 Section 18 of Himes-Kringle by Snorri Sterlson, translated by George Port Morris and Ira Kerr-Magnuson, as the Brevox recording is in the public domain. The Story of Aulag Trigvison, Part 2, Chapter 11-20, Chapter 11, the Message of Harold Gormson Yet again came Harold to talk with Earl Hacon, and the Earl tells him that he has been so busy in his matter, that most like a kingdom would be ready at hand for him in Norway. And now saith he, let us hold by our fellowship, and I will be of trustee and great help to thee in Norway, get thou first that realm, but then moreover is King Harold very old, and hath but one son a bastard whom he loveth but little. So the Earl talks hereof to Gold Harold, till he says he is well content therewith, thereafter they all talk the thing over, together full often the King to wit the Earl and Gold Harold. Then the Dane King sent his men north into Norway to Harold Greycloak, right gloriously was that journey arrayed, and good welcome had they when they came to Harold the King. There they tell the tidings that Earl Hacon is in Denmark, lying hard at death's door, and well nigh witless. And these other tidings with all that Harold the Dane King bideth Harold Greycloak his foster son to him, to take such feasts from him as the brethren had a foretime in Denmark, and bideth Harold come and meet him in Udland. Harold Greycloak laid this message before Goon held his mother, and other of his friends and men's minds were not at one thereon, to some the journey seemed not to be trusted in, such men as were awaiting them yonder, yet were the others more who were feigned to fear, whereas there was so great famine in Norway, that the kings might scarce feed their own household. Wherefrom get the furth wherein the kings abode oftest, that name of hard anger, but in Denmark was the year's increase of some avail? So men deemed that there would be something to begot thence if King Harold had fief and dominion there. So it was settled before the messengers went their ways that King Harold should come to Denmark in the summertime to meet the Dane King and take of him the fortune he offered. Chapter 12 The Trees and of King Harold and Earl Hacon against Gold Harold Harold Greycloak fared in the summertime to Denmark with three long ships. Arryn Bjorn, the hercer of the furths, sailed one of them. So King Harold sailed out from the wick to the limb furth and put in there at the neck, and it was told him that the Dane King would speedily come thither. But when Gold Harold heard thereof, he made with nine long ships, for he had a four time a raid his host for war sailing. Earl Hacon also had a raid his folk for war and had twelve ships all great. But when Gold Harold was gone, then spake Earl Hacon to the king, now see, I not, but that we are both pressed to row and paying fine. Gold Harold will slay Harold Greycloak and take the kingdom in Norway, and deem us thou then that thou mayest trust him when thou hast put such might into his hands, whereas he spake this before me last winter that he would slay thee, might but time and place serve. Now will I win Norway for thee and slay Gold Harold if thou wilt promise me easy atonement at thy hands for the deed. Then will I be thine Earl and bind myself by oath to win Norway for thee with thy might to aid and to hold the land thereafter under thy dominion and pay thee scat. Then art thou a greater king than thy father when thou rulest over two great peoples, so this was accorded betwixt the king and the Earl and Hacon fared with his host seeking Gold Harold. Chapter 13 The Fall of Harold Greycloak at the Neck Gold Harold came to the neck in the limb-furth and straightway bad battle to Harold Greycloak, then though King Harold had the fewer folk, he went a land straightway and made him ready for battle and arrayed his folk. Then before the battle was joined Harold Greycloak jeered on his folk full heart and bad them draw sword and so ran forth before the vanward battle and smote on either hand. So, saith Glom Gerson, in Greycloak's dropper, the god of hilts made meately in he who durst to redden the green fields for the people a dowdy word hath spoken. There Harold the wide-landed gave bidding to his king's men to swing the sword for slaughter, that word his men deemed noble. There fell King Harold Greycloak as saith Glom Gerson, the heeder of the garth wall of Glomys steeds, the ship want, alo he needs must lay him on the wide board of limb-furth. The scatterer of the seas flame fell on necks, sandy stretches, he, the word happy king's friend, it was who wrought this slaughter. There fell the more part of King Harold's men with him, Arryn Bjorn the hercer fell there. Now was worn away fifteen winters from the fall of Haekon, Athol Stain's foster son, and thirteen winters from the fall of Sigurd, the Earl of Ladir. So saith Ari Thor Gilsen the priest that Earl Haekon had ruled for thirteen winters over his heritage in Thrandheim before Harold Greycloak was slain. But the last six winters of Harold Greycloak's life, saith Ari, goon hill's sons and Haekon where it wore together and in turn fled away from the land. Chapter 14 The Death of Gold Harold Earl Haekon and Gold Harold met a little after Harold Greycloak was fallen, and straightway Earl Haekon joined battle with Gold Harold. There get Haekon the victory and Harold was taken, whom Haekon let straightway hang up on a gallows. Thereafter feared Earl Haekon to meet the Dane King and had easy atonement from him for the slaying of Gold Harold his kinsmen. Chapter 15 The Sharing of Norway Then King Harold called out and host from all his realm and sailed with six hundred ships and in his fellowship was Earl Haekon, Sigurdson and Harold the Greenlander. Son of King Gudrad and many other mighty men who had fled their free lands in Norway before the sons of Goon Hill. The Dane King turned his host from the south into the wick and all the folk of the land submitted them to him. But when he came to Tonsberg drew much folk to him and all the hosts that came to him in Norway King Harold gave in to the hands of Earl Haekon and made him ruler over Rogeland and Hortland, Sagan the Firth country, Southmere, Northmere and Romsdale. These seven counties gave King Harold unto Earl Haekon to rule over with such like investiture as had King Harold hair fare to his sons. With this to boot that Earl Haekon should have there and in Thrandheim also all kingly manners and land dues and have of the king's goods what he needed if war were in the land. To Harold the Greenlander gave King Harold Wengelmark Westfold and Agdeer out to Lydandisness and the name of King with all and gave him dominion therein with all such things as his kin had had for a time and as Harold hair fare gave to his sons. Harold the Greenlander was as then 18 winters old and was a famed man thereafter so home again fared Harold the Dane King with all the host of the Danes. Chapter 16 Goonhill's sons flee the land Earl Haekon fared with his host north along the land and when Goonhill then her sons heard these tidings they gathered and host yet sped but ill with the gathering. So they took the same reed as hers to sail west over sea with such folk as will follow them and first they fared to the Orkneys and above there a while wherein were this the sons of Thorfinn, Skull, Cleaver, Earl's, Lodver, Tuit and Ard, Vid, Lyot and Skully. So Earl Haekon laid all the land under him and sat that winter in Thrandheim here of Teleth, Einar, Jinglescale in the gold lac, evil shunning heater of eyebrows, fields, silk, fillet, seven counties now have conquered to all the land good tidings. Now Earl Haekon when he went north along the land that summer and all folk came under him had been sustained the temples and blood offerings throughout all his dominions and so was it done so sayeth gold lac. The wise one let Thor's shrine lands once herried and all steads truly unto the gods a hallowed life free for all men's usage. Air hallowed of the spear garth he whom the gods are guiding the wolf of the death of the giant over the sea waves ferried. Fight worthy folk of flocks staff to offering moat now turn them and the mighty red boards wielder thereby a fair fame winneth. Now as the four earth groweth since once again gold waster let spear bridge wielders when them glad heart to the holy places. Now from the wick all northward under Earl Haekon life wide stands the rule of Haekon who swells the storm of fight board. The first winter that Haekon ruled over the land the herring came up everywhere high into the land and in the autumn before had the corn grown well where so ever it had been sown. But the next spring men get them seed corn so that the more part of the bonders sowed their lands and speedily the year was of good promise. Chapter 17 battle between Earl Haekon and Ragnar Fraud son of Goonhild king Ragnar Fraud son of Goonhild and Goodrod another son of hers these were now the only two left of the sons of Eric and Goonhild. So sayeth Gloomgearsson in gray cloaks droppa half of wealth's hope fell from me then when the spear drift ended the king's life for no good hap to me was herald's death day. Yet Nathlas both his brethren behought me somewhat goodly for all the host of man folk for good luck looketh thither. Now Ragnar Fraud got him ready in spring tide when he had been one winter in the Orkneys then he made east for Norway with a chosen company and big ships. And when he came to Norway he heard that Earl Haekon was in Thrandheim so he made north about the stod and harried in Southmere. There some men came under him as oft befalleth when warring bands come on the land that they whom they fall in with seek help for themselves where so it seems likely is to be gotten. Earl Haekon hears these tidings how there was war south and mere so he died his ships and sheared up the war arrow and arrayed him at his speediest and sailed down the furth and sped wealth with his gathering of folk. So they met Ragnar Fraud and Earl Haekon by the northern parts of Southmere and Haekon straightway joined battle. He had the more folk but the smaller ships hard was the battle and the brunt was heaviest on Haekon. They fought from the forecast those as was the want of those days. The tide set in up the sound and drave all the ships landward together so the Earl bad backwater toward shore where it looked handiest to go a land. And so when the ships took ground the Earl and all his host went from their ships and drew them up so that their foes might not drag them out. Then the Earl arrayed his battles on the mead and cried on Ragnar Fraud to come ashore. Ragnar Fraud and his folks took close in and they shot at each other a long while yet would he not go up a land but departed at this pass and stood with his host south about the stod for he dreaded the land host if folk should