The Njál's Saga on Thord Freedmanson

The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 39. The Slaying Of Brynjolf The Unruly

• relationship: Thord Freedmanson was the son of Sigtrygg, who had been Asgerd's freedman and drowned in Markfleet

  "There was a man named Thord, he was surnamed Freedmanson. Sigtrygg was his father's name, and he had been the freedman of Asgerd, and he was drowned in Markfleet."

• attestation: Thord was a tall, strong man who had fostered all of Njal's sons

  "He was a tall man and a strong, and he had fostered all Njal's sons."

• attestation: Thord set his heart on a woman named Gudfinna and married her

  "He had set his heart"