The Story of Burnt Njal: The Great Icelandic Tribune, Jurist, and Counsellor
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He was a mighty chief, and a great taker up of suits, and so great a lawyer that no judgments were thought lawful unless he had a hand in them.
She was fair of face and tall of growth, and her hair was as soft as silk; it was so long, too, that it came down to her waist.
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- 1. OF FIDDLE MORDSample
- ENDNOTES:
- 2. HRUT WOOS UNNA
- 3. HRUT AND GUNNHILLDA, KING'S MOTHER
- 4. OF HRUT'S CRUISE
- 5. ATLI ARNVID SON'S SLAYING
- 6. HRUT SAILS OUT TO ICELAND
- 7. UNNA SEPARATES FROM HRUT
- 8. MORD CLAIMS HIS GOODS FROM HRUT
- 9. THORWALD GETS HALLGERDA TO WIFE
- 10. HALLGERDA'S WEDDING
- 11. THORWALD'S SLAYING
- 12. THIOSTOLF'S FLIGHT
- 13. GLUM'S WOOING
- 14. GLUM'S WEDDING
- 15. THIOSTOLF GOES TO GLUM'S HOUSE
- 16. GLUM'S SHEEP HUNT
- 17. GLUM'S SLAYING
- 18. FIDDLE MORD'S DEATH
- 19. GUNNAR COMES INTO THE STORY
- ENDNOTES:
- 20. OF NJAL AND HIS CHILDREN
- ENDNOTES:
- 21. UNNA GOES TO SEE GUNNAR
- 22. NJAL'S ADVICE
- 23. HUCKSTER HEDINN.
- 24. GUNNAR AND HRUT STRIVE AT THE THING.
- 25. UNNA'S SECOND WEDDING
- ENDNOTES:
- 26. OF ASGRIM AND HIS CHILDREN
- ENDNOTES:
- 27. HELGI NJAL'S SON'S WOOING
- 28. HALLVARD COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- ENDNOTES:
- 29. GUNNAR GOES ABROAD
- 30. GUNNAR GOES A-SEA-ROVING
- 31. GUNNAR GOES TO KING HAROLD GORM'S SON AND EARL HACON
- 32. GUNNAR COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- 33. GUNNAR'S WOOING
- 34. OF THRAIN SIGFUS' SON
- 35. THE VISIT TO BERGTHORSKNOLL
- 36. KOL SLEW SWART
- 37. THE SLAYING OF KOL, WHOM ATLI SLEW
- 38. THE KILLING OF ATLI THE THRALL
- 39. THE SLAYING OF BRYNJOLF THE UNRULY
- 40. GUNNAR AND NJAL MAKE PEACE ABOUT BRYNJOLF'S SLAYING
- 41. SIGMUND COMES OUT TO ICELAND
- 42. THE SLAYING OF THORD FREEDMANSON
- 43. NJAL AND GUNNAR MAKE PEACE FOR THE SLAYING OF THORD
- 44. SIGMUND MOCKS NJAL AND HIS SONS
- 45. THE SLAYING OF SIGMUND AND SKIOLLD
- 46. OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND GEIR THE PRIEST
- ENDNOTES:
- 47. OF OTKELL IN KIRKBY
- 48. HOW HALLGERDA MAKES MALCOLM STEAL FROM KIRKBY
- 49. OF SKAMKELL'S EVIL COUNSEL
- 50. OF SKAMKELL'S LYING
- 51. OF GUNNAR
- 52. OF RUNOLF, THE SON OF WOLF AURPRIEST
- 53. HOW OTKELL RODE OVER GUNNAR
- 54. THE FIGHT AT RANGRIVER
- 55. NJAL'S ADVICE TO GUNNAR
- 56. GUNNAR AND GEIR THE PRIEST STRIVE AT THE THING
- 57. OF STARKAD AND HIS SONS
- 58. HOW GUNNAR'S HORSE FOUGHT
- 59. OF ASGRIM AND WOLF UGGIS' SON
- 60. AN ATTACK AGAINST GUNNAR AGREED ON
- 61. GUNNAR'S DREAM
- 62. THE SLAYING OF HJORT AND FOURTEEN MEN
- 63. NJAL'S COUNSEL TO GUNNAR
- 64. OF VALGARD AND MORD
- 65. OF FINES AND ATONEMENTS
- 66. OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON
- 67. OF THORGEIR STARKAD'S SON
- 68. OF NJAL AND THOSE NAMESAKES
- 69. OLAF THE PEACOCK'S GIFTS TO GUNNAR
- 70. MORD'S COUNSEL
- 71. THE SLAYING OF THORGEIR OTKELL'S SON
- 72. OF THE SUITS FOR MANSLAUGHTER AT THE THING
- 73. OF THE ATONEMENT
- 74. KOLSKEGG GOES ABROAD
- 75. THE RIDING TO LITHEND
- 76. GUNNAR'S SLAYING
- 77. GUNNAR SINGS A SONG DEAD
- 78. GUNNAR OF LITHEND AVENGED
- 79. HOGNI TAKES AN ATONEMENT FOR GUNNAR'S DEATH
- 80. OF KOLSKEGG: HOW HE WAS BAPTIZED
- 81. OF THRAIN: HOW HE SLEW KOL
- ENDNOTES:
- 82. NJAL'S SONS SAIL ABROAD
- 83. OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON
- 84. OF EARL SIGURD
- 85. THE BATTLE WITH THE EARLS
- 86. HRAPP'S VOYAGE FROM ICELAND
- 87. THRAIN TOOK TO HRAPP
- 88. EARL HACON FIGHTS WITH NJAL'S SONS.
