The Grettir's Saga on Thorir of Gard

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Xxxviii. Grettir Fetches Fire--The Sons Of Thorir Are Burnt

• attestation: Thorir of Gard in Adaldal was the son of Skeggi Bodolfsson, who had settled in Kelduhverfi and married Helga daughter of Thorgeir at Fiskilaek

  "There was a man named Thorir dwelling in Gard in Adaldal. He was a son of Skeggi Bodolfsson, who had settled in Kelduhverfi, on lands extending right up to Keldunes, and had married Helga the daughter of Thorgeir at Fiskilaek."

• attestation: Thorir of Gard had two sons named Thorgeir and Skeggi, both men of promise

  "He had two sons whose names were Thorgeir and Skeggi, both men of promise"

• attestation: Thorir had a consecrated ship whose figurehead and stern foretold weather — one howling for south wind, the other for north

  "He set up the figures from her head and stem over his doors, where they long remained foretelling the weather, one howling for a south, the other for a north wind."

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

• attestation: Thorir of Gard demanded Grettir be outlawed from all of Iceland for the burning of his sons

  "Thorir of Gard was very angry when he heard of it and bethought himself of vengeance for his sons upon Grettir."

• attestation: Thorir pressed his suit so strongly that Grettir was proclaimed outlaw throughout Iceland with a price on his head

  "He pressed his suit so strongly that nothing could be done to save Grettir. Thorir had him proclaimed an outlaw throughout the country"

• attestation: Many said the decree was carried more by Thorir's violence and influence than by law

  "Many said that the decree was carried more by violence than by law"

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

• attestation: Thorir of Gard furiously refused to allow Grettir's outlawry to be lifted, vowing to increase the bounty instead

  "Thorir heard of it he was furious, and said that never should Grettir either go or come out of his outlawry."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lvi. Treachery And Death Of Thorir Redbeard

• attestation: Thorir of Gard hired an outlaw named Thorir Redbeard to assassinate Grettir on the Arnarvatn Heath

  "Thorir of Gard sent word to him, and when he came offered him money to kill Grettir."

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lvii. Attack On Grettir By Thorir Of Gard With Eighty Men > Repulsed With The Aid Of Hallmund

• attestation: Thorir of Gard gathered eighty men and rode from the All-Thing to attack Grettir on the Arnarvatn Heath

  "He now determined to ride from the Thing in a westerly direction through the lower heath, and with the aid of about eighty men whom he had with him to take Gret"

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lxiii. Grettir'S Meeting With Thorir On The Reykja Heath

• attestation: Thorir of Gard heard of Grettir being on Reykja Heath and gathered men to pursue him

  "Thorir heard of his being on Reykja Heath, gathered his men a"