 Section 45 of Hymns Kringle by Snorri Sturlson, translated by George Pope Moriss and I. R. R. Magnusson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the Holy Part 16, Chapter 226 through 240. Chapter 226, King Olaf's Dream. But when King Olaf had done arraying his host, then were the bonders come nowhere nigh, as yet, then said the king that the whole host should sit down and rest them. And King Olaf himself sat him down and all his host, and they sat at their ease. He leaned back and laid his head on the knee of Finn Arnisson, then sleep ran over him, and that was for a while. Then they saw the heap of the bonders how their host sought on to meet them, and had set up its banners. And the greatest multitude of men was that. Then Finn roused the king and told him the bonders were making for them. And when the king awoke, he said, Why didst thou wake me, Finn, nor leave me to have my dream out? Finn answered thou wouldst not be dreaming such, as that it should not be more due for thee to wake, and be ready for the host that farth upon us, or dost thou not see now where to the bonder crowd hath gotten? The king answers they are not so near yet, as that it were not better that I had slept. Then said Finn, what dost thou dream, King, where thou demistest it so, Mikkel, amiss, that thou shouldst not wake up of thyself? Then the king told his dream. He thought he saw a high ladder, and that he walked up the same, up Olaf so long, that he deemed he saw the heavens open, and even thither the ladder reached. And I was even then, come to the top most rung, when thou didst call me. Finn answers, do me, not seemeth the dream so good, as thou demistest it, for I am minded to think that this foreboded thee for faith, if that which came before thee were ought else than mere dream fooling. After 227, the christening of Arnliot Jolene, it befell again when King Olaf was come to Stickelstead that a certain man came to him, but this was not wondrous, and so far that many men came to the king out of the countryside there, but it was deemed for new tidings, whereas this man was unlike unto other men of them who had come to the king as then. He was a man so high that none of the others were more than up to the shoulder of him. He was a very goodly man to look upon, and of fair hair. He was well-weapon'd, and had a full fair helm, and a ring-burning, and a red shield, and was good with a fair wrought sword. He had in hand a golden-laid great spear, the shaft where Olaf was so thick that a good handful it was. This man went before the king and greeted him, and asked if he would have help of him. The king asked what was his name and kindred, and went of lands. He answers, I have kindred in I am't land, and Helsing land, I am called Arnliot Jolene, and that most I can to tell thee, that I gave some furtherance to those men of thine whom thou sentest to I am't land to cravescat there, and I handed over to them a silver dish which I sent thee for a token that I was willing to be thy friend. Then asked the king if Arnliot were a man christened or not, but he said this of his troth that he trode in his might and main, and that belief has served me for well hitherto, but now I am minded rather to trode in thee, O king. The king answered, if thou wilt trode in me, then thou shalt believe in what I teach thee. Thou shalt believe this, that Jesus Christ has created heaven and earth, and all men, and that to him shall fare after death all those who are good, and to believe a right. Arnliot answered, I have heard tell of the white Christ, but I am not well learned in his doings nor where he ruleeth, so I will now believe all that thou hast to tell me, and I will leave all my matter in thine hand. Then Arnliot was christened, and the king taught him as much of the faith as he deemed was most needful, and arrayed him to the vanward battle array, and before his own banner. There too were Gauk, Thorir, and Afrafosti, and their fellows. Chapter 228 of War Gathering in Norway Now is to be told the tale that was dropped before, that landed men and bonders had drawn together and host, not to be dealt with in battle, so soon as they heard that the king had fared from the east from Garthrealm and was come to Sweden, and when they heard that he was come from the east to Ampland, and that he was about to fared from the east over their keel to Verdel, they brought the host into Thrandheim, and there gathered together to them all the folk, feign, and thrall, and so fared up to Verdel, and had their so great a gathering that no man who was there had ever seen so great and host gathered in Norway. But there it was, as always will be, in so big and host, that the company was all diverse. There was a nickel of landed men and a great crowd of mighty bonders, but there was also the whole heap of their lines and workmen, and they made the main host which had been gathered together in Thrandheim, but that host was most fierce in foe ship against the king. Chapter 229 of Bishop Sigurd, King Knut the rich had laid under him all the land of Norway, as is aforeit, and therewithal had set Earl Hakon up for a ruler there. He gave the Earl a court, bishop named Sigurd, a dain by Kindred, who had been with King Knut for a long time. That bishop was a man masterful and pompous of speech. He gave King Knut all the word propping he might, and was the most unfriendly King Olaf. That same bishop was with this host, and oft would speak to the bond of folk, and egged on nickel the uprising against King Olaf. Chapter 230 the talk of Bishop Sigurd. Now Bishop Sigurd spoke at a certain house thing when as was at Mickel Thrawn, and thus he took up the word. Here is now come together a great multitude of folk, so that in this poor land might by no chance ever be seen a greater host of inlanders. Now this strength of men should stand you well instead, for it now is neat enough there too, if this Olaf is yet minded not to lay by his harrying of you. When he was yet but a youth he became, want to rob men and to slay, and here too feared he wide over lands, and at last turned hither toward this country, and began his business by becoming the greatest unfriend of those who were the best men and the mightiest, such as this King Knut, whom all are bound to serve to their best. And he set himself down in his scat land, the same wise he dealt to with Olaf the sweet King, and the Earl's spine and Hacon he draped away from the lands of their birthright, and yet to his own kin he was grimaced of all in that he draped away all the kings of the uplands, yet that was well enough in some way for they had already broken their faith, and those to King Knut and backed this Olaf up in what folly soever he took up. Now meatly sundered their friendship, he maimed them, and took to himself their dominion, and thus voided the land of all men of dignity. But thereafter he must be warding how he hath dealt with landed men, the most renowned of them are slain, and many have become landwaves before him. He hath also fared wide over this land with robber flocks, burnt the country's sides, and slain and robbed the people, or which of the men of might will be here who hath not soar wrongs to avenge on him. Now he ferreth with an outland host of which the most part are woodland men and way-layers or robbers of other sort. Deem ye that he will be soft with you, now that he fares with this route of evil doers, seeing what deeds of ravage he did when even all who followed him let it him. I call that you'll read that ye mind you now of the words of King Knut, whereas he counseled you if Olaf should make his way to the land again, now ye should hold your freedom even as King Knut hath belight it you. Ebad ye withstand and drive off your hands such lawless rabble, and this is now to hand to go meet them, and to smite down this evil folk to the eagle and the wolf, and let each one lie, whereas he is hewn, unless ye will it rather to drag their carcasses into hold and warm, but let no man be bold enough to bring them to churches for all these bebutt Vikings and evil doers, and when he had made an end of this talk, men gave it a nickel cheer, and they all said ye to doing as he bade. Chapter 231 of the Landed Men The Landed Men who were come there together had their meeting and talk and out-speaking, and then ordered the array of the battles, and who should be captained over the host. Then said Calf the son of Arnie, that herrick of Theota was best fitted to become the chief of this army, for he is come of the kin of herald hair fair, and the king has against him a right heavy grudge for the slaying of Grankel, and he will sit under the most of evil dealings if Olaf should once more come to his might. Moreover, herrick is a man much proven in battles, and a man all eager for renown. Herrick answers that those men were better fitted for this, who then were in the nimblest of their age, but I am now, says he, an old man, and a tottering, and no wise will meet for a battle with all. There is kingship betricks, king Olaf and me, and of howsoever little worthy counts that to me, yet it besiems me, no wise to thrust me forth in this unpeace against him more than any other man in our flock. But thou, Thorear, art well fitted to be the head man in holding battle against king Olaf, and grievance enough hast thou against him, thou hast to avenge on him loss of thy kinsmen, and this moreover that he drave thee into outlawry from all thy goods, and thou hast be height king canute, and thy kinsmen with all that thou which avenge hast be on, or demist thou that a better chance of Olaf will be given thee than that which now is for avenging thee of all that mighty shame. Thorear answered his speech, I trust myself not to raise up banner against king Olaf, or to become chief over this host. Here have the Thrandyne folk the most throng of men, and I know their pride, that they will not obey me or any other man of a local land, but there is no need to call to my mind the wrongs whereof I have to pay Olaf. I mind me of that loss of men, how that Olaf has cut off from life for men, all of them noble of honors and kin, as beyond my brother's son, Thorear, and griot guard my sister's sons and their father over, and I am in duty bound to avenge each one of them. Now this is to tell of me that I have chosen out eleven men of my house, Carls, they who are briskest, and I am minded to think that we shall not haggle with other men as to dealing in blows with king Olaf, if we shall get us the chance thereof. Chapter 232, the speech of Calf, son of Arnie, then Calf Arneson took up the word, this need we in the work which we have taken up, not to make it a fool's errand now that the host is gathered together. We shall need something else if we are to give battle to king Olaf, than that each one back out of undertaking the trouble. For we may be fast in this mind that the king Olaf have no great host beside that which we have, yet there is the leader Dauntless, and all his host will be trusty for fight and following. But if we now be wavering at all, who should be most