The Grettir's Saga on Thorbjorn Slowcoach

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxx. Thorbjorn Oxmain And The Fray At Hrutafjardarhals

• attestation: Thorbjorn Slowcoach was Thorbjorn Oxmain's kinsman and business partner, a mariner who talked scandal

  "There was a kinsman of his, also named Thorbjorn, called Slowcoach. He was a mariner, and the two namesakes were in partnership together."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxvi. Thorbjorn Slowcoach At Home

• attribution: Thorbjorn Slowcoach mocked Grettir's fighting as cowardly, claiming Grettir was ready to leave off and had no heart without support

  ""What I saw of Grettir's fighting was not famous; and he seemed inclined to shirk when we came up.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxvii. Grettir Sails For Norway And Kills Thorbjorn Slowcoach

• attribution: Thorbjorn Slowcoach mockingly announced Asmund's death, saying he was suffocated by hearth smoke like a dog

  ""A poor lot befell his Valour," he replied. "He was suffocated by the smoke from the hearth, like a dog. There is no great loss in him, for he was in his dotage.""

• attestation: Grettir embarked on the same ship as Thorbjorn Slowcoach, who had not known Grettir would be aboard

  "Thorbjorn Slowcoach had arranged to travel in the same vessel without knowing that Grettir would be in her."