perchance flock to Earl Haekon. But the Earl would not join battle again because he deemed the odds of ship boards over great so he fared north to Thrandheim in the autumn and there abode winter long but King Ragnar Fraud held in those days all south of the stod Firth land to Witt, Sagan, Hordland and Rogeland he had a great multitude about him that winter and when spring came he bad to the muster and get a mighty host. Then fared he through all those parts a forename to gather men and ships and other getting such as he needed to have. Chapter 18 another battle between Earl Haekon and King Ragnar Fraud in Sagan. Earl Haekon called out folk in the spring tide from all the north country. He had much folk from Halaga land and Naumdale right away moreover from Berda to the stod had he folk from the seaboard lands and a multitude flock to him from all Thrandheim and from Romsdale. So tells the tale that he had an host drawn from four folk lands and that seven urls followed him each and all with a very great company. So saith it in gold lock. Further the tale now tell I how the mere folks war fain water now let his folk be faring from the north land forth to Sagan. The fray of Haydn's breezes from four lands man folk levy. Soothly the war brands over there and saw goodly helping. Seven lords of land came sweeping on hurdles smooth of may itty unto the moat of gladdener of the sparrow of the shields swore. All Norway clattered round them when the God of the Wall of Haydn rushed on to meet in edge thing. Dead men by the Nesses floated. Earl Haekon brought all this host south about the stod. There he heard that King Ragnar Fraud was gone with his host into the Sagan Firth. There he turned thither with his folk and there was the meeting of him and Ragnar Fraud. The Earl brought to his ships by the land and pitched a hazel field for King Ragnar Fraud and chose there a battle stead. So saith gold lock. The Wenslayer on King Ragnar Fraud came once again in battle. The defense pitied a man fall far famed in that meeting. The Narvi of the Screaming of Shield which bad turned landward. The need of the Alk of Snow Shoes he laid by the Seaward Folkland. There befell a full hard battle but Earl Haekon had many more folk and he won the day. At thingness this was where Sagan meteth Hordland. So King Ragnar Fraud fled away to his ships and there fell of his folk three hundred men. As saith gold lock. Strong fight ere the fight groves queller. That fierce one there brought under the claws of the carrion vulture three hundred fallen foemen. The king the victory snatcher who giveth growth to battle or the heads of the host of the oceans strode dance. It was a deed right gainful. After this battle King Ragnar Fraud fled away from Norway. But Earl Haekon gave peace to the land and let fair back northward that great host that had fathered him through the summer. But he himself abode there the autumn yay and the winter tide with all. Chapter nineteen the wedding of Earl Haekon. Earl Haekon wedded a woman called Thora the daughter of Skaggi Skaptisen a wealthy man and Thora was the fairest of all women. Their sons were Svein and Heming and Berglio was their daughter who was wedded thereafter to Einar Thambarskelfer. Earl Haekon was much given to women and had many children. Ragnar Fraud was a daughter of his whom he gave in marriage to Skaptisen brother of Thora. The Earl loved Thora so well that he held her kinder than other men and Skoptie his son-in-law was more accounted of than any other of them. The Earl gave him great fiefs and mere and when so ever the Earl's fleet was abroad Skoptie was to lay his ship alongside the Earl's ship. Neither would it do for any too late ship betwixt them. Chapter twenty the fall of Skoptie of the tidings. On a summer Earl Haekon had out his fleet and Thorleaf the sage was master of a ship therein. Of that company also was Eric the Earl's son who was as then ten or eleven winters old. So whenever they brought to in Havens at night time not seem good to Eric but to more his ship next to the Earl's ship. But when they were come south to mere thither came Skoptie the Earl's brother-in-law with a long ship all manned. But as they rode up to the fleet Skoptie called out to Thorleaf to clear the Haven for him and shift his birth. Eric answered speedily bidding Skoptie take another birth that heard Earl Haekon how Eric his son now deemed himself so mighty that he would not give place to Skoptie. So the Earl called out straightway and bade them leave their birth saying that somewhat worser lay in store for them else to it to be speedily beaten. So when Thorleaf heard that he cried out to his men to slip their cables and even so was it done. And Skoptie lay in the birth where as he was want next to the Earl's ship to it. Now Skoptie was ever to tell all tidings to the Earl when they two were together or the Earl would tell tidings to Skoptie if so be he wanted first of them. So Skoptie was called Skoptie of the tidings. The next winter was Eric with Thorleaf his foster father but early in the spring tide he drew to him a company of men and Thorleaf gave him a 15 benched cutter with all gear tents and vitals. And Eric sailed there with down the Firth and so south to Mir. But Skoptie of the tidings was a rowing from one manner of his to another in a 15 benched craft and Eric turned to meet him and join battle with him. There fell Skoptie and Eric gave quarter to all those who yet stood upon their feet. So Skoptie said, I, Joff, Dada, Skald and Banda, Drapa. Yet very young he got him one eve on May it is seas skate well followed against the herser high hearted of the sea Marge. And as the one that shaketh the flickering flame of Tarj field made Skoptie fall Wolf Gladner gave meet he now to bloodhawks. Well swear fiercely mighty made fall Sankyar in battle, yea there the life thou chains of the lands belts fires giver. And as he strode off the steel hour away from the dead din bitter of the storm of Sten Plains ravens, the land at God's will draweth. Then sailed Eric south along the land and came right forth to Denmark and so fair to meet King Harold Gormson and abode with him the winter. In spring there after the Dane King sent Eric north into Norway and gave him an earldom with bingal mark and realm realm to rule over on such terms as the Skat paying kings had a foretime had there. So saith I joth, few winter's old folk stirrer bowed south there at the ale skiff of the sea worm, one while on it by the thin of serpent's seat berg ere the well scatterers wield it to set down the helm quaffed the wetter of the hill storm beside the bride of Odin. Earl Eric became a mighty chieftain in after days. End of section 18. Section 19 of Himes Quingla by Snorri Stirlson translated by George Pope Morris and Ira Kerr Magnusson. This liver box recording is in the public domain. The story of Olaf Trigveson part 3 chapter 21 through 30. Chapter 21 the journey of Olaf Trigveson from Garth realm. All this while was Olaf Trigveson in Garth realm amid all honor from King Baldemar and loving kindness from the queen. King Baldemar made him captain of the host which he sent forth to defend the land. So saith Hallstone, the speech clear foe of the flame flash of the you seat had 12 winters when he stout friend of horde folk died warships out of Garth realm. The king's men there they laid it proud beasts with weed of harm dear with the clouds of the clash of sword edge and with the helms moreover. There had Olaf certain battles and the leading of the host throw in his hands then sustained he himself a great company of men at arms at his own costs from the wealth that the king gave to him. Olaf was open handed to his men whereof was he well beloved. Yet it befell as oft it doth when outland men have dominion or win fame more abundant than they of the land that many envied him the great love he had of the king and of the queen no less. So men bad the king beware lest he make Olaf over great for there is the greatest risk of such a man lest he lend himself to doing thee or the realm some hurt. He being so fulfilled of prowess and might and the love of men nor for sooth what we were of he and the queen are ever more talking. Now it was much the want of mighty kings in those days that the queen should have half the court and sustain it at her own costs and have their two of the scat and do's what she needed. And thus was it at King Baldemars and the queen had no less court than the king and somewhat would they strive about men of fame and either of them would have such for themselves. Now so it befell that the king trod those reeds afore said which folk spake before him and became somewhat cold to Olaf and Roth. And when Olaf found that he told the queen thereof and said with all that he was minded to fare into the north lands where said he his kin had dominion a foretime and where he deemed it like that he should have the most furtherance. So the queen bideth him farewell and saith that he shall be deemed a noble man wither so ever he cometh. So thereafter Olaf died him for departure and went to shipboard and stood out to sea in the east salt sea. But when he came from the east he made Borgund home and fell on there and harried. Then came down the landsmen on him and joined battle with him and Olaf won the victory in a great prey. Chapter 22 The Wedding of King Olaf Trigvissen. Olaf lay by Borgund home but there got they bitter wind and a storm at sea so that they might no longer lie there. But sailed south under Wendland and got their good haven and faring full peacefully about there awhile. Borislav was the name of the king in Wendland whose daughters were Gira, Goonhild and Astrid. Now Gira the king's daughter had rule and dominion there whereas Olaf and his folk came to the land and Dixon was the name of him who had most authority under Queen Gira. And so when they heard that alien folk were come to the land even such as were noble of mean and held them ever in peace for wise then fed Dixon to meet them with this message that she bade those new come men to guest with her that winter tide. For the summer was now far spent and the weather hard and storms great so when Dixon was come there he saw speedily that the captain of these men is a noble man both of kin and aspect. Dixon told them that the queen bad them to her in friendly wise so Olaf took her bidding and fared that autumn tide under Queen Gira and either of them was wondrous well seen of the other so that Olaf fell a wooing and craved Queen Gira to wife and it was brought to pass that he wedded her that winter and became ruler of that realm with her. Hall Fred the Troublest Skull telleth of this in the dropper he made upon Olaf the king. The king he made the hardened corpse veins in blood be reddened at home and east in garth realm. Ye why should the people hide it? Chapter 