The Laxdæla Saga on Thorkel

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xlix

• attestation: Thorkell lived at Goat-peaks in Swinedale, a place that was now waste land

  "Thorkell was the name of a man who lived at Goat-peaks in Swinedale, where now there is waste land."

• attestation: Thorkell and his shepherd spotted both the ambushers and Kjartan's small party riding through the dale

  "They saw the two parties, the men of Laugar in ambush and Kjartan and his where they were riding down the dale three"

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Lii

• attestation: Thorkell of Goat's Peak was killed, an event connected to the aftermath of Kjartan's death

  "The Killing of Thorkell of Goat's Peak"

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Lviii

• attestation: Thorkell and Grim traveled abroad

  "Thorkell and Grim, and their Voyage Abroad"

• attestation: Thorkell found a man fishing by a brook near a hut, his face hidden under a cloak

  "Thorkell now comes to the hut, he sees where a man is sitting by the water at the mouth of a brook, where he was line-fishing, and had a cloak over his head."

• attestation: Thorkell leapt from his horse and tied it to the hut wall before approaching the fisherman

  "Thorkell leapt off his horse and tied it up under the wall of the hut. Then he walks down to the water to where the man was sitting."

• attestation: Thorkell and Grim fought at the brook near the hut

  "They fight"

• attestation: The encounter between Thorkell and Grim was violent and decisive

  "Grim saw the shadow of a man cast on"

• attestation: Thorkell discovered Grim's hiding place by the brook near a remote hut

  "he sees where a man is sitting by the water at the mouth of a brook"

• attestation: The fight occurred as part of the broader chain of vengeance in the saga

  "Thorkell now comes to the hut, he sees where a man is sitting by the water at the mouth of a brook, where he was line-fishing, and had a cloak over his head."

• attestation: Thorkell traveled abroad after this encounter

  "Thorkell now comes to the hut, he sees where a man is sitting by the water at the mouth of a brook, where he was line-fishing, and had a cloak over his head."

• attestation: Thorkell was determined and aggressive in pursuing Grim to the remote location

  "Thorkell leapt off his horse and tied it up under the wall of the hut."

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Lxxv

• attestation: Events involving Thorkell, Thorstein, and Halldor Olafson occurred around 1026 AD

  "Thorkell and Thorstein and Halldor Olafson, A.D. 1026"

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Lxxvi

• attestation: Thorkell drowned around 1026 AD

  "The Drowning of Thorkell, A.D. 1026"