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The Laxdæla Saga on Thord Goddi

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xi

attestation: Thord Goddi lived in Salmon-river-Dale on the north side at a place called Goddistead

"Thord Goddi was the name of a man who lived in Salmon-river-Dale on the northern side of the river, and his house was Vigdis called Goddistead."
attestation: Thord Goddi was very wealthy, childless, and had purchased his land

"He was a very wealthy man; he had no children, and had bought the land he lived on."
attestation: Thord Goddi had a thrall named Asgaut who was unusually capable for a bondsman

"Thord had a thrall who had come to Iceland with him, named Asgaut. He was a big man, and shapely of body; and though he was called a thrall, yet few could be found his equal amongst those called freemen"

attestation: Thord Goddi reluctantly allowed Thorolf to stay but feared Ingjald's retribution

"Thord said he well knew how that Ingjald would take a great deal of money from him for the sheltering that had been given him already"
attestation: Thord accepted Ingjald's bribe, fearing the financial consequences of Thorolf's shelter

"Thord thought the money fair, and had now a promise of acquittal of the offences for which he had hitherto most dreaded"

attestation: Thord Goddi sought Hoskuld's protection and offered money for his help

"he becomes exceeding faint-hearted, and rides forthwith to see Hoskuld to tell him of his troubles."
attestation: Thord Goddi adopted Olaf as his foster-son and pledged his property to him

"returned that deed with hatred, and divorced herself from Thord Goddi, and went to her kinsfolk and told them the tale."

relationship: Thord Goddi fostered Olaf, Hoskuld's son, and pledged to leave him his property

"At that time there rose to honour among men in Thorness, the kinsmen of Thorstein, named Bork the Stout and his brother, Thorgrim"

attestation: Thord Goddi fell ill and died, and Olaf raised a cairn for him on Drafn-ness

"The following summer Thord fell ill, and the illness ended in his death. Olaf had a cairn raised over him on the ness that runs out into the Salmon-river and is called Drafn-ness"
attestation: The cairn for Thord was surrounded by a wall called Howes-garth

"Olaf had a cairn raised over him on the ness that runs out into the Salmon-river and is called Drafn-ness, with a wall round which is called Howes-garth."