The Grettir's Saga on Thorgils

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter L. Grettir Winters With Thorgils At Reykjaholar In Company With > The Foster-Brothers

• attestation: Thorgils owned a valuable ox on Olafseyjar islands about a mile and a half from Reykjanes

  "the islands called Olafseyjar, lying in the fjord about a mile and a half from Reykjanes, belonged to Thorgils. He had there a valuable ox"

• attestation: Thorgils was considered blessed by fortune for pacifying three such violent-tempered outlaws

  "men thought Thorgils blessed by fortune in having been able to pacify men of such violent tempers."

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

• attribution: Thorgils assessed the three outlaws: Thormod feared God, Grettir feared the dark, and Thorgeir feared nothing

  "Thormod fears God, and is a man of great piety; and Grettir fears the dark. He will not, if he may follow his own inclination, venture anywhere after nightfall. But Thorgeir, my kinsman, he I think cannot fear."