The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and CounsellorDasent, George Webbe, Sir
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The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor
Dasent, George Webbe, Sir
Njáll Þorgursson, approximately 930-1011
"My counsel," said Hall, "is this, that thou goest home to thy
house, and the sons of Sigfus with thee, but that they send men
to set their homesteads in order. But first of all fare home,
and when ye ride to the Thing, ride all together, and do not
scatter your band. Then let the sons of Sigfus go to see their
wives on the way. I too will ride to the Thing, and Ljot my son
with all our Thing-men, and stand by thee with such force as I
can gather to me."
Flosi thanked him, and Hall gave him good gifts at parting.
Then Flosi went away from Thvattwater, and nothing is to be told
of his journey till he comes home to Swinefell. There he stayed
at home the rest of the winter, and all the summer right up to
the Thing.
ENDNOTES:
(1) Broddhelgi was the son of Thorgil, the son of Thorstein the
White, the son of Oliver, the son of Eyvalld, the son of
Oxen-Thorir. The mother of Bjarni was Halla, the daughter
of Lyting. The mother of Broddhelgi was Asvora, the
daughter of Thorir, the son of Porridge-Atli, the son of
Thorir Thidrandi. Bjarni Broddhelgi's son had to wife
Rannveiga the daughter of Thorgeir, the son of Eric of
Gooddale, the son of Geirmund, the son of Hroald, the son of
Eric Frizzelbeard.
134. OF THORHALL AND KARI
Thorhall Asgrim's son, and Kari Solmund's son, rode one day to
Mossfell to see Gizur the White; he took them with both hands,
and there they were at his house a very long while. Once it
happened as they and Gizur talked of Njal's burning, that Gizur
said it was very great luck that Kari had got away. Then a song
came into Kari's mouth.
"I who whetted helmet-hewer (1),
I who oft have burnished brand,
From the fray went all unwilling
When Njal's rooftree crackling roared;
Out I leapt when bands of spearmen
Lighted there a blaze of flame!
Listen men unto my moaning,
Mark the telling of my grief."
Then Gizur said, "It must be forgiven thee that thou art mindful,
and so we will talk no more about it just now."
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