teethy, the leaders of our host, and if we will not put the host in heart, nor egg it on, nor lead it to the onset, then forthwith, and many of them that be faltering, the heart will fail them, and then each one will be looking to himself. Now, albeit a nickel host is here, come together, we shall nonetheless come into such a trial, when we meet king Olaf with his host, that worsting shall be certain for us, unless we, the captains, be ourselves, king hearted, and the whole longfall on with one accord. But if this come not about, then would it be better for us not to risk battle? And then will our choice be deemed easy to see that we risk the mercy of Olaf, howsoever hard he was then thought, when there were less guilt against us, than he will now deem there be. And yet I know that such men are arrayed in this host, that I shall have the chance of my life if I will seek for it. Now, if you will, as I will, then shalt thou for rear my brother-in-law, and thou, Herak, go under the banner, which we shall all upraise and follow after. Be we all hard set and keen about this reed we have taken up, and lead we on the host of bonders in such wise that they find no flutter of fear in us, and that we'll stir up the folk, if we go glad to the arraying of the host and the egging on of it. And when Calv had done giving forth his errand, they all with one consent turned them to his reed, saying they would have all things even as Calv should deem best for them. So they all will that Calv should be captain of the host, and should order each one into what company he would. Chapter 233, concerning landed men bearing banners, Calv set up his banner and arrayed there under his house Calv's, and there with Herak of Theoda and his folk. Thorir hound with his following was in the onward breast of the array before the banners, and there on either side of Thorir was a picked company of the bonders of all that was briskest and best weaponed. That array was made both long and thick, and in that line were Thrandheimers and Helogalanders, but on the right hand side to this array there was set another such and on the left hand from the main battle was the battle of the men of Rogaland, Hordland, Sagan, and the Firth's, and they had there the third banner. Chapter 234 of Thorsteinshipwright, there was a man named Thorsteinshipwright, he was a Chapman and a Great Smith, and a man, Mikkel and Strong, exceeding eager hearted in all things, and a Mikkel slayer. He had fallen into the king's enmity, and the king had taken from him a cheaping ship, a new and big one which Thorsteins had made, that was for Thorsteins brawlings and for a things we are guild which the king had against him. Thorsteinshipwright was there in the host, and he went forth before the line of war to where stood Thorir hound and spoke to us. Here will I be in this company, Thorir with thee, whereas I am minded that if we too, Olaf and I, meet to be the first to bear weapon on him, if I may be standing so not him, so that I may pay him for the taking of the ship when he robbed me of that craft which is the one only best that is booked in cheaping fare. So Thorir and his folk took Thorsteinshipwright, and he went into their fellowship. Chapter 235 of the Arraying of the Bonders, that when the bonders had been set in battle array, the landed men gave out the word, and bade the folk give heed to their places, whereas each one was marshaled, or how nigh to the banner he was set, and which way from it. They bade the men be watchful, and swift to fall into line, when the horns should sing out, and the war blast come up, and then to go forth in array, for they had still a much long way to flip the host onward, and it was to be looked for that the line should be broken on the march. Then they egged on the host. Calf said that all men who had grief and hatred were of to pay King Olaf should go forth under those banners which should fare against the banner of King Olaf, and that they should be mindful then of the wrongdoing he had dealt them. And he says that they would never hit upon a better chance for avenging of their sorrow, and to free themselves from that bondage enthralled them under which he had laid them. He is now, says Calf, a blanchard who fighteth not at his boldest for no wise cyclist are they whom ye fight against, neither will they spare you if they get the chance. To his speech there was made right Mickel cheer, and there withal there was a mighty great shout, and egging on throughout the whole host. Chapter 236 The hosts of the king and of the bonders. Then the bonders flitted their host on to Stickelstead, whereas King Olaf was before them with his host. At the head of the host, Calf and Herod fared onward with the banner. But when they met, the onset befell not right speedily, for the bonders teared the onfall, whereas not all their host had come forth anywhere nigh evenly. So they abode that folk which lagged behind. Thorer Hound had fared last with his company, for he was to watch that the host should not sneak back when the war whoop came up, and the foeman's folk were seen. So Calf and his waited for Thorer. The bonders had this watchword for egging on their host a battle. Forth, forth, bonder men. King Olaf made no onfall, because he waited for day, and the folk which followed him. But now the king and his saw where day's host was coming. So it is said that the bonders had an host, nothing less than an hundred hundreds of men, but thus sayeth Sigbot. Wild unto me the woe is that the king had little gathering from eastward, Ian the Lord King who grasped the grip gold twined. I heard that there the bonders by the half were more than he was. So they gained that somewhat betrayed the battle's urger. Chapter 237, the king and the bonders meet. Now when either host stood face to face, and men knew each other, the king said, why art thou there, Calf? Whereas we parted friends south and near. It besiems thee but ill to be fighting against us, or to shoot deathshot into our host, whereas here be thy four brethren. Calf answers, much verath otherwise now king, then were best besieming. In such wise did thou apart from us that need was to make peace with them who were left behind, and now must each be where as he is set. But we too should yet make peace together if I might rule. Then said Finn, that is a mark of Calf, that if he speaketh well he is minded to do ill. The king said, maybe Calf, that thou willest peace now, but misceimeth that not peacefully now ye bonders are doing. Then answered Thor, gear of Kavis, said, ye shall now have such peace, as many a man hath had of four of you, and now shall you pay therefore. Answer the king, thou needest not be so eager for our meeting, for no wise shall victory over us be fated for thee today, whereas I have raised thee up to might from a little man. Chapter 238, the beginning of the battle of Stickelstead, therewith came Thorir Hound with his company, and went forth before the banner, and cried out forth, forth, Bonderman, and the Bonderman let out the war-woop, and shot both arrows and spears. And then the king's men set up the war-woop, and when that was over, they egged each other on, as they had been taught to do before, and said forth, forth, Christ's men, cross men, king's men. And when the bonders heard that, even they who stood out in the wing, they cried the same cry as they heard these call out. And when the others of the bonder host heard this, they thought that these last were the king's men, and bore weapons upon them, so that they fought between themselves, and many men fell before they were where how it was. There was the weather, and the sun shone in the clear heaven, but when the battle began, the heaven was besmitten by redness, and the sun with all, and before it cleared off, it grew murk as night. Now King Olaf had arrayed his folk, whereas was a certain bent, and they plunged it down upon the battle of the bonders, and gave them so hard and onfall that the line of the bonders bent before them, so that there stood the breast of the king's array, whereas they had had their stand erewhile, who were hindmost in the host of the bonders. And at this, while much of the bonder host was ready to flee, but the landed men and their house-carls stood fast, and at right hard brunt, then befell, so says Sigvot. Wide must the field with feet dim, to men was banned, the peas tied, the bernie clad betook them into hot brunt of battle. When they that ply the bow draught, bright helmed, rushed down all early, and Mikkel was the steel storm at Stickelstead befallen. The landed men egged on their host, and thrust on hard to onset, thereof Sigvot telleth, now ferried forth the banners in the mid-host of the Thrandmen. Their nimble men were meeting that work, the bonders rude them. Then set on the bonder host from all sides, they hewed, who stood the foremost, but they who were there were next thrust with spears, but all those who were further back shot spears, or errors, or hurl stones, or hand axes, or shaft flints, and soon there befell a battle manscaping, and much folk fell on either side. In the first brunt fell Arnliot, Jolene, Gauk, Thorir, and Afrafosti, and all their company, but each had slain his man first, or two, or some more. Then grew thin the array before the king's banner, so the king bade Thor bear forth the banner, but he himself followed the banner, and that company with all which he had chosen to be anahem in the battle, and those men were the all the most of daring, and the best arrayed in his company. Thereof Teleth Sigvot, I heard that my lord, for the most part, went niest of his own banner, the staff before the king rushed enough the stour was toward. When king Olof went forth out of the shieldburg, and into the downward of his battle, and the bonders might look into the face of him, then they were filled with dread, and their hands dropped, this Sigvot Teleth. For throwers of flame of spear pond was given to look, Ms. Seymoth into the king set iron of Olof brisk in battle. The hercers, lord full awful, was deemed a frandish warfolk, they durst not look with iron into his eyes, worm gleaming. Then was a right hard battle, and the king went himself fast forth into the brunt of handy strokes. So says Sigvot, the men's host, shield in hand there, reddened the swords all gory in warrior's blood, where fell they on the dear king of the people. And the king in iron play eager let the red brown sword be seeking the matters of the hair path of the dwellers of upthrand time. Chapter 239, the fall of Thorgyr of Corvus Stead, then fought king Olof all dauntlessly. He hewed on Thorgyr of Corvus Stead a land of man, who is aforenamed a thwart to face, and sheared asunder the nose guard of the helm of him, and claved the head below the eyes so that it nearly flew off. And when he fell the king said, Ye, is that true which I said thee, Thorgyr, that thou wits have no victory in our dealings? In this brunt, Thor'd smote down the bannerstaff so hard that the staff stood upright of itself, for then had Thor'd got his bane wound, and