23 Earl Hacon payeth no scat to the Dane King. Earl Hacon ruled over Norway and paid no scat because the Dane King had granted him all the scat which the king owned in Norway for the labor and costs that the Earl was put to in defending the land against the sons of Gunnhild. Chapter 24 the Kaiser Otto Harriet in Denmark. Kaiser Otto was Lord of Saxland in those days who sent bidding to herald the Dane King to take christening and the right troth both he and the folk he ruled over or else said the Kaiser he would fall upon them with and host. So the Dane King let array his land wards and sustained the Dane work and died his warships and therewith he sent bidding to Earl Hacon in Norway to come to him early in spring with all the host he might get. So Earl Hacon called out his host from all his realm in the spring tide and got a great following and sailed with that folk to Denmark to meet the Dane King and goodly welcome the king gave him. Many other lords would come to the help of the Dane King at that tide and a full mighty host he had. Chapter 25 the warring of Olaf Trigvissen. Olaf Trigvissen had abided that winter in Wendland as is a forerit and that same winter he fared into those lands of Wendland that had been under Queen Ghira but now were clean turned away from her service and tribute. There harried Olaf and slew many men and burned some out of house and home and took much wealth and having laid under him all those realms turned back again to his own stronghold. Early in spring tide Olaf died his ships and sailed into the sea he sailed to Skani and went a land there the folk of the land gathered together and gave him battle but Olaf had the victory and got a great prey. Then sailed he east to Gothland and took a cheaping ship of the E.M. Flanders they made a stout defense force suit but in the end Olaf clued the ship and slew many men and took all the wealth of them. A third battle he had in Gothland and won the victory and got a great prey so saith, Hall Fred the trouble is scalded. The great king the shrines foment there fell the E.M. Land dwellers and Wendland folk in fights tower so in young days his want was sword hardy lord of hersers to Gothland lives with baneful. I heard it of Golshir that he raised spear gale on Skani. Chapter 26 battle at the Dane work Kaiser Otto drew together a mighty host. He had folk from Saxland and Franklin from Frisland and Wendland. King Bursloff followed him with a great company and thereof was Olaf Trigmas and his son-in-law. The Kaiser had a mighty host of riders and yet more of footmen from Holtz to land also had he much folk. King Harold sent Earl Hacon with the host of Northmen that followed him to the Dane work toward the land there as it saith in gold lac. It fell to that the yoke beasts of the air boards ran from the Northland neath the deft grove of battle down south to look on Denmark. The lord of the folk of Doe Fraar the ruler of the Horde men bequothed with the helm of awing now sought the lords of Denmark. The bounteous king would try him amidst the frost of murder that elf of the land of Merckwoods knew come from out the Northland. When bad the king the dowdy heater of storm of war sark hold walls against the fight neards of Hagbard's hurdles rollers. Kaiser Otto came from the south with his host against the Dane work and Earl Hacon ordered the Bergwall with his company. Now such is the fashion of the Dane work that two Firths go up into the land on either side thereof and from end to end of these Firths had the Danes made a great Bergwall of stones and turf and timber and dug a deep and broad ditch on the out of side thereof and castles are there before each Berggate. So there befell a great battle as is told in Goldlach. It was not an easy matter to go against their war host though Ragnir of Garth of Spear flight wrought there a stourful hearty when as fight the doer when did from the south with the Phrygian barons and the lords of the Franks and when folk egged on the sea horse rider. Earl Hacon set companies all over the Berggates but the more part of his folk he let went up and down the wall and withstand the foe where so ever the onset was hottest. There are many of the Kaiser's host and they get not one of the Bergwall so the Kaiser turned away and tried it no longer so say if it in Goldlach rose din of the flame of Thriddy when the dealers in the point play laid shield to shield fight hearty was the stir of urns craving the fray through of the sound steed turned Saxons unto fleeing the king he and his good men the work from the aliens warded. After the battle fared Earl Hacon back to his ships and was minded to sail back north to Norway but the wind was foul for him and he lay out in the limb furth. Chapter 27 the christening of King Harold Gormson and Earl Hacon. Kaiser Otto wended back with his host to Sleswick and there drew a fleet together and so flitteth his host over the furth to Newtland. But when Harold Gormson the Dane King heard thereof he went against him with his host and there was a great battle wherein the Kaiser prevailed at the last. So the Dane King fled away to the limb furth and out into Mars Isle. Then went men betwixt the king and the Kaiser and truce was brought about and a meeting appointed so Kaiser Otto and the Dane King met in Mars Isle and there Bishop Poppo preached the holy faith before King Harold and bare glowing iron in his hand and showed King Harold his hand unburnt thereafter. So King Harold let himself be christened with all the host of the Danes. King Harold had sent word to forward to Earl Hacon when as the king was abiding in Mars Isle to come and help him but Earl Hacon came to the Isle when the king had already got christened who sent word to the Earl to come and meet him and when they met the king let christened Earl Hacon will he nil he so the Earl was christened and all the men who followed him and the king gave him priests and other learned men and bad the Earl to do christened all folk in Norway. Therewith they sundered and Earl Hacon fared down to the sea and abode a wind there. Chapter 28 Earl Hacon cast of the side his faith off with blood offering and Harriet in Goutland. Now when the wind came and he deemed he might stand out to sea he cast up a land all those learned men and so sailed out to sea but the wind veered round to the south west and west and the Earl sailed east through air sound herring on either land then he sailed east away by sconey side and Harriet there yea and where so ever he made land but when he came east off the Goutscaries he made for land and made there a great sacrifice then came flying with it to Ravens and croaked with a high voice whereby the Earl deemed surely that Odin had taken his blood offering and that he would have a happy day of fight. So there on the Earl burnt all his ships and went up a land with his host and wended the war shield away then came to meet him Earl Otter who ruled over Goutland and they had a great battle together and Hacon won the day but Earl Otter fell and a many of his folk with him then fared Earl Hacon through either Goutland and all with the war shield aloft till he came to Norway then he went back the land road north away to Thrandheim Herob is set in Goldlack the fellow of the fleeing for the gods reed forth on mead went the bow of the gear of Hedden got happy day for battle and the bitter of war waging had sight of corpse fell mighty the tire of pine rods hollow long for the lives of Goutfolk the Earl there held a folk note of the wildfire of the sword bale where none earth came to Harry with sorely's roof above him none bear the shield bedisen with the sleeping loft of ling fish so far up from the sea shore the Lord over ran all Goutland the god of the Gale of Frody the fields with dead men loaded gain might the gods son boast of got Odin many chosen no doubt but God's be ruling the lessoner of King's kindred I say that God's strong wax and make great the sway of Hacon Chapter 29 Kaiser Otter goeth home again Kaiser Otter fared back to his own realm of Saxon and he and the Dane King parted in friendly wise so say men that Kaiser Otter became gossip of Svain the son of King Herob and gave him his name so that he was christened Otto Svain King Herob held the Christian faith well unto his death day so fared King Burrysloff back to Wendland and Olaf his son-in-law with him of this battle Teleth, Hallford the Troublas scald in the Olaf's droppa the speeding stem of the horses of rollers there was hewing the birch of fight Sark Barklis in Denmark south of Heathby Chapter 30 Departures of Olaf Trigmasen from Wendland Olaf Trigmasen was three winters in Wendland and then Gira his wife fell sick and that sickness brought her to her bane such great scav did Olaf deem this that he had no love for Wendland ever after so he but took him to his warships and fared yet again a warring and first he hurried in Friesland and then about Saxon and so right away to Flanders so Seath Hallford the Troublas scald the king the son of Trigvy at last let fast be hewn to troll wife's steed ill waxen the bodies of the Saxons the king the well befriended gave drink to the dusky stallion whereon Knight Rider Farith round blood of many of Frisian fierce feller of fights people drew from its skin the corpse all let host Lord flesh of Fleming's be ye olden unto ravens End of the story of Olaf Trigmasen Part 3 Chapter 21 through 30 Section 20 of Himes Kringle by Snorri Sturlson translated by George Pope Morris and Erika Magnusson this LibriVox recording is in the public domain the story of Olaf Trigvison Part 4 Chapter 31 through 40 Chapter 31 the warring of Olaf Trigvison then sailed Olaf Trigvison to England and harried wide about the land he sailed north all up to Northumberland and harried there and then north away yet to Scotland and harried wide about then sailed he to the South Isles and had certain battles there and then south to man and fought there and harried also wide about the parts of Ireland then made he for but land and that land also he wasted wide about and also the land which is called of the Henry and again then sailed he west to the land and harried there and then sailed back east again being minded for England and so came to the Isles called Sillies in the western parts of the English main so sayeth Halfred the Troublas scald the young king all unsparing fell unto fight with English the nourisher of spear shower made murder for Northumbria the war glad wolf greeds feeder wide then the scott folk wasted gold slayer wrought the sword play in man with sword uplifted the bow trees dread let perish the isle host and the Irish the tire of swords be worshiped of fame was sorely yearning the king smote Rutland's biters and hewed down the Khymri there then the greed departed from the chuffs of the storm of spear cast Olaf Trigvison