His Horse > Saddle-Head

• attribution: Asdis greeted Grettir with the lament that her 'hoard of sons' had quickly passed away — Atli killed, Grettir outlawed, Illugi too young

  ""Welcome, my kinsman! My hoard of sons has quickly passed away. He is killed who was most needful to me; you have been declared an outlaw and a criminal; my third is so young that he can do nothing.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xlviii. Death Of Thorbjorn Oxmain

• attestation: Asdis was glad of the vengeance but warned Grettir this would be the beginning of his outlawry

  "She was very glad and said he had now shown his kinship to the Vatnsdal race. "And yet," she said, "this is the root and the beginning of your outlawry""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xlix. Grettir Visits Thorsteinn Kuggason And Snorri Godi

• attribution: Asdis told Thorodd that vengeance for Atli was not excessive and he should leave matters alone

  ""You can be well content to leave things as they are. The vengeance for Atli was not excessive, if it be reckoned up.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lxix. Grettir'S Last Visit To Bjarg And Journey With Illugi To > Drangey

• attestation: Asdis offered to keep Grettir at Bjarg but recognized the feuds made it impossible

  "His mother offered to keep him there, but said she saw that it would not do for him because of the feuds which he had throughout"