there he fell under the banner. Therewith fell also Thorth in mouth, and gives her goldbrow, but on him had two men set, and one he slew, and the other he hurt, or ever he fell himself, so saith Temple Garth Reth. The ash tree of the battle, the bold one in the steel rain with two brisk veins, had wore din. Upward the flame of the high one, the plunger in Boe's river, hewed fray of the dew of drow near a bane stroke, and another wrought wound for steel he reddened. Then it was, as is said before, that the heaven was clear, that the sun vanished from sight, and it grew murk, as says Sigbot, for not a little wonder men deem it, when unclouded was the sun, yet had no warming for the neortings of the shroud-horse. On the daytime fell great portent, when its fair hues the day got not, from east away then heard I how it went, the Lord King's battle. At this nicker of time came up day the son of Ring, with the host he had led, and fell to arraying his battle, and set up his banner, but because that nickel was the murk, their onset was not speedy, for as they knew not surely what might be before them, howsoever they turned dither where before them were the men of Rogeland and Hordland. Now all these haps fell at one, and the same time though some happened a little before or a little later. Chapter 240 The Fall of King Olaf Calv and Olaf are named to kinsmen of Calv, the son of Arnie who stood on one side of him, nickel men, and valiant. Calv was the son of Arne Fin, the son of Arne Mod, and brother's son of Arnie, the son of Arne Mod. On the other side of Calv Arneson went for Thorir Hound, King Olaf hewed on Thorir Hound, right across the shoulders. The sword did not bite, but it seemed as if dust flew out of the reindeer skin. Hereof tells Sigvot, the bounty is King, most clearly himself, found how the wise work of the witchcrafty thin folk saved the big-fashioned Thorir. When the scatterer of the fire of the mast not smote the shoulders of Hound and the sword gold broidered blunted, would bite in no wise. Then Thorir smote at the king, and sundry blows they gave and took, but the sword of the king bit not, whereas the reindeer skin was in the way yet was Thorir hurt in the hand, as again Sigvot sings. The wealth pine taunting Thorir owns not the soothful valor of Hound, from home that what eye, who ere saw deeds were doubtier. The throt of the storm of Fort Garth of the fight shed he who thrust him forth on there, there to hew back at one who was a king man. The king said to Bjorn the marshals, smite thou the Hound, whom iron will bite not. Bjorn turned the axe in his hand and smote with a hammer thereof, and the blow took Thorir on the shoulder, and was up for mighty blow, and Thorir staggered thereat. And in that same nick of time the king turned against Calp and his kinsmen, and gave a bane wound to Olaf, a kinsman of Calp. Then Thorir hound thrust a spear at Bjorn, the marshland smote him in the midst, and gave him a bane wound. Then spake Thorir, thus bait we the bears. Thorstein shipwrites smote at king Olaf with an axe, and the blow struck the left leg, and nigh the knee, and above it. Then Arneson smote Thorstein down forthwith, but at this wound the king leaned him up against the stone, and threw away his sword, and bad god help him. Then Thorir hound thrust a spear at him, the thrust came on him below the bane, and ran up into the belly. Then Calp heuded him, and that blow took him on the left side of the neck. But men are sundered on the matter where Calp gave the king the wound. These three wounds the king got towards the loss of his life, but after his fall, then most of the company fell, which had gone forth with the king. Bjarni Goldbrow, sang this on Calp the son of Arning. Fight nimble thou by battle, this ward the land against Olaf. Thou derrits the king most valiant, that say I, I have heard of, to stickl stead deed mighty. Thou wentst forth, rushed the banner, for sooth thou gave us onset till the valiant king was fallen. And of Bjarni the marshal, Sigvat sang this. Eek heard I, that erst Bjarni learned marshal's truly what wise twas do, to hold liege fealty. He too was in the onset, he fell in the host of battle at the head of the king, fame wealthy, that death is all bepraised amongst the faithful men, king warding. End of the story of Olaf the Holy part 16, chapter 226 through 240. Section 46 of Times Kringla by Snorri Sturlson, translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnusson. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the Holy part 17, chapter 241 through 252. Chapter 241, the beginning of day's brunt. Then day the sun of Ring upheld the battle, and made the first onset so hard that the bonders shrank before him, and some turned to flight. Then there fell a multitude of the host of the bonders, and these landed men besides Erlend of Garth, as lack of thin isle, and their width was hewn down, the standard which they had fared with before. Then was the battle of the fiercest, and this they called day's brunt. Then turned against day these, Calph Arneson, to wit, Erika of Theoda, and Thorir Hound, with the array which followed them. Then day was overborn by sheer might, and he turned to flight, and all the host that was left. There was a certain dale there, up along which the main route went, and there fell at this time a many of the host, drifted then the folk away to two sides. Many were sorely hurt, and many so weary that they were good for it, not at all. The bonders drove the chase but a short way, for the captain soon turned back, and there there were lay the fallen, for many had there to look for their friends and kinsmen. Chapter 242, tokens of King Olaf on Thorir Hound. Thorir Hound went there too, where was the body of King Olaf, and gave like help to it, laying the body down and straightening it, and spreading a cloth there over. And when he wiped the blood off the face, he said thereof afterwards that the face of the king was so fair, that the cheeks were even as ruddy as he were asleep. But a nickel brighter than it was afore, while he was yet alive, then came the blood of the king onto the hand of Thorir, and ran up onto the grip where he had afore gotten his hurt. And there was no need of any binding up of that hurt, thenceforth. So speedy was the healing thereof. Thorir bore witness to this half himself, when the holiness of King Olaf became known to all folk, and Thorir Hound was the first among the mighty men who had been of the host of his foes to uphold the holiness of the king. Chapter 243 of the Brothers of Kalth, the son of Arnie. Kalth, the son of Arnie, sought for his brothers who were fallen there. He came upon Thorberg and Finn, and it is the say of men that Finn hurled a sax at him, and would slay him, and spake hard words at him, and called him a peace dastard, and a Lord betrayer. Kalth gave no heed there too, but let there Finn away from the slain, and Thorberg in likewise. Then their wounds were searched, and they had no hurt, deadly looking. They had fallen over, borne by weapons and weariness. Then Kalth busied him to bring his brothers down aboard ship, and went with them himself. But so soon as he turned away, then fared away also all the host of the bonders, which had their homes an eye there, outtaken, such men as were busy there about their kinsmen, or friends who were wounded, or about the bodies of them who had fallen. Wounded men were carried to the homestead, so that every house was full of them, and over some tents were pitched outside. Now as wonderful as it had been how many people had been gathered together in the host of the bonders, yet men thought this no less far away from likelihood how swiftly the gathering cleared off when it came to that. But this had much to do with it, that the greatest part of the multitude had been gathered together from neighboring countryside, and they were all very homesick. Chapter 244 of the Verdalers. Those bonders who had dwelling in Verdale went to meet the captains, Herrick and Thorier, and may plank to them of their troubles, and said thus, The fleers who have got away hence will fare up along Verdale, and will gear our homesteads in unprofitable wise, and for us is no going home so long as they be here in the Dale. Now do ye so well as to fare after them with a company, and let no child of them get away, for that is the fate they were minded for us, that they had got the best of our meeting, and the very same will they yet do to us, if hereafter we shall meet in such wise, that the odds be against us on their side. Like enough they will tarry about the Dale, if they deem they have not to fear, and they will now straightway be faring with riot about our dwelling. The bonders spoke hereof with many words, and urged with Mickel eagerness that the captains should fare and slay the folk that had got away. And when the captains talked hereover between them, they deemed the bonders had said many things true in their talk, so they took that reed that Thorier hound with six hundreds of men, his own company to it turned him to faring with them of Verdale. And they went, when as night fell in, and Thorier let it not his journey, till he came a night time up to Sulla, where he heard the tidings that day. The son of Ring and many other flocks of Olaf's men had come thither in the evening, and tarried there but for night meal, and had Sithin spared up on the fell. Then said Thorier that he would not drift after them over the fells, and therewith he turned down into the veil again, but few men they got slain. Thereupon the bonders fared to their homes, but Thorier and his host went the next day down to their ships. But the king's men, they who were way worthy, saved themselves, hiding in woods, and some got helped from folk about. Chapter 245 of Harold Sigurdsson. Harold Sigurdsson was sorely wounded, but Rodneval, son of Brucie, brought him to a certain bonder the night after the battle, and the bonder took Harold in and healed him in hiding, and then gave him his son to guide him away. They went with a hidden head through mountains and wildernesses, and came out into Eon's land, and they fared both together east into Garthrealm to King Jarrah's leaf, even as is told in the story of Harold Sigurdsson. Chapter 246 of Thor, Mod Cole, Love, Brow, Scald. Thor, Mod Cole, Brow, Scald was in the battle under the banner of the king, and when the king was fallen and the onset was at his fiercest, then fell the king's company each by the other, but most of them were wounded who stood up. Thor, Mod was sore hurt, and he did then as other men who all drew a back from there, where they deemed was most risk of life, but some ran. Then arose the fight, which is called Day's Brunt, wherein there joined all the host of the king that was still fight worthy, but Thor, Mod came not into that battle for that he was a meat for fighting, both through wounds and weariness, but he stood there beside his fellows, though he might do nothing else. Then was he smitten by an arrow in the left side, then he broke the arrow shaft from off him, and