Characters / laxdaela
Thorstein the Red
Known as “the Red”. Status: auto-bootstrap
n=4
47Mentions
12Degree
0.0485Betweenness
0.01760PageRank
0.8158Closeness
0.121Clustering
1Community
4 / —First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
47Mentions
13Chapters present
2Dialogue turns
21Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
Thorstein the Red
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(9)
with Feilan · weight 1 · ch. 5–5
“She had with her Olaf "Feilan," the son of Thorstein, and those of his sisters who were unmarried.”
with Thorgerd · weight 3 · ch. 5–7
“The same spring as Unn set up household at Hvamm, Koll married Thorgerd, daughter of Thorstein the Red.”
“His daughter was Thorgerd, wife of Ari Marson of Reekness, the son of Atli, the son of Ulf the Squinter and Bjorg, Eyvond's daughter, the sister of Helgi the Lean.”
“Thorgerd, Thorstein's daughter, the mother of Hoskuld, was still a young woman and most goodly; she did not care for Iceland after the death of Koll.”
with Thorolf · weight 1 · ch. 7–7
“One daughter of Olaf Feilan was Thora, whom Thorstein Cod-biter, son of Thorolf Most-Beard, had for wife; their sons were Bork the Stout, and Thorgrim, father of Snori the Priest.”
with Egil · weight 4 · ch. 7–40
“Helga was another daughter of Olaf; she was the wife of Gunnar Hlifarson; their daughter was Jofrid, whom Thorodd, son of Tongue-Odd, had for wife, and afterwards Thorstein, Egil's son.”
“There at that time lived Thorstein, Egil's son, his mother's brother.”
“There at that time lived Thorstein, Egil's son, his mother's brother.”
“That summer there was a ship standing up in Steam-river-Mouth, and this ship belonged to Kalf Asgeirson, who had been staying through the winter with Thorstein, Egil's son.”
with Hoskuld Koll's son · weight 1 · ch. 7–7
“Thorgerd, Thorstein's daughter, the mother of Hoskuld, was still a young woman and most goodly; she did not care for Iceland after the death of Koll.”
with Osk · weight 3 · ch. 10–18
“He had two daughters, one named Gudrid, and the other Osk.”
“Osk, Thorstein's daughter, was given in marriage to a man of Broadfirth named Thorarin.”
“Thorstein got on board a ferry-boat, and took twelve men with him; and Thorarin, his brother-in-law, and Osk, Thorstein's daughter, and Hild, her daughter, who was three years old, went with them too.”
with Thorness · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“At that time there rose to honour among men in Thorness, the kinsmen of Thorstein, named Bork the Stout and his brother, Thorgrim.”
with Thorgrim · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“At that time there rose to honour among men in Thorness, the kinsmen of Thorstein, named Bork the Stout and his brother, Thorgrim.”
with Thorarin · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“Thorstein got on board a ferry-boat, and took twelve men with him; and Thorarin, his brother-in-law, and Osk, Thorstein's daughter, and Hild, her daughter, who was three years old, went with them too.”
Marriage(1)
with Gudrid · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“Then he said the maiden was drowned, because the next in inheritance to her was Osk, her mother, and she lost her life the last of them, so that all the money thus came to Thorkell Trefill, in that his wife Gudrid must take inheritance after her sister.”
Conversation(3)
with Thorkell · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“Thorkell now asked him to tell the story of this mishap in the hearing of a good many people.”
with Thorkell · weight 1 · ch. 18–18
“Then he said the maiden was drowned, because the next in inheritance to her was Osk, her mother, and she lost her life the last of them, so that all the money thus came to Thorkell Trefill, in that his wife Gudrid must take inheritance after her sister.”
with Kjartan · weight 2 · ch. 40–40
“Kjartan told Thorstein in secret that his chief errand to the south then was, that he wished to buy the half of Kalf's ship, "for I have set my mind on going abroad," and he asked Thorstein what sort of a man he thought Kalf was.”
“Kjartan said it would speed well enough.”