Skarphedinn Njal's son
Patronymic: Skarphedinn 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(4)
with Bergthora Skarphedinn's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 20–20
“Bergthora was his wife's name; she was Skarphedinn's daughter, a very high-spirited, brave-hearted woman, but somewhat hard-tempered.”
with Hrodny Hauskuld's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 25–25
“His mother was Rodny, and she was Hauskuld's daughter, the sister of Ingialld of the Springs.”
with Hauskuld Thrain's son · weight 1 · ch. 104–104
“After that Hauskuld fared home, and Njal's sons woke up as he went, and asked their father who had come, but he told them that his foster-son Hauskuld had been there.”
with Grim 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 Thorhild the Poetess · weight 1 · ch. 128–128
“So Astrid wrapped the kerchief round Helgi's head, but Thorhilda, Skarphedinn's wife, threw the cloak over him, and he went out between them, and then Thorgerda Njal's daughter, and Helga her sister, and many other folk went out too.”
Friendship(1)
with Atli (Njal's house-carle) · weight 1 · ch. 36–36
“Skarphedinn was good to Atli.”
Conversation(8)
with Njal Thorgeir's son · weight 3 · ch. 25–117
“Njal asked Skarphedinn one day if he would take to himself a wife.”
“Njal called out to Skarphedinn--”
“Now, we must say how Njal said to Skarphedinn--”
with Helgi Njal's son · weight 1 · ch. 44–44
“Helgi made no sign, and he said never a word.”
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 2 · ch. 45–45
“Skarphedinn said to Sigmund--”
“Skarphedinn saw Hallgerda's shepherd, just as he had hewn off Sigmund's head; he handed the head to the shepherd, and bade him bear it to Hallgerda, and said she would know whether that head had made jeering songs about them, and with that he sang a song.”
with Hogni Gunnar's son · weight 1 · ch. 78–78
“Then Hogni went out, and told Skarphedinn all the words that his grandmother had spoken.”
with Mord Valgard's son · weight 1 · ch. 78–78
“Skarphedinn told Mord the slaying of those four men, and sang a song.”
with Helgi Njal's son · weight 3 · ch. 82–104
“So then Njal's sons asked Bard if he could tell at all to what land they were likely to be nearest.”
“Njal's sons often spoke to Kari that he should ride with them; and it came to that at last, for he said it would be well that they heard Thrain's answer.”
“After that Hauskuld fared home, and Njal's sons woke up as he went, and asked their father who had come, but he told them that his foster-son Hauskuld had been there.”
with Kari Solmund's son · weight 1 · ch. 127–127
“Then he said to Kari, "Let us stand by one another well, brother-in-law, so that neither parts from the other".”
with Kari Solmund's son · weight 1 · ch. 128–128
“Kari spoke to Skarphedinn, and said--"Leap thou out here, and I will help thee to do so, and I will leap out after thee, and then we shall both get away if we set about it so, for hitherward blows all the smoke."”
Conflict(6)
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 2 · ch. 45–45
“Sigmund had a helm on his head, and a shield at his side, and was girt with a sword, his spear was in his hand; now he turns against Skarphedinn, and thrusts at once at him with his spear, and the thrust came on his shield.”
“Sigmund drew his sword and cut at Skarphedinn, and the sword cuts into his shield, so that it stuck fast.”
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 1 · ch. 45–45
“Skarphedinn saw Hallgerda's shepherd, just as he had hewn off Sigmund's head; he handed the head to the shepherd, and bade him bear it to Hallgerda, and said she would know whether that head had made jeering songs about them, and with that he sang a song.”
with Thrain Sigfus' son · weight 1 · ch. 91–91
“Thrain was just about to put his helm on his head; and now Skarphedinn bore down on them, and hews at Thrain with his axe, "the ogress of war," and smote him on the head, and clove him down to the teeth, so that his jaw-teeth fell out on the ice.”
with Gunnar Lambi's son · weight 2 · ch. 91–129
“Then Skarphedinn seizes both Gunnar Lambi's son, and Grani Gunnar's son, and said--”
“Then Skarphedinn said--"He now is a keepsake for thee;" and with that he took out of his purse the jaw-tooth which he had hewn out of Thrain, and threw it at Gunnar, and struck him in the eye, so that it started out and lay on his cheek.”
with Lyting of Samstede · weight 1 · ch. 104–104
“Lyting took up a stone and hurled it at Skarphedinn, and he lost his hold on Hallstein.”
with Auzur · weight 1 · ch. 127–127
“Then Hroald Auzur's son ran up to where Skarphedinn stood, and thrust at him.”
Killing(2)
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 3 · ch. 45–91
“Skarphedinn gave him a blow on his helm, and after that dealt Sigmund his death-blow.”
“Skarphedinn gave him a blow on his helm, and after that dealt Sigmund his death-blow.”
“"When I slew Sigmund the white," says Skarphedinn, "Gunnar of Lithend's kinsman."”
with Thrain Sigfus' son · weight 1 · ch. 119–119
“He was so clad, he had on a blue kirtle and gray breeks, and black shoes on his feet, coming high up his leg; he had a silver belt about him, and that same axe in his hand with which he slew Thrain, and which he called the "ogress of war," a round buckler, and a silken band round his brow, and his hair was brushed back behind his ears.”