The Grettir's Saga on Thurid

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lxxviii. Thorbjorn'S Foster-Mother

• attestation: Though the land was now Christian, many sparks of heathendom lingered, and Thurid retained her dark arts

  "Still, although the land was Christian, many sparks of heathendom"

• attestation: The old woman Thurid was lying in the stern sheets covered with a cloak during the boat trip

  "The woman was lying in the stern sheets cover"

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lxxix. The Spell Takes Effect

• attestation: Three weeks before winter, Thurid asked to be taken to the seashore to perform what she called 'a small thing'

  "The old woman asked to be driven to the sea-shore. Thorbjorn asked what she was going to do.

"A small thing only," she said, "yet maybe the signal of greater things to come.""

The Saga Of Grettir The Strong > Chapter Lxxxi. Thorbjorn Again Visits Drangey

• attestation: Thurid told Thorbjorn Angle a week after her spell that the time had come to visit Grettir again

  "When about a week had passed from the day when the old woman had bewitched the log, she came to speak with Thorbjorn and asked whether he did not mean to visit Grettir."

• attribution: Thurid implied she was responsible for the calm weather and told Thorbjorn to set off at once

  ""Is it too wild a thing to suppose that I may have to do with this breeze that is now playing?""