went away from the battle home to the houses, and came to a certain barn, which was a nickel house. Thor, Mod had a naked sword in his hand, and as he went in there came a man out against him and said, here within they go on wondrous ill, with whining and howling, and a great shame it is that valiant men should not fold their wounds. Maybe the king's men have gone forth on right well, but all unmanly they bear their wounds. Thor, Mod answered, what is thy name? He named himself Kimbie, answered Thor, Mod, were thou in the battle? I was, as ye with the bonders, the better side do it. Art thou heard it all, says Thor, Mod little, says Kimbie, or were thou in the battle? Thor, Mod answers I was, and with them who had the better. Kimbie saw that Thor, Mod had a golden ring on his arm, and he said, thou must be of the king's men, so hand me the gold ring, and I shall hide thee, for the bonders will slay thee if thou come in their way. Thor, Mod says, take the ring if thou mayest reach it, now have I lost more. Kimbie reached forth his hand and would take the ring. Thor, Mod swept his sword and sheared the hand from off him, and so is it said that Kimbie bore his wound no wise better than the others whom he had been whiting before, and therewith Kimbie went away. But Thor, Mod sat him down in the barn and sat there awhile and harkened to the talk of men. This was most spoken there that each man saith that which he deemed he had seen in the battle, and the talk was of onsets of men, and some praise most the valor of King Olaf, and some name no less of the men, then sang Thor, Mod. Bold was the heart of Olaf, through blood the king forth-weighted, at stickles did the wrought steel bit, and the host craved battle. All pines of the gale of Jalfad saved the very king there saw eye to spare themselves, yet most men in the fast spear-drift did prove them. Chapter 247, the death of Thor, Mod Cole, Braw scald, Thor, Mod walked away thereafter to a certain outhouse and went there into, and within there were already many men soar wounded. A certain woman was tending there and binding up the wounds of men. On the floor there was a fire, and she was warming water for the cleansing of the wounds. The Thor, Mod sat down out by the door. There one man went out as another came in of them, who were busy about the wounded, then one turned to Thor, Mod, and looked on him and said, Why art thou so pale, art thou wounded, or why bidest thou not leech them for thee? Then Thor, Mod sang this stave, Nay, no wise am I ruddy, but the slim white hawk perch scogled she hath a ruddy husband. Of me soar hurt you mind them. Thou want unto the murder of Ben-Jazmiel, that maketh that with the deep, spore, smart eye of day's brunt and dain weapons. Scythons, Thor, Mod stood up and walked up to the fire, and stood there for a while, then spake the leech to him. Thou, man, go out and fetch me the billets, which lie outside the door. He went out and bore in an armful of billets, and threw them down on the floor. Then the leech looked into the face of him, and said wondrously, Pale is this man, why art thou so? Then sang Thor, Mod, Thor, Mod, the oak of the hawk lands. Wondreth, why we be pale? O woman, the arrow drift I found me, tis you grow fair by wounding. It was the dark submetal, driven by Maine, flew through me. The perilous sharp iron bit nigh the heart, so ween I. Then said the leech, let me see thy wounds that I may bind them up. Then Thor, Mod sat down and cast the clothes from him. And when the leech saw his wounds, she searched about the wound he had in his side, and she found that iron stood therein, though she knew not for sure whether the iron had turned. She had made there in a stone kettle a mess of leeks and other herbs, and sodden that together, and she gave it to the wounded to eat, and tried in that manner whether they had hollow wounds, whereas she canned it from the leech smelling out through the wound, which was in the hollow body. She bore this to Thor, Mod, and bet him eat. He answered, take it away. I'm not sick for grout. Then she took gripping tongs and would draw out the iron, but it was fast and stirred no wither. And it stood out but little because the wound was swollen. Then said Thor, Mod, sheer thou up to the iron, so that it may be well caught by the tongs, and then give them to me, and let me pull at it. She did as he bad. Then Thor, Mod, took a gold ring off his arm, and gave it to the leech, and bet her do with it what she would. The giver's good says thee, King Olaf gave me the ring this morning. Then Thor, Mod, took the tongs and pulled out the arrow, and on the barbs of it lay sinews from the heart, some red, some white. And when he saw that he said, well hath the king bet us, that am I yet at the heart roots? Then he sank it back, and was dead, and there is an end to the tale of Thor, Mod. Chapter 248 of the Haps of the Battle. King Olaf fell on Wednesday, the fourth of the Callens of August. It was near noon when they met, and before midday the battle began, but before Nons the king fell, and the darkness lasted from midday to Nons. Sigbat the Scald tells thus of the end of the fight. Hard lack of the foe of the English, since the men of war the king made life sick, the unsolved war shield there for the king was riven. Folk ruler, forth he wended into the point moat, where at the host clave shields, the wild host changed Olaf's life, but day fled. And further he sang this, the people wrought the king's death, fight, skeery, stems not watered of such as drink, so many of Bonderman and her sirs, that there the stems of wound flame such king should fell in onset as deemed was Olaf. Many was the host that lay in blood there. The bonders did not plunder the fallen host, and straightway after the fight it was rather so, that dread smote on many of them who had been against the king, yet they held their ill will and doomed between them that all those men who had fallen with the king should get no such like help or burial as besieged good men, and they call them all robbers and outlaws. But those men who were rich and had kinsmen there among the fallen host gave no heed to this, but brought their kinsmen to churches and laid their bodies out. Chapter 249, tokens on a blind man, Thorgyll's son of Halma and Grim, his son, fared to the fallen host in the evening when Merck was. They took up the body of king Olaf and bore it away to a place where there was a house caught, little and waste, out away from the stead. They had light with them in water, so then they did the clothes off the body and washed it, and sith then swaddled it in linen wheat, and laid it down there within the house, and covered it up with wood so that no one might see it, though men should come into the house. Then they went away and home to the stead. Many staff, carls, had followed either army, and poor people begged their meat, and the evening after the battle, and many of that folk had tarried there, and when night fell they sought harbour for themselves throughout all the houses, great and small. There was a certain blind man of whom a tale is told he was a poor man, and his lad went about with him and led him. They walked out of doors, about the stead, seeking harbour, and came to that same void house, the door where Olaf was so low, that one had nearly to creep in through it. And when the blind man came inside the house, he groped about on the floor to find whether he might lay him down. He had a hat on his head, and the hat fell for it over his face when he bent down. He found that before his hand there was a pool on the floor, and therewith he lifted the wet hand, and set the hat right again, and therewith the wet fingers came up against his eyes. And forthwith fell so great itching on his eyelids that he stroked in the wet fingers across his very eyes, then he but took himself out of the house again, saying there was no lying therein for it was all wet. And when he came out of the house, he saw forthwith first his two hands, one from the other, and then all such things as were near enough for him to see in spite of night merc. He went home forthwith to the stead, and into the guest chamber, and there told all folk that he had got his sight, and that now he was a seeing man. But that what had many men that he had been long blind for, he had been there before going about from house to house. He said that he had got his sight first when he came out of a certain house, little and wretched, and all was wet there within. Says he, and I groped there into with my hands, and I rubbed my eyes with my wet hands. He told also where the house stood. But the men within there, when they heard these tidings, wandered greatly at this hat, and spoke between themselves what there could be within that house. But Goodman Thor Gils and his son Grimm deemed they knew once this hat would have come, and were in great dread lest the unfriends of the king should go, and ransacked the house. Then they stole away, and went to the house, and took the body, and flitted it away, and into the meadow, and hid it there, and then bared back to the stead, and slept through that night. Chapter 250 of Thor Rear Hound. Thor Rear Hound came on the Thursday down from Burdale out to Stickles stead, and a much host followed him, and much was there still before him of the bonder host. Now the fallen host was still being broken up, and men bore off the bodies of their friends or kinsmen, and gave help to such wounded men as men would heal, but by that time many men had died since the battle was done. Thor Rear Hound went there too, whereas the king had fallen and searched for the body, and when he found it not, he speared thereof whether any man could tell him where the body might be. But no one knew how to tell that. Then he asked Goodman Thor Gils if he knew ought as to where was the body of the king. Thor Gils answers, I was not in the battle. I know a few tidings to tell thereof. Many tales fare thereof now, yea, it is now said that King Olaf has been met last night up by staff and a company of men with him. But if he is fallen, then will thy men have hidden his body up in holts or warrens? Now although Thor Rear deemed he new for truth that the king was fallen, yet many joined in the murmur that the king must have gotten out of the battle and that they would have but a little while to wait till he should get together and host and come on their hands. Then fared Thor Rear to his ships, then sithenced down the furth, then fell all the bonder hosts to drift away, and they brought away all the wounded men that could be moved. Chapter 251 of the Corpse Fair of King Olaf. Thor Gils hauled Mason and grim the father and son had in their keeping the body of King Olaf, and were much mind sick here into it how they might so heed it that the unfriends of the king should not get to mishandle the body, for they heard the bonder say as much as that the thing to be done, if the body of the king should be found will be to burn it or to take it out to sea and to sink it in the deep. That father and son had seen in