Characters / grettla
Skapti the Lawman
Known as “the Lawman”. Status: auto-bootstrap
n=5
26Mentions
5Degree
0.0000Betweenness
0.00862PageRank
0.5973Closeness
0.000Clustering
3Community
27 / 76First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
26Mentions
7Chapters present
9Dialogue turns
8Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
Skapti the LawmanSkapti
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(1)
with Thorodd · weight 1 · ch. 32–32
“On one occasion at the All-Thing he went to the booth of the Lawman Skapti the son of Thorodd, who was a man of great knowledge and gave good counsel to those who consulted him.”
Conversation(4)
with Thorhall · weight 1 · ch. 32–32
“Skapti said there was not much chance of getting another if this man with all his strength and boldness should fail.”
with Atli · weight 1 · ch. 51–51
“Skapti when he heard of it went to the judges and asked them on what grounds their decision rested; they said that the two slain bondis were of equal rank.”
with Grettir the Strong · weight 1 · ch. 54–54
“After this Grettir left Kjol and went South to Hjalli where he asked Skapti for shelter.”
with Grettir the Strong · weight 3 · ch. 54–54
“Skapti said: "I am told that you are acting with violence and are robbing men of their property; that ill becomes a man so highly connected as you are.”
“Skapti said he would have to content himself with something short of the best: "And trust no one so fully that what happened to you in the Western fjords may be repeated.”
“Grettir thanked him for his good advice and turned back to Borgarfjord in the autumn, when he went to his friend Grim, the son of Thorhall, and told him what Skapti had said.”
Support(1)
with Asmund · weight 1 · ch. 27–27
“He upheld Asmund's view on account of their kinship together.”