snorri was middling in height and somewhat slender , fair to look on , straight-faced and of light hue ; of yellow hair and red beard ; he was meek of mood in his daily ways ; little men knew of his thought for good or ill ; he was a wise man , and foreseeing in many things , enduring in wrath and deep in hatred ; of good rede was he for his friends , but his unfriends deemed his counsels but cold .