was for winters about this warfare from the time he fared from when land till when he came to Silly chapter 32 the christening of Olaf Trigvison in Silly now when Olaf Trigvison lay at Silly he heard tell that in the Isle there was a certain soothsayer who told of things not yet come to pass and many men deemed that things fell out as he foretold so Olaf fell alonging to try the spaying of this man and he sent to the wise man him who was fairest and biggest of his men a raid in the most glorious wise bidding him say that he was the king for hereof was Olaf by then become famed in all lands that he was fairer and nobler than all other men but since he fared from Garth realm he had used no more of his name than to call him only and Garth realmer now when the messenger came to the soothsayer and said he was the king then got he this answer king art thou not but my counsel to the is that thou be true to thy king nor said he more to the man who fared back and told Olaf hereof whereby he longed the more to meet this man after hearing of such answer given and all doubt fell from him that the man was verily a soothsayer so Olaf went to him and had speech of him asking him what he would say as to how he should speed coming by his kingdom or any other good hat then answered that lone abider with holy spade him a glorious king shalt thou be and do glorious deeds many men shalt thou bring to troth and christening helping thereby both thyself and many others but to the end that thou doubt not of this mine answer take this for a token hard by thy ship shalt thou fall into a snare of an host of men and battle will spring thence and thou will both lose certain of thy company and thy self be hurt and of this wound shalt thou look to die and be born to ship on shield yet shalt thou be whole of thy hurt within seven nights and speedily be christened thereafter so Olaf went down to his ship and met unpeaceful men on the way who would slay him and his folk and it fared with their dealings as that lone biting man had foretold him that Olaf was born wounded on a shield out to his ship and was whole again within seven nights space then deemed Olaf surely that the man had told him a true matter and that he would be a soothfast soothsayer went so ever he had his spade him so he went a second time to see this soothsayer and talked much with him and asked him closely once he had the wisdom to foretell things to come the lone dweller told him that the very God of christened men let him know all things that he would and therewithal he told Olaf many great works of almighty God from all which words Olaf yea said the taking on him of christening and so was he christened with all his fellows he abode there long and learn the right trough and had away with him thence priests and other learned men chapter 33 Olaf wedded Gita in the autumn tide sailed Olaf from the sillies to England he lay in a certain haven there and fared peacefully for England was christened as he was now become christened now went through the land abiding to a certain thing and all men should go there and when the thing was set on foot there came a queen height Gita sister of Olaf Koran who was king of Dublin in Ireland she had been wedded in England to a mighty Earl who was now dead and she held his realm after him now there was a man in her realm named Alfwin a great champion and fighter at home gangs this man would Gita who answered that she would make choice of one to wed her from out the men of her realm and this cause was the thing or four set assembled and there was Gita to choose herself a husband there was come Alfwin decked out with the best of Raymond and many other well attired were there there also was come Olaf clad in his wet weather gear and a shag cloak overall and he stood with his company outward from other folk now went Gita here and there looking at everyone who seemed to her of the mode of a man but when she came whereas Olaf stood and looked up into the face of him she asked what man he was he named himself only I am an outland man here said he Gita said well thou have me then will I choose thee I will not gain say that said he and therewith he asked her of her name and what was her kin and the house of her Gita am I calls that she a king's daughter of Ireland but I was wedded here in the land to an Earl who had dominion here but now since he is dead have I ruled the realm and men have would me neither have I seen any to whom I was to be wedded she was a young woman and full fair so they talked the matter over and were of one mind on that so now Olaf betrothed him to Gita chapter 34 home gang betwixt Alphan and King Olaf but now is Alphan full ill content and it was the custom of those days in England that if any two contended about a matter they should meet on the island where for Alphan bideth Olaf trigvescent to the island on this matter so time and place were appointed for the battle and they were to be 12 on either side so when they met Olaf gave the word to his men to do as he did he had a great axe and when Alphan would drive his sword at the king he smote the sword from the hand of him and then a stroke on the man himself so that Alphan fell and therewith Olaf bound him fast and likewise fared all Alphan's men and they were beaten and bound and so led home to Olaf's lodging then Olaf bad Alphan depart from the land and never come back again and Olaf took all his wealth then Olaf wedded Gita and abode in England or wiles in Ireland chapter 35 King Olaf trigvescent giddeth the hound Viggy now when Olaf was in Ireland he was warring on a time and a shipboard they fared and needed a strand slaughtering when the men go up a land and drive down a many beasts then came to them a certain good man who prayed Olaf give him back his own cows Olaf bet him take them if he might find them but let him not delay the journey now the good man had there a great herd dog to which dog he showed the herd of neat where of were being driven many hundreds then the hound ran all about the herd and drive away just so many neat as the good man had claimed for his and they were all marked in one wise wherefore men deemed delight that the hound barely knew them are right and they thought him wondrous wise then asked Olaf of the good man if he would sell his hound with a good will said the good man but the king gave him a gold ring there and then and promised to be his friend that dog was called Viggy and was the best of all dogs Olaf had him for long afterward chapter 36 of King Harold Gormson and his warring in Norway now Harold Gormson the Dane King heard how Earl Hacon had cast aside his christening and harried wide in the realm of the Dane King so he called out and host and fared away for Norway and when he came to the realm of Earl Hacon he harried there and laid waste all the land and then brought to by the Isles called Solans but five steds only were left standing unburned by him in Lauer Dale of Sagan and all folk fled to the fells and woods with such of their chattels as they might bear away and now was the Dane King minded to sail with that mighty host to Iceland and avenge him of the shame which the Icelanders one and all had laid upon him for it had been made a law in Iceland that for every nose in the land should a scurvy rhyme be made on the Dane King and this was the cause thereof that a ship owned of Iceland men had been cast away in Denmark and the Danes took all the goods for lawful drift and one bird gear a bailiff of the kings had been chief dealer in this matter and the scurvy rhymes were done on both of them this is in the said rhymes when strode fight wanted herald from the south to the view of more near the winds Bane then as wax was in no shape but a stallions but unriched beer girl outcast by the powers of the Hall of Mountains in the land in mere shape met him and that beheld the people chapter seven wizardry wrought against Iceland now King Harold bad a wizard shape for a skin changing journey to Iceland and see what tidings he might bring him thereof so he feared in the likeness of a whale and when as he came to the land he went west round about the north country and he saw all the fells and hills full of land spirits both great and small but when he came off weapon first he went into the furth and would go up a land but lo there came down from the dale a mighty drake followed of many worms and paddocks and adders and blue venom at him so he got him gone and went west along the land till he came to I ya furth and he fared up into the furth but there came against him a foul so great that his wings lay on the fells on either side and many other foul were with him both great and small so he fared away thence and west along the land and so south to broad furth and there stood in up the furth but there met him a great bull that waited out to see and fell a bellowing awfully and many land spirits followed him thence away he got him and south about reekness and would take land on the vicar's sky but there came against him a mountain giant and iron staff in his hand and he bore his head higher than the fells and with him were many other giants so thence away fared the wizard east and long of the south country and there says he was not but sands and land haven less and a huge surf breaking round about without them and so great is the main betwixt the land said he that all unmute it is for long ships now in those days was broad helgi abiding in weapon furth, aye yawth, thou gurdtson in aye yawth furth, thord the yeller in broad furth and thawrid the priest and alfos so the dain king stood south along the land with his host and so went south to denmark but Earl Hacon let build all the land again and none the more ever paid to the dain king. Chapter thirty-eight the fall of King Harold Gormson swine the son of King Harold who was afterwards called twy beard craved dominion of King Harold his father but it was as a four that King Harold would not share the dain realm nor give his son dominion then swine gathers warships to him and says that he will go a warring pal not toky to it of the yawms bird by kings was come to help him then swine stood toward sea land and in up ice furth where lay King Harold his father with his ships are ready to fare to the wars so straight way swine fell on him and there was a great battle but so much folk drew to King Harold that swine was overborn by odds and fled away notwithstanding there got King Harold the herds which brought him to his bane so thereafter was swine taken for King in Denmark in those days was Earl Sigvaldi captain over yawms bird in Wendland he was son of King Strut Harold sometime King of Scani the brother of Earl Sigvaldi were hemming and thorkle the high then also was a lord among the yawms bird by kings bewy the thick of bourbon home and the bird his brother Vagan also the son of Aki and