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The Laxdæla Saga on Thorleik

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Lix

attestation: Thorleik was alternating between Thickshaw and Tongue with Thorgils at this time

"at this time Thorleik was sometimes at Thickshaw with the sons of Armod Halldor and Ornolf, and sometimes Tongue with Thorgils."
attestation: Thorleik, Bolli's son, was drawn into his mother's plans for revenge

"at this time Thorleik was sometimes at Thickshaw"

attestation: The band included Bolli's sons Thorleik and Bolli, their brother Thord the Cat, Thorstein the Black, and Lambi

"In that train the sons of Bolli, Thorleik and Bolli, and Thord the Cat, their brother, was the fourth, the fifth was Thorstein the Black, the sixth Lambi, the seventh and eighth Haldor and Ornolf"
attestation: The revenge party was composed of Bolli's sons and their recruited allies

"the sons of Bolli, Thorleik and Bolli"

attestation: Thorleik Bollison showed wisdom in restraining pursuit after the revenge killing

"Then said Thorleik Bol"

attestation: Thorleik traveled to Norway

"Thorleik goes to Norway"
attestation: Thorleik Bollison went to Norway during this period

"[Sidenote: Thorleik wishes to leave Iceland] Thorkell kept his house in good order."

attestation: The brothers Thorleik and Bolli Bollison met frequently that winter for secret consultations

"That winter the brothers would always be meeting, having talks together, and took no pleasure in games or any other pastime"
attestation: When Thorleik was at Tongue, the brothers talked day and night together

"when Thorleik was at Tongue, the brothers talked day and night together."
attestation: The brothers were consumed by thoughts of revenge, abandoning all recreation

"took no pleasure in games or any other pastime"
attestation: The brothers met at Tongue for their secret planning sessions

"Thorleik was at Tongue, the brothers talked day and night together."
attestation: The peace settlement ended the cycle of revenge killings that dominated the saga

"The brothers talk of revenge"