The Grettir's Saga on Thorgaut

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxiii. Doings Of Glam'S Ghost. Awful Condition Of Vatnsdal

• attestation: Thorhall hired a foreign shepherd named Thorgaut who was very tall and powerful, with the strength of two men

  "a man named Thorgaut. He was a foreigner, very tall and powerful; he had the strength of two men."

• attribution: Thorgaut dismissed the ghost threat, saying he would not give up for ghostlings

  ""I shall not give myself up as lost for the ghostlings," he said."

• attestation: Glam continued riding on rooftops and Thorgaut found it amusing, daring the thrall to come nearer

  "Glam continued his rides on the roofs. Thorgaut thought it very amusing and said the thrall must come nearer if he wished to frighten him."

• attestation: Thorgaut was found dead on Christmas morning at Glam's cairn with his neck broken and every bone torn from its place

  "there was the shepherd, his neck broken, and every bone in his body torn from its place."