thorguna and sisters son of Buie now Earl Sigvaldi and his brother had laid hands on King swine and brought him to yawms bird in Wendland and driven him perforce to make peace with Buraslaw the when king in such wise that Sigvaldi was to make peace between them Earl Sigvaldi had them to wife Astrid daughter of King Buraslaw either else with the Earl said he delivered King swine to the Wends now King swine knew full well that then with the Wends torment him to death so he assented to this peacemaking of the Earl so Earl Sigvaldi laid down that King swine should wed Goonhill daughter of King Buraslaw and King Buraslaw theory Harold's daughter was the sister of King swine and either King to hold his dominion and peace to be between the lands of them so King swine fared home to Denmark with Goon hilled his wife and their sons were Harold and Canute the mighty in those days did the Danes make great threats of sailing with and host to Norway against Earl Hacon chapter 39 the of the yawms bird by kings King swine held a feast and bad to him all lords of his realm for he would hold his grave ale after King Harold his father and a little before had died strut Harold in Skani and the city of Borgund home the father of Bowie and Sigurd so King swine sent word to the yawms burgers bidding Earl Sigvaldi and Bowie and the brethren of each come hold the grave ale of their fathers at this same feast which the king was arraying so to the feast the yawms burgers with all the valiantist of their folk 11 ships from yawmsburg had they and 20 from Skani so the there was come together a full great company the first day of the feast before King swine stepped into the high seat of his father he drank the cup of memory to him swearing there with that before three winters were outworn to bring and host to England and slay King Ethel red or drive him from his realm and that cup of memory must all drink who were at the feast there upon was poured forth to those lords of yawmsburg and ever it was born to them brimming and of the strongest but when this cup was drunk all then must all men drink a cup to Christ and then were born to the yawmsburgers the biggest horns of drink that was there the third cup was Michael's memory and that also must all drink but there after drank Earl Sigvaldi the memory of his father swearing oath there with that before three winters were worn away he would come into Norway and slay Earl Hacon or else drive him from the land then swore thorkle the high the brother of Sigvaldi that he would follow his brother to Norway nor ever flee from battle leaving Sigvaldi fighting then swore buoy the thick that he would fare to Norway with them and in no battle flee before Earl Hacon then swore Sigurd his brother that he would fare to Norway and not flee while the more part of the yawmsburgers fought then swore Vagan Ockson that he would fare with them to Norway and not come back till he had slain the thorkle Lee era and laying a bed by his daughter in Gibb Bjorg without the leave of her kin many other lords also swore oath on sundry matters so that day men drunk their airship feast but the morrow's mourn when men were no more drunken the yawmsburgers thought they had spoken big words enough so they met together and took counsel how they should bring this journey about and the end of it was that they determined to set about it as speedily as may be so they arrayed their ships and their company and wide about the lands went the fame of this chapter 40 the war gathering of Eric and Earl Hacon now Earl Eric son of Hacon heard these tidings as he abode in realm realm so he straightway gathered folk to him and fared to the uplands and so north over the fells to Thrandheim to meet Earl Hacon his father here of teleth thord coal bison in Eric's droppa now fared great sooth fast war tales of the steel stems wide around there out from the south and there with good bonders row foreboded the stem of the steed of the matter of sveidi heard how the board long dane ships or the well worn rollers in the south were run out seaward so Earl Hacon Earl Eric let share up the war arrow all about the Thrandheim parts bidding also they sent to either mere and to realmsdale north also into nondale and hello galan there with they called out their whole muster both of ships and men so save it in Eric's droppa shield maples set his cutters round ships and great keels many into the surf rushing grows the skull song praise bounteous offshore were ships a many win the point hard dinner mighty seward drew garth about it his father's land with war shields Earl Hacon went straight way into mere to hold a smile there and gather folk but Earl Eric drew his hose together and let it from the north in the story of Olaf Trigvison part 4 chapter 31 through 40 section 21 of Himes Kringla by Snorri Starrlson translated by George Pope Morrison Ira Kerr Magnusson this the box recording is in the public domain the story of Olaf Trigvison part 5 chapter 41 through 50 chapter 41 the journey of the Jamsburgers into Norway the Jamsburgers brought their host into the limb earth and sailed out then sent to the main with 60 ships and came into a dear then stay brought their host to rogueland and fellow harrying so soon as they came into the dominion of Earl Hacon and so fare they toward the north country during all deeds of war now there was a man named Gear Mund who was sailing in a skiff and certain men with him and he came on north to mere and there fell in with Earl Hacon and went in before the board and told the Earl the tidings of an host in the south country come from Denmark the Earl asked if he had any soothfast token here of to show so gear Mund drew forth his other arm with the hand smitten off at the wrist and say that by that token was and host in the land then asked the Earl closely concerning this host and gear Mund say if they were the Vikings of Jamsburg and had slain many men and rod far and wide swift fair they though and full eagerly and like no long time will where by or they are come upon the here so there on the Earl rode through all the firsts in along one shore and out along the other night and day he fared and had a smile holding inland about the eyed reaches right away south to the firsts on one side and north away on the other where as Eric went with his host this is told of in Eric's dropper the war wise Earl who driver the fifth board steeds far seaword now set his prouds high fashioned against sig Baldy's coming there shook the oars of many but the solar serves of wound foul who rent the sea with ore blade they feared the bane in no wise Earl Eric meanwhile fared south with his host at his swiftest chapter 42 of the Jamsburgers and their warfare Earl Sigval the led his host north about the stod and brought to first at hair aisles here though the Vikings fell in with the folk of the land these told them never the truth of what the Earl was about the Jamsburgers harried where so ever they came they brought up west of hard aisle and went ashore there and harried driving down to their ships both thrall and beast but slew all carls fit for fight but now as they came down to their ships there came to meet them a certain bonder of foot and this was hard by where went the company of buoy spake the bonder not like minute arms fair ye driving to the strand cow and calf better pray to take the bear now nigh come to the bears den what says the carls said they hence thou tell us ought of Earl Hacon said the bonder he fared yesterday in to hero run first one ship or two he had or at the most not more than three nor had he heard ought of you then straightway buoy and his folk fell running to the ships and let loose all their booty and buoy said make we the most of it that we have a spied on the Earl and so be we the niest to the victory so when they come to their ships straightway they row out and Earl Sigvaldi called out to them asking what tidings and they said that Earl Hacon was there in the fur so Earl Sigvaldi weighed and rode out north of the Isle of Haud and so in about the Isle chapter 43 the beginning of the yams burgers battle but Earl Hacon and Eric his son lay in Hauke Elleswick with all their host now come together being and hundred and eighty ships and they had tidings how the yams burgers had stood from the west in to Haud so the Urals rode from the south to seek them but when they came to hero run Wick they met and either side arrayed them for the battle in the midst of the array of the yams burgers was set forth the banner of Earl Sigvaldi and over against him was arrayed the battle of Earl Hacon Earl Sigvaldi had 20 ships and Earl Hacon 60 in Earl Hacon's battle were these two captains through a rear heart of Halaga land and stir car of Gim Bzar on the one wing of the yams burgers was buoy the thick and figured his brother and over against him fell on Earl Eric Hacon son with 60 ships and these lords to aid good brand the white of the uplands to it and Thorkel era a man of the Wick again on the other wing of the yams burgers was arrayed Vaughn Hacon son with 20 ships and against him was fine Hacon son and with him skaggy from up how in your rear and rock novel of era wick in start with 60 ships so is it told in Eric's dropper far down along the coast land sped the sea host but the sea muse of the glow home fight ways glided to meet the keels of Denmark them most in mere the Earl cleared need the seekers of gold's plenty the steed of the sea brim drifted deep laden with warm slain heap and the safe I've been skulled spiller in the Halaga land tail to the hurt reekers of in the V fry least of all things was that day's dawning a joyous meeting when the land rulers sped their fleet against the wasters where as the sword elf thrust the sea steeds forth from the south land against their war host so then they brought the fleets together and there befell the grimace of battles and many fell on either side but many the more of Hacon's folk for hardly hard and handily fought the Vikings of yamsburg and clean through the shields they shot and so great was the brunt of weapons about Earl Hacon that his Bernie was all rent and perished so that he cast it from him there of telleth tinned Hall Kelsen the sowing that the flame gird wrought for the Earl with bent bowels of the shoulder grew ungainly waxed din of feel nears fires whereas the burnies by do or must shed the ring bright clattering war sark of hangie cleared were the weltering steeds of sea screen where the ring weaved shirt of sorely from the Earl was blown to tatters on the sound where of a token that friend of warriors show it chapter 44 the flight of Earl Sigvaldi now the arms burgers had the bigger ships and the hire of bulwark but either side fought most fiercely Vaughn Hacon sin lay so hard on the ship of spine Hacon sin that spine let back water and was on the point of