The Laxdæla Saga on Thorolf

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xiv

• attestation: Hall and Thorolf quarreled over dividing the fish catch, with Hall trying to seize sole control

  "Hall wished both to choose and to divide, for he thought himself the greater man of the two. Thorolf would not give in"

• attestation: Hall tried to strike Thorolf with a chopper but bystanders intervened

  "Hall seized up a chopper that lay by him, and was about to heave it at Thorolf's head, but men leapt between them and stopped Hall"

• attestation: Thorolf waited for his chance and struck Hall with an axe, beheading him

  "Thorolf happens to be standing near, and forthwith hews at him, and the blow caught him on his neck against the shoulder, and off flew his head."

• attestation: Thorolf fled the islands after killing Hall, having no kinsmen nearby to shelter him

  "Thorolf now fled from the islands, for he knew no man there who would shelter him after such a deed, and he had no kinsmen he could expect help from"

• attestation: Thorolf traveled to the mainland and arrived at Goddistead, seeking help from Vigdis, his relative

  "he came to Goddistead. Vigdis, the wife of Thord Goddi, was some sort of relation to Thorolf, and on that account he turned towards that house."

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xv

• attestation: Thorolf escaped with the help of the thrall Asgaut

  "Thorolf's Escape with Asgaut the Thrall"

• attestation: Thorolf declared their two choices were to fight Ingjald's men or risk crossing the dangerous ice-choked river

  "It seems to me we have two choices before us. One is to remain here and fight as well as valour and manhood will serve us"

• attestation: Thorolf and Asgaut successfully crossed the dangerous ice-filled Salmon River that Ingjald's men dared not attempt

  "they got over the main ice, and plunged into the water. And because the men were brave, and Fate had ordained them longer lives, they got across the river"

• attestation: Thorolf and Asgaut arrived at Sheepfell that evening and were well received

  "They went on all that day, and came in the evening to Sheepfell. They were well received there"

Laxdaela > Saga > Chap. Xlvi

• attestation: Thorolf, son of Osvif, slipped away into brushwood and hid the sword in a ditch or bog

  "Thorolf, son of Osvif, went out from the homestead with a few other men. They went out of sight amongst the brushwood"

• attestation: Many believed Thorolf burned the coif on Gudrun's orders

  "many people held the truth to be that Thorolf had burnt it in fire by the order of Gudrun, his sister."