Characters / njala
Geir the Priest
Known as “the Priest”. Status: curated
34Mentions
2Degree
0.0186Betweenness
0.00380PageRank
0.8866Closeness
0.000Clustering
2Community
46 / —First / death ch.
Narrative prominence
34Mentions
13Chapters present
1Dialogue turns
6Events involved
Kin
No parent/child links recorded.
Aliases
GeirGeir the Priest
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(1)
with Thorkatla · weight 1 · ch. 46–46
“That man is also named in this story, whose name was Geir the priest; his mother was Thorkatla, another daughter of Kettlebjorn the Old of Mossfell.”
Conversation(2)
with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 3 · ch. 56–56
“Geir the priest bade Gunnar to listen to his oath, and then he took the oath, and afterwards declared his suit.”
“Then he let men bear witness of the notice given of the suit; then he called upon the neighbours who were to form the inquest to take their seats; then he called on Gunnar to challenge the inquest; and then he called on the inquest to utter their finding.”
“Then Geir the priest called on Gunnar for his defence, and took witness of all the steps in the suit which had been proved.”
with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 2 · ch. 56–56
“Then he let men bear witness of the notice given of the suit; then he called upon the neighbours who were to form the inquest to take their seats; then he called on Gunnar to challenge the inquest; and then he called on the inquest to utter their finding.”
“Then Gunnar, in his turn, called on Geir the priest to listen to his oath, and to the defence which he was about to bring forward in the suit.”