The Grettir's Saga on Skapti

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxvii. Sentences On The Foster-Brothers

• attestation: Lawman Skapti upheld Asmund's case, ruling that a bondi had legal precedence over a vagrant in whale-find disputes

  "He declared that this was indeed the law in the case of men equal in position, but that a bondi had precedence over a vagrant."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxii. The Spook At Thorhallsstad. Glam The Shepherd Killed By A > Fiend. His Ghost Walks

• attestation: Skapti the Lawman, son of Thorodd, gave good counsel and was called Father-betterer for surpassing his father

  "Skapti gave to every man the advice which he thought would avail him, if he followed it exactly, and so earned the name of Father-betterer."

• attestation: Skapti recommended a Swedish shepherd named Glam from Sylgsdale to tend Thorhall's haunted flocks

  "since you have come to me for counsel, I will get you a shepherd. His name is Glam, and he came from Sylgsdale in Sweden last summer. He is a big strong man, but not to everybody's mind."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xlvi. Sentence Of Outlawry Passed Upon Grettir At The All-Thing

• attribution: Skapti the Lawman argued the case should not proceed with only one side of the story, saying 'One man's tale is but half a tale'

  ""It certainly was an evil deed if all really happened as has been told. But One man's tale is but half a tale.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Li. Grettir'S Case Overborne At The All-Thing

• attestation: Skapti the Lawman commended Thorgils for maintaining order among three outlaws all winter without violence

  ""Is it true, Thorgils, that you have been giving winter entertainment to three of the most unruly men in the country, all three of them outlaws, and that you kept order so well that none of them did any harm to the other?""

• attestation: Skapti ruled that Grettir as an outlaw had no standing to sue, so the slaying of Thorbjorn Oxmain could not offset Atli's death

  ""you have overlooked the facts; you have treated as a party to the suit a man who was an outlaw""