the night as it were a candlelight burning over the spot where the body of King Olaf lay amidst of the fallen host and also there after where so ever they had hidden the body, they saw ever at night a light looking thither whereas the king was resting. They dreaded lest the unfriends of the king should seek for the body even where it was if they saw these tokens. So therefore Thor Gils and his son were wistful to bring the body away to some such place that it should be safe there. They made a chest and wrought it in the best way they could and laid there in the body of the king. Siphons they made another light chest and put into it straw and stone so that it should be the weight of a man and lock that chest heedfully. Now when the whole host of the bonders was gone away from stickles, dead Thor Gils and Grimm arrayed their journey. Thor Gils got a certain rowing ferry, they were seven or eight together and all of them kinsmen or friends of Thor Gils, they brought the body of the king on board, jipped stealthily and put the chest under deck. That chest they also had with them where in were the stones and set that on board ship so that all men might see it. And after that they fared out along the furth with a fair wind and came in the evening as Merck sat in down to Nidois and lay to buy the king's pier. Then Thor Gils sent men up into the town and let tell to Bishop Sigurd that they fared there with the body of King Olaf. And when the bishop heard these tidings he sent forth with his men down to the bridges where they took a rowing cutter and boarded the ship of Thor Gils and bat him hand over to them the body of the king. Then Thor Gils and his men took the chest which stood upon the deck and boarded into the cutter whereupon these men rode out into the furth and there sunk down the chest. By this time it was the Merck of Night, Thor Gils and his men then rode up the river until the town was cleared and laid to shore where it was called Sour Live which was above the town and then they bore the body up and into a certain waste outhouse which stood there up away from other houses and there they waked over the body the night through. But Thor Gils went down into the town and met their men to talk to such as have been most friends of King Olaf and asked them if they would take over the body of the king but no man dares to do it. Then Thor Gils and Grimm brought the body up along the river and buried it in a certain sand hill which there is and Sithin cedite the place so that no new work might be seen there on. All this they had done before the dawn of day and then went back to their ship and put out of the river at once and went on their way until they came home to Stickels dead. Chapter 252 the beginnings of Svain son of Al-Phaiva. Svain the son of King Canute and Al-Phaiva the daughter of Earl Al-Fran had been set up in Jomsburg to rule over Wendland but then it had come to him a message from his father Canute that he should go to Denmark and furthermore that he should bear to Norway Sithins and there take over that realm to rule over which was in Norway and therewith have the king's name over Norway. Thereupon Svain went to Denmark and had a way with him thence a great host and with him went Earl Harold and many other men of might. Now this Thor-Raren praise tongue makeeth mentioned in that lay which is called Sea-Calm's lay. No doubt there is how Danes did make a faithful fairing without famed lord. There was the Earl the first to upheave and each man was of them that followed each fellow better than was the other. Sithins bears fine to Norway and with him Al-Phaiva's mother and there he was taken for king at every law thing. He was come from the east into the wick at the very time when the fight of Stiklsted was fought and King Olaf fell. Svain made no halt in his journey until he came in the autumn north to Thrandheim and there as in other places he was taken for king. End of the story of Olaf the holy part 17 chapter 241 through 252 section 47 of Himes-Kringler by Snorri Storrelson translated by George Pope Morris and Iroker Magnussen. This the Bavax recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf the holy part 18 chapter 253 through 265 chapter 253 of the laws of King Svain. King Svain brought new laws into the land for many matters which were framed after the manner of the laws of Denmark but some nickel harder. No man was too fair out of the land but by the leave of the king but should he go without his goods were forfeited to the king. Whoso should slay a man should forfeit both lands and chattels. If a man were in outlawry and inheritance should fall to him then gap the king that inheritance. At Yule every man was to bring the king a measure of malt for every heart and a thigh of a three winter ox that was called pasture Todd and a keg of butter with all and every housewife was to give housewife's toe that is to say so much of undressed flax as might be spanned by the biggest finger and the longest. The bonders were bound to build all such houses as the king would have at his manners every seven men older than five years old should make one man more fit and they would have full farm. Everyone who rode out for deep sea fishing should pay the king land toll when so ever he rode five fishes to it. Every ship sailing away from the land should keep for the king one room right or forth the ship. Every man who should go to Iceland should pay land tax were he inland or outlander. That followed this that Danes should have such Mikkel account in Norway that the witness of one of them should undo the witness of ten Norwegians. But when these laws were laid bare before all folk Nynne began forthwith to raise their minds against them and murmured among themselves. And those who had taken no part in withstanding King Olaf would say take ye now up Thrandheimers the friendship and reward at the hands of the nightlings for fighting King Olaf and cutting him off from his land. Ye were promised peace and better laws and now ye get bondage and thrall them and there are two huge misdeeds and nithing. And it was not easy to speak against this for all men saw that matters had gone unhappily but men had no trust to make uprising against Kingsfine for this sake mostly that men had given their sons or close kinsmen as hostages to King Knut and this with all that there was no one to be leader to the uprising. Soon people had many planes to make against Kingsfine yet men laid most blame on Al Fyver for all that went against the people's mind and then the true tale about King Olaf could be got from many a man. Chapter 254 now comes up the holiness of King Olaf that went to uphold the word of many men there in Thrandheim that King Olaf was a truly holy man and that many tokens befell at his holy relic and then many began to make vows to King Olaf about those matters whereon they had set their hearts from such vows many folk got bettering some the bettering of their health some good speed for journeys and other such things as were looked upon as needful. Chapter 255 of Einar Thambar Skelfer Einar Thambar Skelfer was by now come back west away from England to his lands and had on hand such grants as King Knut had gotten to him when they met in Thrandheim and all that came nigh to an earl's dominion. Einar Thambar Skelfer had not been in the withstanding of King Olaf and of this he boasted himself. Einar bore in mind how Knut had promised to emerald him over Norway and saw that the king did not keep his behests. Einar was the first among the mighty men to uphold the holiness of King Olaf. Chapter 256 of the Sons of Arnie Then the son of Arnie tarried but a short time at Egge with Kalf his brother for he took it most sorely to heart that Kalf had been in the battle against King Olaf and for that sake then would ever be laying heavy words on Kalf. Thorberg son of Arnie was much more ruled of his speech than Finn yet desired he also to fare away to his own house. So Kalf gave to the brothers a good long ship with all rigging and other gear and a good company and they fared back to their homesteads. Arnie Arneson lay long sick of his wounds yet grew he whole thereof and was unmaimed and afterwards he went that winter south to his home. All these brethren took truths for themselves from King's vine and settled down in quiet at their homes. Chapter 257 the flight of bishops secured out of the land. Next summer there grew up Mikkel talk about the holiness of King Olaf and all word rumor about the king was changed. There were many now who took it for suit that the king would be a holy man even among them who had earth gone against him with full hatred and would not in any way own the truth about him. Now folk began to turn to whiting them who had most egged on to the withstanding of the king and much of that white was laid at the door of bishops secured and then became there so much his unfriends that he saw that his best choice was to fare away and west to England to see King Canute. Then the men of Thrandon made men and were sending to the uplands that Bishop Grimkel should come north to Thrandon. King Olaf had sent Bishop Grimkel back to Norway when the king went east to Garthrealm and sithons had Bishop Grimkel been in the uplands and when this message came to the bishop he arrayed himself to go forthwith on that journey and this urged him much that the bishop trod that it was true what was said about King Olaf's working of miracles and of his holiness. Chapter 258 the holy relics of King Olaf taken up Bishop Grimkel went to see Einar Thranbar Skelfer and Einar gave the bishop a hearty welcome and they spoke about many matters and this with all of the great tidings which had been fallen in the land and in all their talk they were of one accord together sithons spared the bishop up to Jippingham and there all the folk gave him a good welcome he speared heedfully at all the wonders that were told of King Olaf and heard tell well thereof. Then the bishop sent word up to Stickelstead to Thorgils and Grim his son and summoned them down to the town to meet him there the father and son laid not that journey under their head but fared down to the town to meet the bishop and they told him all those tokens where they had knowledge and this with all where they had bestowed the body of the king. Then the bishop sent for Einar Thranbar Skelfer and he also came to the town and he and Einar spake with the king and with al fiva praying that the king would give leave to take King Olaf's body out of the earth. The king gave leave there to embed the bishop go about that matter as he would there was then Mikkel Thrawn a folk in the town so the bishop and Einar and other men with them fared there too whereas the body of the king was buried and that digging be done there and the chest was then come up well nigh out of the earth. Many men urged that the bishop should let the chest be buried in earth at Clemens church and so it was done and when twelve months and five nights were worn from the death of King Olaf his holy relic was taken up and again the chest was well nigh