fleeing then the other turned Earl Eric and thrust into the battle against Vaughn and Vaughn gave back in the ships late where they had been at the first so Earl Eric got him back to his own battle where his men now were giving a back and Buie having cut himself adrift from the lashings was about driving them to flight so Earl Eric lay Buie's ship aboard and a battle of handy strokes be tipped of the sharpest and two of Eric's ships or three were on Buie's ship alone and there with all came down foul weather with so great hail that a hail stone weighed an ounce even there with Earl Sigvaldi cut his lashings and turned his ship about with the mine to flee Vaughn Hacon sin cried out at him bending him not to flee away but Earl Sigvaldi gave no heed there to whatsoever he might say then Vaughn shot a spear at him and it smote the man who sat by the tiller so rode away Earl Sigvaldi with five and thirty ships and but five and twenty were left lying behind chapter 45 Buie the thick leap of overboard then laid Earl Hacon his ship on the other board of Buie and many strokes in short space befell Buie's men big fuss son of slaying glum took up a snout anvil that lay on the forecastle of Earl Hacon's ship where on some man had been a driving home the rivet of his sword hilt a strong man was big fuss and he cast the anvil with both hands and smote it on the head of as like home pill paid so that the spike grave into his brain by no weapon had as like been bitten up for as he fought on smiting with either hand he was foster son of Buie and his forecastle man there was another of them height Howard the hewer the strongest and valiantist of men now in this stour Eric's men got up aboard Buie's ship and made after the poop toward Buie then Thorstein midlang smote Buie right a thought the nose through the nose guard and a very great wound was that but Buie smote Thorstein round handed on the flank so that the man fell asunder in the midst then caught up Buie to chess full of gold and called on high overboard all folk of Buie and himself leaped overboard with those chests and there with many men of his leaped overboard and others fell on the ship for as to peace it availed not to pray it so was Buie's ship cleared from stem to stern and then the rest of them one after other chapter 46 the arms Burgers bound and in a string then fell Earl Eric on Vaughan's ship and was met full valiantly but in the end was the ship cleared and Vaughan laid hands on and 30 men with him and they were brought a land bound now Thorkle Lyre went up to them and said Vaughan the swearest oath to slay me but now Missymouth I am more like to slay the now Vaughan and his folk sat all together on a tree trunk and Thorkle had a great axe where with he smote down him who sat outermost on the trunk Vaughan and his fellows were so bound that a rope was done about the feet of them all but their hands were loose now spake one of them low here my cloak clasp in my hand and I will thrust it into the earth if I wot of ought after my head is off so the head was smitten from him and down fell the clasp from his hand hard by sat a very fair man with goodly hair he swept his hair up over his head and stretched forth his neck saying make not my hair bloody so a certain man took his hair in his hand and held it fast Thorkle hove up his axe but the Viking snatched his head sharply and he who held his hair louted forward with him and the axe came down on both his hands and took them off so that it struck into the earth there with came Earl Eric the other and asked who is this goodly man Sigurd the lads call me say if he I am a bastard son of buoy nor yet are all the Vikings of yamsburg dead Eric say it barely well they'll be a son of buoy well they'll have peace says he that hangs on who bit of it said Sigurd he bit of said the Earl who hath might there to Earl Eric to it then will I take it says he so he was loosed from the tether then spake Thorkle Lyra though thou Earl will give peace to all these men yet never shall Vaughn Acheson depart hence alive and he ran at him with brandished axe but the Viking Scardy let himself fall in the tether and lay before Thorkle's feet and Thorkle fell flatling over him then Vaughn caught up the axe and smote Thorkle his death blow spake the Earl then wilt thou have peace Vaughn yea will I say if he so be we all have it loose them from the tether then say if the Earl and so was it done eighteen were slain but twelve had peace chapter forty-seven the slaying of gizzard of Vaughn's now set Earl Hacon with many men on a tree bowl and there twanged a bow string from Buie's ship and there with came an arrow and smote gizzard of Vaughn's a lord of land who sat next to the Earl clad in brave raiment then went men out to the ship and found there Howard the hewer standing on his knees out by the bulwark for the legs had been smitten from him and in his hand he had a bow so when they came out to the ship Howard asked who fell from the log gizzard they said then was my luck lesser than I would said he ill lucky enough said they but thou shalt win no more and they slew him then were the slain searched and all wealth brought together for sharing so was it said that twenty and five ships of the Amsburg Vikings were cleared thus tinned saith he Huggins fellow's feeder now laid the sword edge footprints upon the host of wind folk there bit the dog of thong's son or ever the white spear stems might clear a five and twenty of the long ships of their war host that was a deed of peril then departed the host this way and that and Earl Hacan went to Thrandheim and was exceeding ill content that Eric had given peace to Vaughn Eccleson the talk of men it is that in this battle Earl Hacan offered up his son Erling to Odin for victory and thereafter came down that hail storm and fall of men there withbetied to the Amsburgers Earl Eric fared up to the uplands and thence to his own realm and Vaughn Eccleson fared with him and Eric wedded Vaughn to Inge Bjorg daughter of Thorkel Liver and gave him a goodly long ship well found in all things and gather crew for him in all friendship they parted and Vaughn fared home self to Denmark he grew of great fame afterwards and many great men are come of him. Chapter forty eight the death of King Harold the Greenlander Harold the Greenlander was king in Westfold as is for writ he had to wife Asta daughter of good Bond Kula now on a summer when as Harold the Greenlander was a warring in the east lands he brought him goods he came into Sweden Olaf the swede was king there in those days the son of Eric the victorious and Sigrid daughter of Skogul toasty Sigrid was now a widow and had many and great manners in Sweden so when she heard that Harold the Greenlander her foster brother was come off the land she sent men to him bidding him come guest with her and he slept not over his journey but went there with a great company of men goodly welcome about him and the king and queen sat in the high seat and drank together through the evening and in noble wise were all his men treated at night tied also when the king went to his bed chamber the bed was all hung with Paul and a raid with dear bought cloths in that lodging were but few men and when the king was unclad and gotten into his room and poured out to him herself impressed the drink on him hard and was exceeding kind unto him the king was full Mary with drink yeah and she too then fell the king asleep and she also went her ways to bed now Sigrid was the wisest of women and foreseeing about many matters the next morning was the feast still most noble but it befell as men are exceeding drunk on them are they are for the more part wary of the drink yet was the queen joyous and she and the king talked together and she fell a saying how she deemed her land and dominion in Sweden there to be no less worth than his kingdom in Norway and his lands amidst this talk wax the king heavy of mood and short of speech and so got him ready to depart with was the queen most merry of mood and brought him on his way with great gifts so herald back to Norway in the autumn and about at home that winter enjoyance little enough but the next summer he fared toward the east lands with his host and made for Sweden then he sent word to queen Sigrid that he would see her and she wrote down to meet him and they fell to speech together she would wed with him but she said that were a fools wedding for him he being so well wedded already as better might not be herald saith that Asta is a good woman and of noble blood yet is she not so high born as I be Sigrid and Sarith may be thou art come of higher kin than she yet nonetheless Miss Seymeth with her lyeth the good half of you both and there were but few more word spoken between them ere Sigrid rode away then wax king herald heavy hearted and he arrayed him to ride up into the land and meet queen Sigrid yet again many of his men would have stayed him but he went his way nonetheless with a great company of men and came to the manor house where the queen was lady now the self same evening came east away from garth realm height this evolved and he also was about wooing queen Sigrid so both the kings were lodged in a great chamber and all their company old was the chamber and all the array of it in likewise but there was no lack that night of drink so mighty that all men were drunken and the headguard and the outguard were all asleep then amidst the night let queen Sigrid fall on them with fire and sword all burned up there and they who were there in but they who one out were slain said Sigrid here at that she would weary these small kings of coming from other lands to woo her so she was called Sigrid the haughty thereafter chapter 49 the birth of king Olaf Haraldson the winter before these things was fought in the battle with the vikings of Homsburg and he or rung wick now one Harani had been left behind with the ships when Harald had gone up a land and he was captain of those folk that were left behind but when they heard that Harald had lost his life they gathed them away at their swiftest and back to Norway where they told these tidings Harani went to Asta and told her what had pitid and therewith on what Aaron king Harald had to Queen Sigrid so straightway Asta fared into the uplands to her father so soon as she had heard these tidings and he gave her good welcome and full wrath where they both at the giles that had been toward in Sweden and that Harald had been minded to put her away so Asta good bronze daughter brought forth a man child there that summer who was named Olaf when he was sprinkled with water but Harani sprinkled the water on him and at the first was the lad nourished with good bronze and with Asta his mother Chapter 50 of Earl Heikon Earl Heikon ruled all the outer parts of Norway along the sea and had 16 folk lands under his dominion