Grim Njal's son
Patronymic: Grim Njal’s child. Status: curated
Narrative prominence
Kin
Father: Njal Thorgeir's son. Mother: Bergthora Skarphedinn's daughter.
Aliases
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(3)
with Hauskuld Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“Next to Gunnar on the outside, away from him, sat Njal, then Skarphedinn, then Helgi, then Grim, then Hauskuld Njal's son, then Hafr the Wise, then Ingialld from the Springs, then the sons of Thorir from Holt away east.”
with Njal Thorgeir's son · weight 1 · ch. 118–118
“Then Asgrim went out, and Helgi Njal's son next; then Kari Solmund's son; then Grim Njal's son; then Skarphedinn; then Thorhall; then Thorgrim the big; then Thorleif crow.”
with Skarphedinn Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 129–129
“Skarphedinn then went to his brother Grim, and they held one another by the hand and trode the fire; but when they came to the middle of the hall Grim fell down dead.”
Marriage(1)
with Astrid · weight 1 · ch. 25–25
“Grim wooed Astrid of Deepback; she was a widow and very wealthy.”
Conversation(2)
with Helgi Njal's son · weight 3 · ch. 87–88
“Then Grim said softly to Helgi--”
“Grim first saw the Earl's ships and said to Helgi--”
“After that the Earl fell asleep; but when all men slept, Grim spoke to Helgi, and said, "Away would I get if I could".”
with Kari Solmund's son · weight 1 · ch. 88–88
“But when the spring came, Kari asked Njal's sons to go on warfare with him, but Grim said they would only do so if he would fare with them afterwards out to Iceland.”
Conflict(3)
with Skiolld · weight 1 · ch. 45–45
“Skiolld turned against Grim and Helgi, and they fell hotly to fight.”
with Snowcolf · weight 1 · ch. 83–83
“Snowcolf sprang aboard and at Olaf, and thrust his spear through his body, but Grim thrust at Snowcolf with his spear, and so stoutly, that he fell over-board.”
with Killer-Hrapp · weight 1 · ch. 91–91
“Hrapp hews at Grim there and then with his axe; Helgi sees this and cuts at Hrapp's arm, and cut it off, and down fell the axe.”
Killing(1)
with Skiolld · weight 1 · ch. 45–45
“Grim cut off Skiolld's foot at the ankle-joint, but Helgi thrust him through with his spear, and he got his death there and then.”
Support(1)
with Helgi Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 89–89
“But the spring after, Kari asked for Njal's daughter, Helga, to wife, and Helgi and Grim backed his suit; and so the end of it was that she was betrothed to Kari, and the day for the wedding-feast was fixed, and the feast was held half a month before mid-summer, and they were that winter with Njal.”