Hrut Herjolf's son
Patronymic: Hrut Herjolf’s child. Status: curated
Promoted from auto-bootstrap after manual verification (ch. 8: son of Thorgerd and her second husband Herjolf, half-brother of Hoskuld) -- matches Njals saga's Hrut Heriolf's son. See data/entities/cross_saga.yaml.
Narrative prominence
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
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Believed to be the same person as Hrut Heriolf's son in Njáls saga (Brennu-Njáls saga). high confidence
Same passages as person:hoskuld-dala-kollsson above: both sagas independently name Hrut as Hoskuld/Hauskuld's maternal half-brother, son of Heriolf/Herjolf. Njáls saga's own opening chapters (Hrut's wooing of Unna, his voyage to Norway) match Laxdæla's account of the same Hrut's parentage and early life.
Caveat: None beyond the general translation/spelling caveat in Section 4 of the paper.
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(3)
with Hoskuld Koll's son · weight 1 · ch. 19–19
“He had in his keep a great deal of money that belonged to his (half) brother, Hrut, Herjolf's son.”
with Thorliek · weight 1 · ch. 25–25
“Thorliek begat a son of his wife.”
with Herjolf · weight 1 · ch. 37–37
“It happened one morning early that a man looked out at Hrutstead at goodman Hrut's, Herjolf's son's, and when he came in Hrut asked what news he brought.”
Conversation(10)
with Hoskuld Koll's son · weight 1 · ch. 19–19
“Hrut now lived three winters at Combness, and was always demanding the money from Hoskuld at the Thing meetings and other law gatherings, and he spoke well on the matter.”
with Hoskuld Koll's son · weight 1 · ch. 19–19
“Hoskuld said that Thorgerd had not married Herjolf by his counsel, and that he was her lawful guardian, and there the matter dropped.”
with Orn · weight 1 · ch. 21–21
“Orn asked him what was the matter of his sorrow?”
with Eldgrim · weight 4 · ch. 37–37
“Eldgrim replied, "I will not hide it from you, though I know what kinship there is between you and Thorliek; but I tell you I have come after these horses, meaning that he shall never have them again.”
“Eldgrim said, "Go and warn Thorliek if you wish, for you may see I have prepared myself in such a manner as that I should like it”
“Eldgrim said, "And do you mean to take the horses away from me?"”
“Eldgrim said, "You speak most kindly, Hrut, but since I have got hold of Thorliek's horses you will not pluck them out of my hands either by bribes or threats."”
with Eldgrim · weight 4 · ch. 37–37
“Hrut said, "That is no deed of fame to you to take away the horses while Thorliek lies in his bed and sleeps; you would keep best what you agreed upon if you go and meet himself before you drive the horses out of the countryside."”
“Hrut said, "I think I must seek for something else than to go to Combeness for I am heavy of foot; but I mean not to allow Thorliek to be robbed if I have means thereto, no matter how little love there may go with our kinship."”
“Hrut said, "I will give you other stud-horses if you will let these alone, though they may not be quite so good as these are."”
“Hrut replied, "Then I think you are making for both of us the choice that answers the worst."”
with Thorliek · weight 2 · ch. 37–37
“Then Hrut rode over to Combeness and told Thorliek the tidings.”
“Hrut said that Thorliek must do what pleased him, and so they parted in no loving kindness.”
with Thorliek · weight 2 · ch. 37–37
“Thorliek said that not only had he done this for an evil purpose, but that, moreover, no good would come in return for it.”
“Thorliek now went to see his tenants Kotkell and Grima, and bade them do something to the shame of Hrut.”
with Hoskuldson · weight 1 · ch. 37–37
“Then he rode to Olaf Hoskuldson and told him the tidings of what had happened there.”
with Olaf · weight 3 · ch. 37–37
“Olaf was madly wroth at this, and said it showed great lack of forethought that they had allowed such scoundrels as Kotkell and his family to live so near to him, and said that Thorliek had shaped for himself an evil lot by dealing as he had done with Hrut, but added that more must have been done than Thorliek had ever could have wished.”
“Olaf replied, "It is not right that you two kinsmen should be laying hands on each other; on Thorliek's behalf this has turned out a matter of most evil luck.”
“Olaf replied, "It will not be easy for you to go further against Thorliek than I am willing to allow; but if you do it, it is not unlikely that dale and hill will meet."”
with Olaf · weight 1 · ch. 37–37
“Hrut said, "It is no good casting about for this; the sores between us two will never heal up; and I should like that from henceforth we should not both live in Salmon-river-Dale."”
Killing(1)
with Eldgrim · weight 1 · ch. 37–37
“Hrut was eighty years old when he killed Eldgrim, and he was considered by that deed to have added much to his fame.”