- 89. NJAL'S SONS AND KARI COME OUT TO ICELAND
- 90. THE QUARREL OF NJAL'S SONS WITH THRAIN SIGFUS' SON
- ENDNOTES:
- 91. THRAIN SIGFUS' SON'S SLAYING
- ENDNOTES:
- 92. KETTLE TAKES HAUSKULD AS HIS FOSTER-SON
- 93. NJAL TAKES HAUSKULD TO FOSTER
- 94. OF FLOSI THORD'S SON
- ENDNOTES:
- 95. OF HALL OF THE SIDE
- ENDNOTES:
- 96. OF THE CHANGE OF FAITH
- ENDNOTES:
- 97. OF THANGBRAND'S JOURNEYS
- 98. OF THANGBRAND AND GUDLEIF
- ENDNOTES:
- 99. OF GEST ODDLEIF'S SON
- 100. OF GIZUR THE WHITE AND HJALLTI
- 101. OF THORGEIR OF LIGHTWATER
- ENDNOTES:
- 102. THE WEDDING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS
- 103. THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD NJAL'S SON
- 104. THE SLAYING OF LYTING'S BROTHERS
- 105. OF AMUND THE BLIND
- 106. OF VALGARD THE GUILEFUL
- 107. OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS
- 108. OF THE SLANDER OF MORD VALGARD'S SON.
- 109. OF MORD AND NJAL'S SONS
- 110. THE SLAYING OF HAUSKULD, THE PRIEST OF WHITENESS
- 111. OF HILDIGUNNA AND MORD VALGARD'S SON
- 112. THE PEDIGREE OF GUDMUND THE POWERFUL
- ENDNOTES:
- 113. OF SNORRI THE PRIEST, AND HIS STOCK
- ENDNOTES:
- 114. OF FLOSI THORD'S SON
- 115. OF FLOSI AND HILDIGUNNA
- ENDNOTES:
- 116. OF FLOSI AND MORD AND THE SONS OF SIGFUS
- 117. NJAL AND SKARPHEDINN TALK TOGETHER
- 118. ASGRIM AND NJAL'S SONS PRAY MEN FOR HELP
- 119. OF SKARPHEDINN AND THORKEL FOULMOUTH
- 120. OF THE PLEADING OF THE SUIT
- 121. OF THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT BETWEEN FLOSI AND NJAL
- ENDNOTES:
- 122. OF THE JUDGES
- 123. AN ATTACK PLANNED ON NJAL AND HIS SONS
- 124. OF PORTENTS
- 125. FLOSI'S JOURNEY FROM HOME
- 126. OF PORTENTS AT BERGTHORSKNOLL
- 127. THE ONSLAUGHT (1) ON BERGTHORSKNOLL
- 128. NJAL'S BURNING
- 129. SKARPHEDINN'S DEATH
- 130. OF KARI SOLMUND'S SON
- 131. NJAL'S AND BERGTHORA'S BONES FOUND
- 132. FLOSI'S DREAM
- 133. OF FLOSI'S JOURNEY AND HIS ASKING FOR HELP
- ENDNOTES:
- 134. OF THORHALL AND KARI
- 135. OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS
- 136. OF THORGEIR CRAGGEIR
- 137. OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON
- 138. OF ASGRIM, AND GIZUR, AND KARI
- 139. OF ASGRIM AND GUDMUND
- 140. OF THE DECLARATIONS OF THE SUITS
- 141. NOW MEN GO TO THE COURTS
- ENDNOTES:
- 142. OF EYJOLF BOLVERK'S SON
- 143. THE COUNSEL OF THORHALL ASGRIM'S SON
- 144. BATTLE AT THE ALTHING
- 145. OF KARI AND THORGEIR
- 146. THE AWARD OF ATONEMENT WITH THORGEIR CRAGGEIR
- 147. KARI COMES TO BJORN'S HOUSE IN THE MARK
- 148. OF FLOSI AND THE BURNERS
- 149. OF KARI AND BJORN
- 150. MORE OF KARI AND BJORN
- 151. OF KARI AND BJORN AND THORGEIR
- 152. FLOSI GOES ABROAD
- 153. KARI GOES ABROAD
- 154. GUNNAR LAMBI'S SON'S SLAYING
- 155. OF SIGNS AND WONDERS
- 156. BRIAN'S BATTLE
- ENDNOTES:
- 157. THE SLAYING OF KOL THORSTEIN'S SON
- 158. OF FLOSI AND KARI