Tales of romance; based on tales in the Book of romance . udgedhim his possessions. Thorir of Garth brought a suit at the Thingto have Grettir outlawed for the burning of hissons ; but Skapti the Lawman thought it scarcelyfair to condemn a man unheard, and spoke thesewise words: A tale is half told if one mantells it, for most folk are readiest to bring theirstories to the worser side when there are twoways of telling them. Thorir, however, was a man of might, andhad powerful friends; these between thempushed on the suit, and with a high handrather than according to law obtained theirdecree. T
Tales of romance; based on tales in the Book of romance . udgedhim his possessions. Thorir of Garth brought a suit at the Thingto have Grettir outlawed for the burning of hissons ; but Skapti the Lawman thought it scarcelyfair to condemn a man unheard, and spoke thesewise words: A tale is half told if one mantells it, for most folk are readiest to bring theirstories to the worser side when there are twoways of telling them. Thorir, however, was a man of might, andhad powerful friends; these between thempushed on the suit, and with a high handrather than according to law obtained theirdecree. Thus was Grettir outlawed for a deedof which he was innocent. Next, Grettirs enemy Thorir of Garth heardof his whereabouts, and prevailed upon oneThorir Eedbeard to attempt to slay him. So K-edbeard laid his plans, with the object,as it is quaintly phrased, of winning , however, declined to be won, for Red-beard fared no better than Grim. He tried to slay the outlaw while he was 10* M4 HOW GEETTIE BECAME AN OUTLAW. OV&CTHROW5 THOWR REDBEAKD. DEATH OF GEETTIE THE STRONG. 145 i swimming back from his nets, but Grettir sanklike a stone and swam along the bottom, till hereached a place where he could land unseen byRedbeard. He then came on him from behind,while Redbeard was still looking for his appear-ance out of the water; heaved him over hishead, and caused him to fall so heavily that hisweapon fell out of his hand. Grettir seized itand smote off his head. DEATH OF GRETTIR THE STRONG. ABOUT this time, Grettir having been so manyyears in outlawry, many thought that thesentence should be annulled, and it was deemedcertain that he would be pardoned in the nextensuing summer; but they who had owned theisland were discontented at the prospect of hisacquittal, and urged Angle either to give backthe island or slay Grettir. Now Angle had a foster-mother, Thurid;she was old and cunning in witchcraft, which shehad learnt in her youth ; for though Christianityhad now been establis
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