The Heimskringla on Thord Sigvaldaskald
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 41. Of Sigvat The Skald.
attestation: Thord Sigvaldaskald was an Icelander who had served Earl Sigvalde and then his brother Thorkel the Tall before becoming a merchant.
"There was an Iceland man called Thord Sigvaldaskald, who had been long with Earl Sigvalde, and afterwards with the earl's brother, Thorkel the Tall; but after the earl's death Thord had become a merchant"
attestation: Thord joined King Olaf's service during the king's viking cruise in the west.
"He met King Olaf on his viking cruise in the west, and entered into his service, and followed him afterwards"
relationship: Thord's son Sigvat was fostered at Thorkel's house at Apavatn in Iceland.
"Thord had a son called Sigvat fostered in the house of Thorkel at Apavatn, in Iceland"