The Njál's Saga on Kolskegg

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 30. Gunnar Goes A-Sea-Roving

• attestation: Kolskegg fought alongside Gunnar throughout the Baltic campaigns

  "Kolskegg"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 49. Of Skamkell'S Evil Counsel

• attribution: Kolskegg advised Gunnar to make atonement for Hallgerda's theft as a duty

  "Thou wilt think it thy most bounden duty to make atonement for thy wife's wrong"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 53. How Otkell Rode Over Gunnar

• attestation: Kolskegg warned that the matter was growing serious and Gunnar should not tolerate more

  "Kolskegg said"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 54. The Fight At Rangriver

• attestation: Kolskegg fought alongside Gunnar in the battle, killing several opponents

  "Kolskegg"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 65. Of Fines And Atonements

• attestation: Kolskegg was also sentenced to go abroad with Gunnar

  "Kolskegg"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 71. The Slaying Of Thorgeir Otkell'S Son

• attestation: Kolskegg asked what the blood omen might mean

  "Kolskegg asked what that might mean."

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 74. Kolskegg Goes Abroad

• attestation: Kolskegg also prepared to go abroad with Gunnar as required by the settlement

  "Kolskegg"

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 80. Of Kolskegg: How He Was Baptized

• attestation: Kolskegg sailed to Norway and spent the winter in the Bay east

  "Now it is to be told of Kolskegg how he comes to Norway, and is in the Bay east that winter."

• attestation: Kolskegg entered the service of Sweyn Forkbeard the Danish king and had great honour

  "the summer after he fares east to Denmark, and bound himself to Sweyn Forkbeard the Dane-king, and there he had great honour."

• attestation: Kolskegg dreamt of a bright glistening man who offered him a bride and knighthood

  "One night he dreamt that a man came to him; he was bright and glistening, and he thought he woke him up. He spoke, and said to him, "Stand up and come with me.""

• attestation: A wizard interpreted Kolskegg's dream as meaning he should go south and become God's knight

  "he went to a wizard and told him the dream, but he read it so that he should fare to southern lands and become God's knight."

• attestation: Kolskegg was baptized in Denmark, then travelled to Russia and finally to Constantinople

  "Kolskegg was baptized in Denmark, but still he could not rest there, but fared east to Russia, and was there one winter. Then he fared thence out to Micklegarth (1)"

• attestation: Kolskegg became captain over the Varangians in Constantinople and stayed there until his death

  "he wedded a wife there, and was captain over the Varangians, and stayed there till his deathday"