The Njál's Saga on Sweyn

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 87. Thrain Took To Hrapp

• attestation: Sweyn, Earl Hacon's son, criticized his father for letting wrath fall on guiltless men

  ""A strange turn of mind this to let guiltless men smart for one's wrath!""

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 88. Earl Hacon Fights With Njal'S Sons.

• attestation: Sweyn counselled against attacking Njal's sons, saying they were guiltless and the guilty one had escaped

  ""'Tis not good counsel," says Sweyn, "to throw the blame on guiltless men, but to let him escape who is guilty.""

• attestation: Sweyn captured Njal's sons by hemming them in with shields after they killed two of the earl's best men

  "Sweyn, Earl Hacon's son, fell on them, and made men hem them in and bear them down with shields, and so they were taken captive."

• attestation: Sweyn called Njal's sons the bravest men he had met and said killing them would be a great manscathe

  ""never yet have I met brisker men than these, and I call it the greatest manscathe to take their lives.""