but since Harald Harefair had ordained an Earl to be over every county that order endured for long and Earl Heikon had 16 earls under him as is said in gold black where tell the folk of such like a land where earls are lying 16 neath one land ruler hereof should all folk ponder the sea limes urges folk play of the fire of head of head goes forth on high be praised it unto the heavens corners while Earl Heikon ruled in Norway was the years increased good in the land and good peace there was betwixt man and man among the bonders well beloved of the bonders was the Earl the more part of his life but as his years wore it was much noted of the Earl that he was mannerless in dealing with women and to such a pitch this came that the Earl let take the daughters of mighty men to him and would lie by them for a week or twain and then send them home where he won great hatred from the kin of such women and the bonders fell a murmuring sore against it even as they of Thrandeim are want to do when ought goeth against their pleasure end of the story of Olaf Trigveson part 5 chapters 41 through 50 section 22 of Heimskringla by Snorri Sturlson translated by George Pope Morris and Iroquo Magnusson this the provoked recording is in the public domain the story of Olaf Trigveson part 6 chapter 51 through 60 chapter 51 the journey of Thorir to seek Olaf Trigveson now Earl Heikon heard some rumor to this end that there would be a man west over sea who called himself Oli and that they held him for king there and the Earl had a deeming from the talk of certain folk that this man would be calm of the blood of the Norse kings now he was told that Oli called himself king of Garthrealm and the Earl had heard how Trigveson had had a son who had fared east into Garthrealm and been nourished there at king Voldemars and that he was called Olaf the Earl had sought far and wide for this man and now he misdoubted he would be this man come there into the west lands now there was a man called Thorir Klaka a great friend of Earl Heikon who was long wiles at biking work but wiles would go cheaping voyages and was of good knowledge of lands him, Earl Heikon sent west over sea bidding him go a cheaping voyage to Dublin as many folk were at want and look into it closely what this man Oli was and if he found that he was Olof Trigveson or any other offspring of the kingly stem of the north then was Thorir to entangle him with Gile if he might bring it to pass chapter 52 Olaf Trigveson cometh into Norway so thereon got Thorir west unto Ireland to Dublin and learned that Oli was there who was as then with king Olaf his brother-in-law speedily then got Thorir's speech with Oli and a man wise of speech was Thorir now when they had talked off and right long together Oli fell to asking concerning Norway and first of the upland kings and who of them were yet alive and what dominion they had of Earl Heikon also he asked and how well beloved he might be in the land Thorir answered the Earl is so mighty a man that none durst to speak but as he will yet this somewhat bringeth it about that there is none to seek to other where and yet to say these sooth I know the mind of many mighty men yea of all the people that they would be most feign and eager to have a king for the land come of the blood there but none such have we to turn to and chiefly for this cause that it is not well proven how little it availeth to contend with Earl Heikon now when they had off talked in this wise Olaf bringeth to light before Thorir his name and kin and asked his read what he thought of it if Olaf should fare to Norway whether the bonders would take for king but Thorir egged him on full fast to the journey and praised him much in his prowess so Olaf fell alonging sorely to fare to the land of his fathers and he saileth from the west with five ships first to the south isles and Thorir was in company with him thence he sailed to the Orkneys and there lay as then Earl Sigurd Bursand by Ragnar Valsy in Asmanswick with one long ship being minded to fare over to Caithness even there with king Olaf sailed his folk from the west to the islands and brought to there where as he might not win as them through the Pentland Firth and when he knew that the Earl lay there already he let summon him to talk with him but when to speak with the king few words were spoken before the king saith this that the Earl must let himself be christened and all the folk of his land or died there and then and the king said that he would fare through the isles with fire and sword and lay waste the whole land but if the folk would be christened so the Earl being thus bested chose to take christening and he was christened and all the folk then swore the Earl oath to the king and became his man and gave him his son for hostage who was called Welp or Hound and Olaf had him home to Norway with him then sailed Olaf east into the sea and came from off the main to Mostav and there first he went to land in Norway and let sing mass in his land tent and in the after time was a church built in that same place. Now Thorir Klaka told the king that there was not for him to do but to keep it hidden who he was and let no a spy go forth of him but to fare with all diligence to meet the Earl in such wise that he shall come on him unawares. Even so did King Olaf and fared north day and night as weather served nor let the folk of the land wot of his ways whether he was bound he came north to Agdines he heard that Earl Hacon was in the Firth and with all that he was at strife with the bonders and when Thorir heard tell of these things then were matters gone a far other way than he had been deeming for after the battle with the Jamsberg Vikings were all men of Norway utterly friendly to Earl Hacon for the victory he had gotten in the deliverance of all the land from war things turned out that here was the Earl at strife with the bonders and a great lord come into the land. Chapter 53 The Flight of Earl Hacon Now Earl Hacon was a guesting at Middle House in Galdale but his ships lay out off Vig there was a man named Worm Lurgia a wealthy bonder who dwelt at the Ness and had two wife one named Gudrun daughter of Lund she was called the son of Lund and was the fairest of women now the Earl sent his thralls to Worm on this errand to it to have a way to him Gudrun Worm's wife so the thralls showed him their errand but Worm bad them first go to supper and then or ever they had done their meet came many men to Worm from the township whom he had sent for nor would Worm in any wise suffer Gudrun to go with the thralls Gudrun more over spake and bad the thralls till the Earl that she would not come to him but if he sent Thor of Rimmel after her a wealthy dame and one of the Earl's best beloved so the thralls say that in such wise shout they come another time that both master and mister shout repent them of their scurvy treatment and there with all gap them gone with Worm let the war arrow fare for ways through the country's side with this bidding with all that all men should fall with weapons on Earl Hacon to slay him he sent more over to Halder of skirting Stithy and straightway Halder let when the war arrow a little before the Earl had taken the wife of a man named Bernie off and had gotten great hatred for the deed and war had been at point to so at this message of the war arrows bring up much people and made for middle house but the Earl had a smile of them and went his ways from the stead with his folk into a deep dale which is now called the Earl's Dale and there they lay hid the next day the Earl espied all the host of the bonders the bonders took all the ways but were most of mind that the Earl would have gotten to his ships where the most hopeful of men but at nightfall the Earl scattered his men bidding them fair by the woodland ways out to Orkdale no men will do you hurt if I be nowhere an eye but send word to Earl and to fair out down the furth and let us meet in mere and meanwhile I will hide me well from the bonders then departed the Earl and a thrall of his named Kark was with him now the water of gall was under ice and the Earl thrust his horse into it and that his cloak locked behind there and then went they into the cave which has been called the Earl's cave thereafter and there they fell asleep but when Kark awoke he told a dream of his how a man like an evil to look on passed by the caves mouth so that he was a feared of his coming in and this man told him that Uly was dead then said that the land would be slain yet again slept Kark the thrall and was troubled in his sleep and when he woke he told his dream how he had seen the same man coming down back again who bad him till the Earl that now were all the sounds locked so told Kark his dream to the Earl who missed out of now that this betokened him a short life then he arose and they went to the stead of Rimmel and Kark to Thorough bidding her come privily to him so did she and welcome the Earl kindly and he prayed her to hide him for a certain nights till the gathering of the bonders went to pieces said she they will be seeking thee here about my stead both within and without for many what that I would feign help thee all I may but one place there is about my stead where I deemed that I would not think of seeking for such a man as wine stied to it so they went there and the Earl said make we ready here for we must take heed to our lives first of all then dug the thrall a deep hole there in and bore away the mould and then laid wood over it Thorough told the Earl the tidings how Olaf Triglison was come into the mouth of the Firth and had slain Earl and his son then went the Earl into the hole and Kark with him and Thorough did it over with wood over it mould and muck and raised the swine there over and the swine stied was under a certain big stone chapter 54 the death of Earl and Olaf Triglison stood in up the mouth of the Firth with five long ships and there rode out to meet him Earl and the son of Earl Heikon with three ships but as the ships do not one to the other Earl and mist doubted him that this but when King Olaf saw the long ships come rowing down the Firth to meet him he thought that Earl Heikon would be going there and bad row after them in all haste but when Earl and his folk were come to the land they ran the ships aground and leaped over board straightway and made for the shore then draved the Olaf's ships and Olaf saw a man striking out for shore who was exceeding fear so he caught up the tiller and cast it at the island the Earl's son and beat out his brains and there Earl and lost his life Olaf and his folk slew many men some fled away some they laid hands on and took to peace from whom they heard the tidings so it was told to Olaf that the bonders have driven Earl Heikon away and that he was fleeing before them and that all his folk were scattered