Thrain Sigfus' son
Patronymic: Thrain Sigfus’s child. Status: curated
Narrative prominence
Kin
Father: Sigfus Sighvat's son. Children: Hauskuld Thrain's son.
Aliases
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Relations and evidence
Kinship(5)
with Sigfus Sighvat's son · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“There was a man named Thrain, he was the son of Sigfus, the son of Sighvat the Red.”
with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“He was Gunnar's kinsman, and a man of great mark.”
with Gunnar Lambi's son · weight 1 · ch. 81–81
“Gunnar was Thrain's brother's son, and had come to him young, and each loved the other much.”
with Kettle of the Mark · weight 2 · ch. 90–92
“Njal said it would be best that Kettle should talk with his brother Thrain about it, and he gave his word to do so.”
“Kettle of the Mark had to wife Thorgerda, Njal's daughter, but he was Thrain's brother, and he thought he was come into a strait, so he rode to Njal's house, and asked whether he were willing to atone in any way for Thrain's slaying?”
with Hauskuld Thrain's son · weight 1 · ch. 92–92
“"Long have I loved my brother Thrain much, and now I will show it, for I will ask Hauskuld Thrain's son to be my foster-child."”
Marriage(2)
with Thorhild the Poetess · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“Now Thrain Sigfus' son kept staring at Thorgerda Glum's daughter; his wife Thorhillda saw this, and she got wroth, and made a couplet upon him.”
with Thorgerda Njal's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 58–58
“Just then Gunnar heard of the death of his father-in-law Hauskuld; a few nights after, Thorgerda, Thrain's wife, was delivered at Gritwater, and gave birth to a boy child.”
Friendship(1)
with Runolf of the Dale · weight 1 · ch. 91–91
“Runolf, the son of Wolf Aurpriest, east in the Dale, was a great friend of Thrain's, and had asked Thrain to come and see him, and it was settled that he should come east when about three weeks or a month were wanting to winter.”
Conversation(7)
with Thorgerda Glum's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 34–34
“"Thrain," she says,”
with Hallgerda Hauskuld's daughter · weight 1 · ch. 42–42
“Hallgerda went to Thrain Sigfus' son, and his companions, and said to him, "Now is Thord on Thorolfsfell, and now your best plan is to fall on him and kill him as he goes home".”
with Sigmund Lambi's son · weight 1 · ch. 42–42
“Sigmund said to Thrain, "Now thou shalt have nothing to do with it; for we shall not need all of us".”
with Gunnar of Lithend · weight 1 · ch. 47–47
“Then Gunnar called on Kolskegg to go along with him; he called too on Thrain Sigfus' son, and Lambi Sigurd's son.”
with Killer-Hrapp · weight 1 · ch. 87–87
“Then Hrapp turned to Thrain Sigfus' son, and bade him shelter him.”
with Runolf of the Dale · weight 2 · ch. 91–91
“Runolf, the son of Wolf Aurpriest, east in the Dale, was a great friend of Thrain's, and had asked Thrain to come and see him, and it was settled that he should come east when about three weeks or a month were wanting to winter.”
“Thrain said that he meant to ride home that evening, but Runolf said that he ought not to ride home; he said, too, that it would be more wary not to fare back as he had said he would before he left home.”
with Runolf of the Dale · weight 1 · ch. 91–91
“Thrain said that he meant to ride home that evening, but Runolf said that he ought not to ride home; he said, too, that it would be more wary not to fare back as he had said he would before he left home.”
Conflict(1)
with Skarphedinn Njal's 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.”
Killing(1)
with Skarphedinn Njal's 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.”