The Njál's Saga on Lyting

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 103. The Slaying Of Hauskuld Njal'S Son

• relationship: Lyting of Samstede was married to Steinvora daughter of Sigfus and sister of Thrain

  "There was a man named Lyting; he dwelt at Samstede, and he had to wife a woman named Steinvora; she was a daughter of Sigfus, and Thrain's sister."

• attestation: Lyting tried to incite Hauskuld Thrainsson to kill Hauskuld Njal's son as vengeance for Thrain

  ""now I will make thee an offer, Hauskuld, to go along with thee if thou wilt avenge thy father and slay Hauskuld Njal's son.""

• attestation: Lyting declared he would never be content without vengeance for his brother-in-law Thrain

  ""All men know that I have taken no atonement for my brother-in-law Thrain, and I shall never be content that no vengeance -- man for man -- shall be taken for him.""

• attestation: Lyting and his brothers ambushed Hauskuld Njal's son north of Samstede, killing him with sixteen wounds after he slew two of their men

  "the end of it was at last that he wounded Lyting on the arm, and slew two of his serving-men, and then fell himself. They gave Hauskuld sixteen wounds, but they hewed not off the head from his body."

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 104. The Slaying Of Lyting'S Brothers

• attestation: Lyting escaped across the river despite wounds from Helgi and Grim, and fled to Ossaby

  "Lyting got across the river away from them, and so to the horses, and gallops till he comes to Ossaby."