come up out of the earth and then the chest of King Olaf was as spanned new as if it had been newly shaven. Then Grimkel the bishop came up to where the chest of King Olaf was opened and was there glorious fragrance. Then the bishop bared the face of the king and in no wise had his visage turned and was as ruddy in the cheeks as they would be if he were just going to sleep but here in men found Mikkel change even they who had seen King Olaf when he fell that Scythians had waxed his hair and his nails well not as much as they would if he had been alive here in the world all the while Scythians he fell. Then came forth to see the body of King Olaf, King Spine and all the chieftains who there were then spake al fivert wondrous slow do men rot in sand this would not have been so if he had lain in mold. Then the bishop took a pair of scissors and sheared off the hair of the king and took somewhat off of his beard for he had had a long beard as was then the want of men and the bishop spoke to the king and to al fivert now are the hair and the beard of the king as long as they were when he died and they have waxed by so much as ye now see has been cut off. Then answered al fivert I shall beam this hair a holy relic if it burn not in fire but we have often seen the hair whole and unspoiled of men such as have lain longer in earth than this man has. Then the bishop let take fire in a censor and blessed it and laid incense thereon and Scythians laid on the fire the hair of King Olaf and when all the incense was burnt out the bishop took the hair out of the fire and then was the hair unburned and the bishop let the king see that and the other chieftains withal and then al fivert bade the hair be put in unhallowed fire but Einar Bambar Skelfer answered and bade her hold her peace and chose for her many hard words and so the bishop declared and the king ascended there too and all the folk judged that King Olaf was verily a holy man. Then was the body of the king born into clements church and laid out over the high altar the chest was wrapped in pall and hangings of goodly web down around and straight way many marvels befell at the holy relic of King Olaf. Chapter 259 of the miracles of King Olaf there in the sand heap where King Olaf had lain in earth there came up a fair well and many folk got healing of their ills of that water the well was built over and that water hath ever since been heedfully guarded first there was made a chapel there and the altar was reared where had been the tomb of the king but now stands on that sted Christ church and Archbishop Einstein had the high altar set up on that same sted where the king's tomb had been when he reared the great minster which now standeth and on that same sted had also stood the altar in the ancient Christ church so it is said that Olaf's church now stands where that waste outhouse sted where the body of King Olaf was set night long that is now called Olaf's live where the holy relic of the king was born a land up from the ship and is now in the midst of the town the bishop guarded the holy relic of the king cut his hair and nails because he the grew even as if he were a living man here in the world so say have say about the skull I lie if Olaf own not like quick men scratching servants but the waxing of the king's hair that praise I'm most in singing yet under him hair holdeth who left his son still growing in garth realm waldemar got him woes loosing from the bright head the rawer and praise tongue wrought on spine al five the sun that lay which is called see calms lay and we're in our found these staves now for himself have the seat made handy the king of folk in fan time country there will ever all his lifetime that ring breaker rule his dwelling there where Olaf dwelt a foretime or ever he hide to heaven's kingdom and there became as all men wanted a hollow quick from a man of king folk herald's son had hard a read it himself to be of heaven's kingdom ere the gold breaker became peace prayer the noblest king of christ beloved there so clean with a whole body life in peace the king praise blessed so that there now like unto live men do hair and nail wax upon him there around his bed of boards are read of their own selves are the bells are ringing and every day the folk may hear the sound of bells around the king but up above there over the altar candles burn to christ well pleasing so hath Olaf or ever he died sinless all his own soul save it their hosts are coming where holy is the king himself and kneel for helping blind men and they that pray for speech words that seek and then go elid bid thou to Olaf that man of god to win the brooking of his land here for he doth get from god himself the year and the peace for all men ever when word thou openest unto the main boat of the holy book speech thy very prayers the raar in praise tongue was with kings fine and heard these wondrous tokens of the holiness of king Olaf that men might hear over his holy relic sounds made by heavenly powers in that bells rang themselves also that candles would light up themselves over the altar by a heavenly fire now even as the raar and says that to the holy Olaf came and host of folk halt and blind or in other ways held of sickness and went then sealed but he tells of not else nor said it forth ought then that there must have been a multitude of men not to be counted who got healing then forth within the beginning of the miracle working of the holy king Olaf but of the miracles of king Olaf only the greatest have been most written about and set forth and such as did the fall later than this chapter 260 of the age and reign of king Olaf so say men who count with care that Olaf the holy was king over norway for 15 winters from the time the Earl spine went out of the land but the winter before he took the king's name of the uplanders so says sigbat the skull or the land was Olaf ruling for winters fully 15 air fell his head the gracious as his life grant came to ending what land ruler more glorious have ever claimed him kingship in the north most worlds and shorter he held him than he should have king Olaf the holy was 45 years old when as he fell according to what the priest Ari the learned says he had had 20 folk battles so says sigbat the skull some men in god they trawled diversely were folk minded the king bold ready fought him 20 of folk battles the famed one bad folk christened on his right hand be standing the lord god pray i welcome the flight shy magnets father now has written some part of the story of king Olaf concerning certain of such tidings as befell while he ruled over norway also concerning the fall of him and the coming up of his holiness but now shall that not lie alone which is of the greatest glory to him to it the story of his doing of tokens though that be written later in this book chapter 261 of the fran thine folk kings find the son of canute ruled over norway certain winters he was but a child of age and council al fiver his mother had most to say in the rule of the land and the folk of the land were michael unfriends of her both then and always sithants danish men had been in norway michael mastery and the folk of the land were right ill contempt there at when such talk was had at the other men of the land whited the fran thine folk that they had most brought it king Olaf the holy was cut off from his land and that the norway men had laid them under this evil rule whereby bondage enthralled and had stridden over all folk there rich men and unrich and all the folk and they claimed that the fran thine men were in duty bound to aid and uprising to descend to thrust off from us this over mastery or over the people of the land would have it that the fran thine folk had the most strength in norway then both by reason of their cheap dens and of the multitude of folk that was there who in the fran thimer's wist that the folk of the land was thus whiting them they owned to it that it was soothed speech and that a great folly had overtaken them whereas they had cut king Olaf from both life and land and that there with all their ill-happed was with great evil yolden so the chiefs had meetings and took counsel together and in our tham bar scalfer was at the head of these reeds so with all was it with calvarnus and that he found now into what a snare he had gone by the egging of king canute for the behest he had given to calv were all broken for king canute had promised to calv erled him and ruled over all no way and calv had been the headman in holding battle with king Olaf and then cutting him off from his land but calv had no higher titles now than erst and deemed he had been betrayed hence words passed between the brethren calv and fin thorberg and arney and their brotherhood shaped itself again chapter 262 the outbidding of king sphine when sphine had been three winters in norway tidings were heard in norway that rest over at sea of flock was gathering and over it was a lord who was named trig b and called himself son of Olaf trigleson and of geeta the english and when king sphine heard that an outland host would be coming to the land he called out a muster from the north of the land and most of the landed men fared with him out of frantan but i know tham bar scalfer sat at home and would not fared with king sphine and when the word sending of king sphine came to calv up to ega that he should wrote to the war with the king then took calv for craft of 20 benches which he owned and went aboard it with his house cars and arrayed him in hot haste and then made down the first and abode not king sphine syphons calv went on south to mere north stayed his journey till he came south to gizki to thorberg his brother then all the brethren the sons of arney had a meeting together and took council between them where upon calv went north again but when he came into freckisle sound there lay before him in the sound king sphine with his host so when calv rode from the south into the sound they called out to each other and the king's men bad calv fall in and follow the king and ward his land calv answered fully have i done it if i have not overdone it to fight with the folk of our own land in aid of the rule of the nightlings and so calv and his rode north on their way and he went on until he came home to ega none of the sons of arney rode this muster with the king now king sphine held with his host south into the land and when he got no news of the host having come from the west he held on even unto rogue land and all the way to agdeer for men were minded to think that trig v would first want to make his way east into the wick for there his forefathers had been and had most avail at their back and there he had great strength in his kindred chapter 263 the fall of king trig v olufson king trig v when he came up from the west hoe v in with his host to hoard land then he heard that king sphine had sailed south then held king trig v south through rogue land but when king sphine got the news of the journey of trig v when as he was come from the west he turned back northward with his warhost and the meeting