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Erling Skjalgsson, a great chieftain, holding large fiefs from Olaf
and married to his sister, lived at Sole in southwestern Norway. With
a large number of the smaller ships of Olaf Trygvason he had been
allowed to sail away in advance and did not know of the battle at
Svolder.
Long Serpent was the name of the large fighting ship that Olaf had
built for this expedition. It held six hundred men.
Page 48.
BercLior. Einar Tambarskelve was one of the most powerful men
in Norway during the first half of the eleventh century. His mastery
of the bow gave him the epithet Tambarskelve, “ bow-string-shaker.”
He fought,when eighteen years old, on the Long Serpent at Svolder.
After Erik and Svein were established in power as a result of that battle,
Einar became reconciled and married their sister Bergliot. In 1023 he
went to King Knut the Great in England, who was also King of Den-
mark, and urged him to conquer Norway. Knut did so in 1028 and made
his son Svein King of Norway. Einar opposed this, and Magnus the
Good (see page 231) was called to rule, whose most faithful vassal Einar
became. He followed King Magnus and his co-regent Harold Hard-
ruler to Denmark, where Magnus died. Here and in Norway Einar,
as the champion of all that was good, opposed many of the illegal and
unrighteous deeds and plans of Harald, and incurred the latter’s bit-
ter enmity. In the year 1055, under pretext of reconciliation, Harold
lured Einar with his wife and son Eindride (pronounced as three
syllables) to Nidaros (Trondhjem), where the murder was committed
within the hall of the royal residence, as related in the poem.
Haakon Fvarson was a man of force and influence.
Harald Hardruler was a half-brother of Olaf the Saint. Late in the
reign of Magnus the Good, after adventurous wanderings in Russia and
the Orient, he returned to Norway and demanded a share in the king-
dom. By agreement they divided the royal power and their wealth.
Before his death Magnus determined that Harald should be King of
Norway, but Svein Estridson King of Denmark. Harald, however, tried
unsuccessfully to conquer Denmark. He died in England, being slain at
the battle of Stanford Bridge in 1066. His harshness as King secured
to him his epithet. The murder of Einar brought him much hate.
Ting-peace. The spelling “ting” is adopted in place of “thing.”
Peasants, for this word see page 263.
Gimle, the heaven of the new Christian faith.
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