Again he named witnesses “To bear witness that I give notice of a
brain, or a body, or a marrow wound against Flosi Thord’s son,
for that wound which proved a death wound, but Helgi got his
death therefrom on such and such a spot, when Flosi Thord’s son
first rushed on Helgi Njal’s son with an assault laid down by
law. I give notice of this before five neighbours” — then he
named them all by name — “I give this lawful notice. I give
notice of a suit which Thorgeir Thorir’s son has handed over to
me.”
Then Mord named his witnesses again “To bear witness,” said he,
“that I summon these nine neighbours who dwell nearest the spot”
— here he named them all by name — “to ride to the Althing, and
to sit on the inquest to find whether Flosi Thord’s son rushed
with an assault laid down by law on Helgi Njal’s son, on that
spot where Flosi Thord’s son dealt Helgi Njal’s son a brain, or a
body, or a marrow wound, which proved a death wound, and from
which Helgi got his death. I call on you to utter all those
words which ye are bound to find by law, and which I shall call
on you to utter before the court, and which belong to this suit;
I call upon you by a lawful summons — I call on you so that ye
may yourselves hear — I call on you in the suit which Thorgeir
Thorir’s son has handed over to me.”
Again Mord named his witnesses “To bear witness, that I summon
these nine neighbours who dwell nearest to the spot to ride to
the Althing, and to sit on an inquest to find whether Flosi
Thord’s son wounded Helgi Njal’s son with a brain, or body, or
marrow wound, which proved a death wound, and from which Helgi
got his death, on that spot where Flosi Thord’s son first rushed
on Helgi Njal’s son with an assault laid down by law. I call on
you to utter all those words which ye are bound to find by law,
and which I shall call on you to utter before the court, and
which belong to this suit. I call upon you by a lawful summons
— I call on you so that ye may yourselves hear — I call on you
in the suit which Thorgeir Thorir’s son has handed over to me.”
Then Mord said, “Now is the suit set on foot as ye asked, and
now I will pray thee, Thorgeir Craggeir, to come to me when thou
ridest to the Thing, and then let us both ride together, each
with our band, and keep as close as we can together, for my band
shall be ready by the very beginning of the Thing, and I will be
true to you in all things.”
They showed themselves well pleased at that, and this was fast
bound by oaths, that no man should sunder himself from another
till Kari willed it, and that each of them should lay down his
life for the other’s life. Now they parted with friendship, and
settled to meet again at the Thing.
Now Thorgeir rides back east, but Kari rides west over the rivers
till he came to Tongue, to Asgrim’s house. He welcomed them
wonderfully well, and Kari told Asgrim all Gizur the White’s
plan, and of the setting on foot of the suit.