of him and trig v was inside of bachon in soken sound near to the place where earling sceogs ended fallen there befell a michel battle and hard so men tell there of that trig v shot barbed shafts with both hands at once saying so learned me mass my father for his unfriends had said as much as that he would be the son of a certain priest but he boasted here of that now he was more like to king olof trigerson and indeed trig v was a man of the doubtiest in this battle fell king trig v together with many of his folk but some fled away and some came in under truce so it is said in the trig v flock fared trig v king of honor from the northward unto battle but king sphine took his fairing from the south there fell the slaughter nigh to their fray then was i was brought about right swiftly a host there lost their life days there was the sword yelling this battle is told of in that flock which was wrought about king sphine woman was not last sunday as when it made as bearing the leak where they ailed to man folk there many a clean edge lauded when sphine the king his lads bad to lash the bowels of the war ships together there to the raven raw flesh to tear was given after this battle king sphine then ruled still the land and then good peace prevailed the winter following king sphine sat behind south in the land chapter 264 calt arneson and in our thambar skull fur take council together that winter in our thambar skull fur and calt the son of arnie had meetings between them and contriving of reeds and were meeting and chipping them then there came to calt arneson a messenger from king canute and bore him the message of king canute to it that calt should send him three twelves of axes and let them be much heatfully done calt answers not will i send axes to king canute tell him that i shall fetch axes to swine his son so that he shall not deem that he is short thereof chapter 265 the journey of in our thambar skull fur and calt arneson out of the land early in the spring they in our thambar skull fur and calt son of arnie arrayed their journey and had with them a nickel following of men and that the best of all that was in the thrander lag they fared in the spring east over the keel to ion land then to helsing land and next came down into sweden and there got a shipboard and in the summer fared east into garth realm and in the harvest came to all died gearburg then they sent messengers up to home guard to see king jarrus leaf with this errand to it that they bade to magnus the son of king all of the holy that they would take him up and follow him to norway and give him strength here too that he come by his father's heritage and that they uphold him for king over the land but when this message came to king jarrus leaf then took the he council with the queen and other of his chieftains and they were of one mind to send word to the northmen and to summon them did that to a meeting with king jarrus leaf and magnus and for that journey a safe conduct was given to them but when they came to home guard it was made fast between them that the northmen that there were should go under the hand of magnus and become his men and they bound this with oath from calv and those other men who had been at stickle sted against king ola so magnus gave them pledges and full peace and bound it by oath that he should be to all of them trusty and true though he got dominion and kingdom over norway he should be made foster son of calv arneson and calv should be in duty bound to do all such works whereby magnus might deem that his dominion should be greater and freer than of four end of the story of olaf the holy part 18 chapter 253 through 265 section 48 of hymen screen glow by snorrie stirrelson translated by george po mores i recur magnuson this liver box recording is in the public domain the story of magnus the good part one chapter one through 13 chapter one the beginnings of king magnus the good magnus the son of olaf set on foot his journey after yule from the east from home guard down to alde geria burg and they fell to arraign their ships as soon as the ice broke up in the spring there of arner the urls scald maketh mentioned in magnus droppa now know i that the reddener of the edge of viking a knight ruled men although wealth rakers tell not full well i wanted bold worm seats hater was not 11 winters holy when he the horde's friend bravely decked warships out from garth realm king magnus made for sweden from the east in the spring so sayeth arner bad now the young edge reddener the folk unto the war thing oh eagles feeder aboard bore their war gear nimble courtman the bold folk king the brine shore with whore hall from the eastward sharp weathers bore to sigton the shearer of the surf flame here it is said how king magnus when as he fared from the east from garth realm sailed first to sweden and then up to sigton then was king in sweden eamond son of olaf there too was queen astrid whom the holy king olaf had had to wife she gave right good welcome to magnus her stepson and let straight away summon a wrong thing at the place called hungrar but at that thing astrid spakin said here is now come among us the son of the holy king olaf who is height magnus he is minded for bearing to norway to seek his heritage nickel am i bound to strengthen him for this journey for that he is my stepson even as is known to all folk both swedes and northmen here too shall i spare not that my havings may compass so that his might be as great as may be both of men hosts where over i have rule and wealth with all moreover all those who be take them to the fairing with him shall have freely my full friendship i will also make it known that i shall be take myself to the fairing with him and thereby it will be manifest to all that i spare no wise other things for his helping of such as i may give him sythens she spoke long and deftly but when she made an end then answered a many and said thus that the swedes had fared a fairing of but little fame to norway when they followed his father olaf nor is their art better to look for whereas this king is said they and for that reason men are uneager for this fairing astrid answers all those men who are somewhat of stout hearts will begrudge not about such matters but if men have lost their kinsmen with the holy king olaf or have gotten wounds themselves then is that madness too fair now to norway and avenge it and so astrid brought it about by her words and helpfulness that much folk betook them with astrid to following him to norway hero tell us sigma the skull the daughter of olaf wedded ere well to the victory kingest lord king the thick we garden with our praise for plenteous jewels full michael host of swede ground bowed thing moat east at angra when astrid did unfold there the affairs of the son of olaf she might not more hail ready with the ventures swedes have pleaded though magnus the much stirring had son been of her body she caused it most of any after the christ the mighty that magnus king gap fain of all heritage of herald the bounteous magnus serts must girden astrid's kindness which made men's friend wide landed and we there are full fain are she the deep ready woman had served her stepson such wise as done but few others words frame i to her glory so says also the adult the skull the magnus flock all wielder out thou shoot it's a warcraft dipped the swan yard hard tied that for a third ear to slip into the sea flood wild weather lord about thee the suede mass spared in no wise so furl the valiant courtman at sigton the nop picture chapter two king magnus journey from the east magnus olaf some began his journey from sigton and had then a great company which the swedes had got for him they went to foot over sweden and so on to helsing land so says honor the earl's skull sythens ready shields the e carried egg of battle round swede dwellings neither gassed the host joys sorry sought unto the hands the land's folk retina of the tongue of wolf droves kind of folk on there thou dravest and i chosen to the fame things with white shields and spears be carving sythens feared magnus olafson west over iamd land and over the keel and down into thrandheim and straightway all the folk of the land gave him a good welcome but the men of king spine forthwith when they heard that magnus son of king olaf was come there into the land fled all far and wide and saved themselves and no withstanding was given against magnus king spine was south in the land so says honor the earl's skull redner of ig's sea muse feathers from the east to thrandheim's dwelling came slough with most highest dread helm told they that thy foam and falter feeder of wound waves blue vulture knew thy foes their woe a spreading therewith all thy foam and frighted needs must turn to save their life days chapter three magnus taken to king magnus olaf son went with his company down to cheaping and a good welcome he had there sythens he let summon the air thing and when the bonder folk came to the thing then was magnus taken to king over all the land as far and wide as king olaf his father had owned it then king magnus took to him a bodyguard and made landed men and in all counties he appointed men to steward ships and bailey wicks straightway that autumn king magnus called out a muster from all about thrandheim and sped well in his hosting and thereafter he held with his host southward along the land chapter four the flight of king's fine king's fine son of al fiva was then abiding in south hoardland when he heard this war tale straightway let he shear the war arrow and send four ways from him he summoned to him the bonder folk and let that follow that all the people should be out with folk and ships and ward the land with him all that folk which was nice to the king came to meet him and the king held a thing and had parley with the bonders and put forth his errand thus saying that he will hold on to meet king magnus son of king olaf and give him battle if the bonders will follow him the king spoke somewhat short and the bonders made but little cheer of his speaking sythons the danish chiefs who were with the king talked long talks and deft but the bonders answered and spake in their turn and many said that they would follow king's fine and fight with him but some said nay there too other some held their peace holy and some said thus that they would seek to meet king magnus as soon as ever they might bring it about then answered king's fine missy myth that here have come but few of those bonder folk unto whom we sent word and those bonders who are here and tell our very selves that they will follow king magnus seem to us just the same as to help and avail as those others who say that that they will to keep quiet and in the same case are those who keep silent but among them who say that they will themselves follow us there will be every other man or more on whom there will be no good for us to fall back if we give battle to king magnus so it is my read that we put not our trust in the good faith of these bonders but fair rather than where all focus true and trusty to us there we