Then they brought this up before their chief. He adopted this as a plan that they should cast him onto the reef, and so it was done. But it was so far from land that there were few who ever were good enough at swimming to make it in one go, even if there was a ship beside them. But under the circumstances, since Tristram thought he was fated to die even though he was on a reef, he threw himself into the sea and swam to land in one go without a rest in swimming.

Saga af Tristram ok Isodd