Characters / njala

Otkell Skarf's son

Patronymic: Otkell Skarf’s child. Status: curated

78Mentions
8Degree
0.0250Betweenness
0.01008PageRank
0.8547Closeness
0.250Clustering
7Community
47 / 54First / death ch.

Narrative prominence

78Mentions
10Chapters present
14Dialogue turns
23Events involved

Kin

Children: Thorgeir Otkell's son.

Aliases

OtkellOtkell Skarf's son

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Relations and evidence

Kinship(2)

with Thorgeir Starkad's son · weight 1 · ch. 4747

  • His son's name was Thorgeir; he was young in years, and a bold dashing man.
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: noun:sonsubtype: childconfidence: lowunverified

with Thorgeir Otkell's son · weight 9 · ch. 6672

  • Now we must tell of Thorgeir Otkell's son; he grew up to be a tall strong man, true-hearted and guileless, but rather too ready to listen to fair words.
    ch. 66rules+corefrule: patronymic+tablesubtype: childconfidence: highunverified
  • He has also taken a cornfield from Thorgeir Otkell's son, and so broken the settlement with him too.
    ch. 66rules+corefrule: patronymic+tablesubtype: childconfidence: highunverified
  • Thou shalt go to see Thorgeir Otkell's son, and bring him into the matter with thee, and then fall on Gunnar; but if ye fail in aught of this, and cannot get him hunted down, still ye shall set on him over and over again, I must tell thee that Njal has 'spaed' his fortune, and foretold about his life, if he slays more than once in the same stock, that it would lead him to his death, if it so fell out that he broke the settlement made after the deed.
    ch. 66rules+corefrule: patronymic+tablesubtype: childconfidence: highunverified
  • "Well," says Thorgeir Otkell's son, "every struggle with Gunnar has had but one end, that few have gained the day; besides, methinks it sounds ill to be called a peace-breaker."
    ch. 67rules+corefrule: patronymic+tablesubtype: childconfidence: highunverified

Marriage(1)

with Thorgerda Njal's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 4747

  • Otkell kept house at Kirkby; his wife's name was Thorgerda; she was a daughter of Mar, the son of Runolf, the son of Naddad of the Faroe isles.
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: noun:wifesubtype: wifeconfidence: lowunverified

Friendship(1)

with Skamkell · weight 1 · ch. 4747

  • He was Otkell's friend.
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: noun:friendsubtype: friendconfidence: lowunverified

Conversation(7)

with Hallbjorn the White · weight 1 · ch. 4747

  • Otkell often said outright to Hallbjorn, that he thought the thrall did little work; and he told Otkell that there was worse in him yet to come.
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified

with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 1 · ch. 4747

  • He greeted them, and Gunnar said, "It so happens that I am come to deal with thee for hay and meat, if there be any left".
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: speech:greetsubtype: turn-takingconfidence: lowunverified

with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 3 · ch. 4751

  • He greeted them, and Gunnar said, "It so happens that I am come to deal with thee for hay and meat, if there be any left".
    ch. 47rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: turn-takingconfidence: lowunverified
  • Gunnar rode with eleven men to Kirkby, and called Otkell out.
    ch. 49rules+corefrule: speech:callsubtype: addressedconfidence: lowunverified
  • Then all this atonement was made and hands were shaken on it, and Gunnar said to Otkell--
    ch. 51rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: addressedconfidence: lowunverified

with Skamkell · weight 2 · ch. 4950

  • Otkell was not sharpsighted, and Skamkell walked on the way along with him, and said to Otkell--
    ch. 49rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified
  • Skamkell fared home, and rides first to Kirkby and calls Otkell out.
    ch. 50rules+corefrule: speech:callsubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified

with Hallbjorn the White · weight 1 · ch. 4949

  • Hallbjorn was out of doors, and said to Otkell--
    ch. 49rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified

with Skamkell · weight 1 · ch. 5050

  • Then Otkell called on his brothers and Skamkell to ride on the business of the summons to Lithend.
    ch. 50rules+corefrule: speech:callsubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified

with Gizur the White · weight 1 · ch. 5151

  • Wolf Aurpriest got wind of this plan, and told Gizur, and Gizur said to Otkell--
    ch. 51rules+corefrule: speech:saysubtype: addressedconfidence: mediumunverified

Support(1)

with Runolf of the Dale · weight 1 · ch. 5353

  • Runolf gave Otkell good gifts, and said they should not see one another again.
    ch. 53rules+corefrule: gave-giftsubtype: giftconfidence: mediumunverified