have strength enough to win this land under our sway and straightway when the king had thus settled the matter all his men followed this read so there with they turned their stems about and hoisted sail and king's fine sailed east along the land and let it not till he came to Denmark where he had good welcome but when he met horda canute his brother he bad to king spine to have their rule with him in Denmark and that bidding spine took chapters five and six the death of canute the rich and of spine king magnus went that autumn all the way east to the land's end and he was taken to king over all the land and all the folk of the land were feigned thereof that magnus was become king that same autumn died canute the rich in england on the eyes of november he was then 40 years of age he was laid in earth at winchester by that time he had been king over Denmark for seven and 20 winters and over Denmark and england together for 24 winters and over norway with all four seven winters then was taken to king in england herald the son of canute that same winter died spine alfie the son in Denmark about king magnus theodolph saying in this wise redner of eagles foot souls ye trudged the sand from sweden a valiant host the followed lord from the east to norway syphons fled spine full soothly betrayed from the land here alfie the sun so heard i to alien countries drifted the arnie gobrow scald wrought this on calph arneson young kings thou let's have airships such as they turned to after sooth is that spine had seized him of Denmark and that only thou shodst fight eager magnus back to his land from garth realm and in such wise thou wrought that the king won back his country chapter seven piece between king magnus and king horde canute next spring both kings called out a muster in the word fared about that they would join battle at the el but when as both hosts sought to meeting with each other then the landed men in either hosts sent word to their kinsmen and friends this followed the word sending that men should make peace between the kings but whereas both kings were but parents and young then had the land rule for them mighty men who were taken there to in either host so things came to this that a peace meeting was appointed between the kings thereupon they met themselves and then peace was talked over and this was the matter agreed on that the kings beswer each other brotherhood and settled peace between them while they should both be alive but if either should die without a son then should he who lived after take after the other land and things twelve men such as were most noblest out of either realms swore more over with the kings that this piece should hold good while any one of them was alive thus sundered the kings and either fared home into his own realm and this piece held good while both lived chapter eight of queen astrid queen astrid whom olaf the holy had had to wife came into norway with magnus her stepson and was with him in right good cheer as he was worthy of therewith all came to the court alph hill the mother of king magnus and the king took her to him straightway with the dearest love and seated her in honorable wise but to alph hill what can be to many who come into power that her pride wax no less therewith and it misliked her that queen astrid astrid was in any way more honored than she either in seat or in any other service alph hill would to sit nire to the king but astrid called her her handmaiden even as she had been before when astrid was queen over norway when as king olaf ruled the land and astrid would in no wise share a seat with alph hill nor might they abide together in one chamber chapter nine of sigmat the scald sigmat the scald had fared to roam when as the battle was at stinkle stand but when he was on his way from the south he heard of the fall of king olaf and that was the greatest grief to him then sang he on alps by a burg one morning i stood and me i minded where targes brought a many and side bernie's flew asunder of the king i then me minded who of his land was joyous earth in his days the early there then was thawed my father sigmat walked on a day through a certain thwart and heard how a husband bewailed him sorely for that he had lost his wife he beat on his breast and rent his clothes from him greeted much and said that he would faint die then sang sigmat he's faint of dying saith he for the maiden's bosom missing dear bot is love if ever we needs must weep the dead one but this flight shunning stout heart he and he his lord that loveth sheds slaughtered tears now worser my loss to the king's men seamoth sigmat came home to norway he had house and children in thrandheim he fared round by the south of the land on that ship of burden and when they lay in hill sound they saw where flew many ravens sigmat sang i see the ravens flocking to the haven where a four-time floated the ship all under the right good son of north men yell hi the greedy eagles each day inside of hill aisle he and they whom olav glutted in bygone time so often but when sigmat came north to cheaping then was king's fine there in bad sigmat come to him whereas he had a four-time bin with king canute the rich father of king's fine sigmat said he will fare home to his household one day it bended as sigmat was walking in the street that he saw where the king's men were at play and he sang all thwart go i from the playing of the courtman of the lord king grief in my breast is swelling thence am i bleak as bastes i mind me how a four-time full off we played together my famed lord and we others at his good men's odoral dwellings then he went to his house he heard many men blame him and say that he had run away from king olav sigmat sang hot fire may white christ let me have for my white if willed eye to hold aloof from olav of that am i all guiltless to roam was i awending on others peril there too have i witnessed water plenty from folk i hide that never sigmat was ill content at home one day he was walking abroad and saying whilst olav lived medeem did that laugh cliffs high stony all norway through a four-time kin was i on the shipboard now when is all gone from me the king's grace much unblivered the fair hill slopes are seeming such and so sore my sorrow sigmat went in the early winter east over the keel to i am fland and thence to housing land and came down into sweden and went forthwith to queen astrid and was with her in good cheer for a long time he was also with king eamond her brother and had from him ten marks burned as it says in commute's droppa sigmat would often ask when he met chapman out to home guard what they had to tell him of magnus olavson he sang yet urni to be hearing from the east for oft are spreading from garth realm many praises of the young lord and are spared not eam though there fly betwixt us the smallest vows air cleaving of the small king's son of fairing i hear and my hope appeases chapter ten how magnus first came to sweden but when magnus olavson came to sweden out of garth realm sigmat was there already with queen astrid and all of them they were much fain then sang sigmat inventress wise thou soughtest home to our hands king magnus of land and men well may us thou be fain thine might i uphold i might not fair to fetch the in garth realm king of people whereas that i was water elsewhere of the kin's woman then sigmat but took himself together with queen astrid to the following of magnus to norway sigmat sang i say my thoughts are magnus unto the men of thing drifts that fain exceeding am i of thine life by god's blessing if this folk lord a son be of glory like his father then few of folk were living who such a king should get them but when magnus had become king over norway sigmat the scald followed him and was most dear to the king this he sang once when queen astrid and alfield the king's mother had been banding words together alfield now let thou astrid in then thyself be higher although thy state wax better much greatly that god will end chapter 11 king olav laid in shrine king magnus let make her shrine and dyke the same with golden silver and set stones therein this shrine was done after the fashion of a coffin both as to greatness and other shape but under it were arches and over it a lid after the fashion of a roof going up into a gable top with a head there on on the lid there are hinges at the back but in front there are hasps and there the shrine is locked with a key then king magnus let lay in shrine the holy relic of king olav and many miracles were wrought there at the holy relic of king olav as is told by sigmat the scald to my lord who good heart bore him a golden shrine is fashioned the holydom i praise now of the king to god he went in for many a ring stem there came blind who thence next morning whole sided goes from the noble bed of the king the clean heart then was it taken to law throughout all norway to hold holy the feast of king olav and that day was straight way so hold in there even as the greatest high times here i've tell us about the scald of olav magnus father the mass behooves us hallowed in house of mind whole hearted might to the king god give it bound am i to hold guilness the feast of the king the moaned ian he who mine our branches bedecked with gold the running chapter 12 of thorier hound thorier hound fared away from the land a little after the fall of king olav thorier fared out to jerusalem and it is the say of many folk that he has never come back sigurd was height the son of forer hound and was father to run by who was wedded by jone the son of orney who was the son of orney their children were vidcon of birch isle and sigurd hound early and charred front chapter 13 the slaying of harrick of theota harrick of theota sat at home on his lands even until magnus olafson came into the land and became king then which harrick south through frantan to see king magnus there was then with king magnus asman the son of gran col but as harrick was a walking up from the ship when as he came to dedoise asman was standing on the loft swale with the king they saw harrick and knew him then spake asman to the king now while i reward harrick the killing of my father he had in his hand a broad axe little and finish the king looked to him and said have my axe rather now that was one wedge beaten and thick and again the king said look do it asman hard are the bones in that carl asman took the axe and went down and out of the garth and when he came down to the fourth street then where harrick and his are walking up from below against him asman hewed harrick in the head so that straightway the axe stood down in the brain of him and that was the bane of harrick but asman walked up again into the garth under the king and all the edge of the axe was perished then said the king how then would have done that thin axe of mine this seem if this one is all undone thereafter king magnus gave asman domain and bayley work in halogen land and many in great tales are told of the dealings of asman and the sons of harrick in the story of magnus the good part one chapter one through thirteen