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...done; and they were of one mind that the quarrel should be followed up at law. Then some one was sought who would take the suit up, but no one was ready ...

...a very hearty welcome, and Flosi said to Hall, "I will ask thee, father-in-law, that thou wouldst ride to the Thing with me with all thy Thingmen." ...t that," says Saurli, "so long as I do not know on which side my father-in-law Gudmund the Powerful stands, for I mean to stand by him on whichever side h ...

After that they went to the High Court, where Fiddle Mord was laying down the law as was his wont, and after he had done he went home to his booth. ..."I have a bargain to speak to thee about; Hrut wishes to become thy son-in-law, and buy thy daughter, and I, for my part, will not be sparing in the matte ...

...the money, and promised his help; he was to strengthen Steinar to take the law of Thorstein. Then Steinar rode home. ...d claimed lesser outlawry as the penalty of each slaying. For this was the law, when thralls of anyone were slain, and the fine for the thrall was not bro ...

...n by thy side as thy wife, when thou wilt not dare to follow thy father-in-law, and thou must be a coward," she says. ...

...s, that he who had given notice of the suit was truly under the ban of the law, and was himself an outlaw. ...

"'True enough,' Hrut will say. 'I said so, and that passed for law among foolish men; but the suit might have been taken up again at another T Then he will ask, 'Dost thou know anything about law?' ...

...ow in possession. I know that, if a message of yours be added, I shall get law in this matter.' ...

...d he said little about it. He sent word to Hall of the Side, his father-in-law, and to Ljot his son, that they must gather in a great company at the Thing ...

...aphorically the extinguishing of the light of Njáll’s eyes, the process of law is once again incapacitated, and the resulting courthearing reaches deadloc ...aphorically the extinguishing of the light of Njáll’s eyes, the process of law is once again incapacitated, and the resulting courthearing reaches deadloc ...

...s were Ragi in Hot-spring-dale, and Thorarin, Ragi's brother, who took the law-speakership next after Hrafn Hængsson. Thorarin dwelt at Warm-brook; he ha ...

...his meaning that Eyjolf Bolverk's son must be meant to defend the suit at law, and that the ring must have been given him for that." ...st be so. Then Gizur spoke to them, "Now has Mord Valgard's son, my son-in-law, undertaken a suit, which all must think most hard, to prosecute Flosi; and ...

...problem is one with the law, or because the law is corrupt, or because the law is stupid, but because the problem is political and institutional (or more ...tten before, he was in the battle with Gudmund the Powerful, his father-in-law, and as soon as Skapti knew that, he went to the booth of Snorri the Priest ...

...y plain that Thrain thought I set too great store on being your brother-in-law." ...ong in secret, Njal and his sons, and Kari Solmund's son, their brother-in-law. ...

Just then Gunnar heard of the death of his father-in-law Hauskuld; a few nights after, Thorgerda, Thrain's wife, was delivered at Gr ...

Flosi would not stay to meet Hall his father-in-law, for he knew of a surety that Hall would set his face against all strong de ...ng and his sons. They were at home that summcr. Njal asked Kari his son-in-law whether he thought at all of riding east to Dyrholms to his own house. ...

...home east, and then Hall said to Flosi, "Keep this atonement well, son-in-law, both as to going abroad and the pilgrimage to Rome (1), and the fines, and ...

...e also Aunund and Steinar, Tongue-Odd and Einar, and company. And when the law pleadings were finished, then stood up Egil and spoke thus: 'Are Steinar an ...

..., Vestar; they all had land. Hrafn was Hæing's fifth son. He was the first law-man in Iceland; he dwelt at Hofi after his father, and was the most renowne ...

...all the property owned by Bjorn had been taken up by Bergonund, his son-in-law, who had moved to his own home all loose chattels, letting out the lands, a ...matter, and with your help it seems no great thing in my eyes to take the law of Bergonund.' ...

...d," Thorir Easterling, "when thou sittest by; but thy host, and father-in- law Egil, is slain." ...

This arrangement he made fast, as the law was, with the leave of the king. Then Bard died, and was buried, and his de ...the fall of many men whom Sigurd knew well, and withal how Bard his son-in-law had died of wounds received in the battle. This they both felt to be a grea ...

After that Bergthora told her sons and her son-in-law Kari, and they talked long and low about the matter. ...sees that his sons are all there with their weapons, and Kari, his son-in-law too. Skarphedinn was foremost. He was in a blue cape, and had a targe, and ...

Then Ljot came forward on the field and declared the law of combat, that he should ever after bear the name of dastard who should dr ...d he who slew him in the combat should take his inheritance. This was also law, that if a foreigner died who had no heir in the land, then that inheritanc ...

...after, and now he can use this first step in the suit, and it is right in law." ...

...e to talk with Thrain Sigfus' son, and said, "I would think thee my son-in-law indeed," she says, "if thou slayest Thord Freedmanson." ...

...king's share, and each of his men as much as two Kvens. With the Kvens the law was that the king should have one-third as compared with his men when the b ...

...marks. He laid the suit in the Quarter Court, into which it would come by law, and gave lawful notice, so that all who stood on the Hill of Laws might he ...

...d. He took the horn, scratched runes<ref>'''scratched runes''': "The runic law evidenced here reminds one of various comments in Eddic poetry, specificall ...Hann tók við horninu og reist á rúnar<ref>'''reist á rúnar''': "The runic law evidenced here reminds one of various comments in Eddic poetry, specificall ...

...t hold of him, and dragged him out, he asked carefully after his father-in-law Njal, but the steward told him the whole truth. Then Kettle said, "Great gr "It joys me, brother-in-law," says Skarphedinn, "to think that if thou gettest away thou wilt avenge me ...

And with that he tore himself from his brothers, and Kari his brother-in-law, and strode forward to Thorkel. ...

Then he said to Kari, "Let us stand by one another well, brother- in-law, so that neither parts from the other." ...

...housekeeping to Thorstein, and went south to Moss-fell to Grim, his son-in-law, for he loved Thordis<ref>'''he loved Thordis''': "Hvergi er sterkar að or ...

...gone away, "All men know that I have taken no atonement for my brother-in-law Thrain, and I shall never be content that no vengeance--man for man--shall ...

Grim of Moss-fell was baptized when Christianity was established by law in Iceland. He had a church built there, and 'tis common report that Thordi ...

"They all fell there," says Hrafn, "but thy brother-in-law Thorstein took peace from Kerthialfad, and is now with him." ...

...ould ask of thee," said Asgrim, "that thou wouldst grant me and my sons-in-law help. ...

...acon had by far the larger numbers; the reason of this was that he made it law in the land that every man should own his patrimony, where king Harold had ...slander of bad men, for no crime at all. And thou, O king, didst break the law in Egil's case for the sake of Bergonund; nay further thou didst wish to do ...

'Law-breaker, land-demon, <br> ...