The saga is only partially preserved and features a number of dreams and interpretations.
Torstein Side-Hallsson (Þorstein Síðu-Hallssonar) has a series adventures in the Orkney Islands, Ireland, Norway and Iceland during the early 1000s.
[1][2][3] [4] As the saga is only partially preserved in surviving manuscripts, the first part has been lost.
The text resumes with the protagonist Þorsteinn Síðu-Hallsson going abroad, entrusting his goðorð (chieftaincy) to his friend Þórhaddr.
Þorsteinn enters the service of Jarl Sigurðr of Orkney and fights at the Battle of Clontarf.