chapter 55 the death of Earl Heikon therewith Olaf and either side were feign of other and they fall straightway into good friendship so the bonders take him to be king over them and all with one accord go about to seek for Earl Heikon and so fair up into Gaul Dale deeming it most like that the Earl will be at Rimmel if it any habitat stead he be because for it was his dearest friend of all the Dale folk so there the fair they and seek the Earl within and without and find then held Olaf a house thing out in the garth and himself stood up on that same big stone that was beside the swine's thigh there spake Olaf to his men and some deal of his speaking was that he would with wealth and worth further him who should bring Earl Heikon to harm now this talk heard the Earl and Kark and they had a light there with them and the Earl said why art thou so pale or wiles as black as earth is it not so that thou wilt raise me nay said Kark we were born both on one and the same night said the Earl nor shall we be far apart in our deaths then feared King Olaf away as the Eve came on but in the night the Earl kept himself waking but Kark slept and went on evenly in his sleep then the Earl waked him and asked what he dreamed and he said I was in now at La Deer and King Olaf laid a gold necklace on the neck of me the Earl answered a blood red necklace shall Olaf do about thy neck when so you meet see thou to it but from me shall thou have but good even as hath been a four time so betray me not so thereafter they both waked as men waking one over the other but against the day break the Earl fell asleep and speedily his sleep waxed troubled to such a pitch it came that he drew under him his heels in his head as if he would rise up he cried out high and awfully then waxed Kark a dread and full of horror and gripped a big knife from out his belt and thrust it through the Earl's throat and sheared it right out that was the bane of Earl Hacon then Kark cut the head from the Earl and ran away thence with it and he came the next day to La Deer and brought the Earl's head to King Olaf and told him all these things that had befallen in the goings of him and Earl Hacon even as written then let King Olaf lead him away thence and smite the head from him chapter 56 the stoning at Earl Hacon's head then fared King Olaf and on many of the bonders with him out to Nid Holm and had with him the heads of Earl Hacon and Kark now this home was kept in those days for the slaying of thieves and evil men and the gallows stood there and so there too the king let be born the head of Earl Kark with all then there too went the whole host of them and set up a whooping and stoned the heads crying out that there they fared neatly together rascal by rascal then they let fared up into gall dale and take the corpse of him and drag it away and now so great was the might of that enmity of the Thrandheimers against Earl Hacon that no man durst name him otherwise than the evil Earl and for long after it was this name laid on him yet soothed to save Earl Hacon for many things was he worthy to be Lord first for the great stock he was come up and then also for the wisdom and insight wherewith he dealt with his dominion for his high hearted battle and his good hap with all for the winning of victory and slaying of his foe men and thus seethor leave red felsen of no earl ever heard we neath the moons highway Hacon more famed than thou rands fight stem get the name from out the battle nine mighty chiefs to Odin thou centest eats the raven the gotten corpses therefore might thou be king wide landed most bountiful also was Earl Hacon but most evil hap had such a lord in his death day and this brought it most about that so it was that the day was come when for doomed was blood offering and the men of blood offerings and the holy faith and the true worship chapter 57 Olaf Triglison taketh the kingdom in Norway now was Olaf Triglison taken for king at a thing of all the people enthroned time over the land even as herald hair fair had held it there rose up all the people thronging and were here not else but that Olaf Triglison should be king then king Olaf fared through all the land and laid it under him and all men of turn to his obedience yea all the lords of the uplands or the wick who had a four time held their lands of the dain king these became king Olaf's men and held their lands of him in such wise he fared through the land the first winter and the summer after Earl Eric Hacon son and spine his brother and others friends and king of theirs fled the land and went east to Sweden to king Olaf the swede and had good beans and short while o's gave wolves scatterer war ere the land folks treason ended the life of Hacon weird wendeth things of many when the host fared from the rest land he thinks the son of Triglison came to the land that ere while the staff of sword fields conquered and again more in his heart had Eric against the great wealth waster then spoken word laid open as from him might look for the wrathful Earl of Thrandheim sought reed of the king of Sweden there from was no man running but stiff neck grew the Thrand folk chapter 58 the wedding of Loden there was one named Loden a wealthy man of the wick and of good kin he was offed on cheaping voyages though while he went to warring now on a summer Loden was on a cheaping voyage aboard a ship which he owned this merchant dies there in he made for Estland and was busy with his chaffer through the summer now amidst the market there were brought the many kind of wares and many thralls were brought for sale so there saw Loden a certain woman who had been sold for a thrall and as he beheld her he knew that she was asked to Eric's daughter who had been wedded to King Triglison how so ever she were unlike what he had seen her a four and lean and ill clad so he went up to her and asked her how it fared with her she said it is a heavy tale to tell I'm sold at thrall cheapings and brought hither to be sold then they got known to each other and asked Loden and prayed him there with to buy her and have her home with him to her kin I will give thee a choice over that said he I will bring thee back to Norway if thou wilt with me now whereas Astrid was hard beasted and that she knew with all that Loden was a dowdy man and a good kin she promised him so much for her freeing so Loden bought Astrid and brought her to Norway and read it her with her kindred's goodwill and their children were Thorakall, Nephia, Ingegird and Ingegird but the daughters of Astrid by King Trigvitt were Inge, Bjorg and Astrid the sons of Eric Biodaskali were Sigurd Karlshead, Jalsstein and Thorakall, Dideril these were all noblemen and wealthy and had manners in the east country two brothers who dwelt east in the wick one named Thorgir and the other herning, wealthy men and a good kin wedded the daughters of Astrid and Loden Inge, Bjorg and Ingegird Chapter 59 King Olaf, Christ's synast the wick King Harold Gormson the Dane King when he to a christening sent for all his realm that all men should let themselves be christened and turned to the right throth he himself followed on the heels of that bidding and used might and mishandling if otherwise men yielded not he sent two earls into Norway with a great host Ergu, Thriot and Brimil Skjar by name in order to bid christening there and folk yielded readily enough in the wick where had been Harold's rule and there were christened many folk of the land but after the death of Harold's fine twight beared his son yet speedily into wars in Saxland and Friesland and at last in England then those men in Norway who had taken christening turned back again to blood offering as they had done before and after the fashion of them of the north country but when Olaf Trigvison was become king in Norway he abode along while of summer in the wick many of his kin came to him there and some who were allied to him there were who had been great friends of his father and there was he welcomed with very great love so then Olaf called to speech with him, his mother's brother loading his stepfather and the sons-in-law of him Thor, Geir and Hearning then he laid this matter most earnestly before them craving that they should undertake it with him and afterwards back it with all their might to it that he will have the christian faith set forth throughout all his realm that he will bring about the christening of all Norway or Daels but I will make you all great men and mighty because I trust in you best of all for kinship's sake and other ties so they all accorded to this to do what so he bade them and to follow him herein whether he would and all those men who would do after their reed so straightway king Olaf lay bare before all the people that he would bid all men throughout his realm be christened. They first sent it to these commands who had a fore-pleasure themselves who were all the mightiest of those men who dwelt there about and all others did according to their example so then east in the wick were all men christened then fared the king into the north parts of the wick about all men take christening but those who gained said him he must handle sorely some he slew some he maimed some he drove away from the land so it came to pass that all through the realm of trig v his father in the realm that herald the green lander his kinsmen had held folk gave themselves up to be christened according to the bidding of king Olaf and that summer and the winter after was all the wick christened chapter 60 of the hoidlanders early in spring Todd was Olaf stirring in the wick with a great host and so fared north into Ogdeer and where so ever he came he called a thing of the bonders and bad all men be christened some under the faith of christ for there was none of the bonders might rise up against the king and the folk were christened where so ever he came men there were in hoidland many and noble come of the kin of hoidakari he had had four sons first Thorleaf the sage then augment father of Thorolf Skiog who was the father of Erling of Soli thirdly thord the father of Clip the herseer who slew Sigurdslaver the son of Goonhill fourthly Olmod the father of Askel the father of Aslak Pate of Fitiar and this stock was the most and the noblest of hoidland now when these kinsmen heard of these troubleous tidings how the king was coming from the east along the land with a great host and was bringing to not the ancient laws of the people and that all who gained said him must abide penalties and torments then gathered these kinsmen together among themselves that they might look to it for they could well that the king would soon be upon them so it seemed good to them to meet all together well accompanied at the Gula thing and have their assembling to meet King Olaf Trigveson end of the story of Olaf Trigveson part 6 chapter 51 through 60