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The Stories of the Kings of Norway (3); Called the Round World (heimskringla)
The Stories of the Kings of Norway Called the Round World - 3 - heimskringla Author:Snorri Sturluson Volume: 3 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: Bernard Quaritch Subjects: Norway Scandinavia Iceland History / General History / Europe / Scandinavia Literary Criticism / European / German Literary Criticism / European / Scandinavian Literary Criticism / Medieval Tra... more »vel / Europe / Scandinavia Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE STORY OF HALFDAN THE BLACK. CHAPTER I. HALFDAN FIGHTS WITH GANDALF AND SIGTRYGG. HALFDAN was one winter old when his father fell. Asa, his mother, went forthwith west to Agdir, and straightway betook her to the realm her father Harald had had. There waxed Halfdan, and was big and strong even in his early years, and black-haired withal; he was called Halfdan the Black. When he was eighteen winters old he took the rule in Agdir, and straightway he went to Westfold and shared the realm with Olaf his brother. That same autumn he went with an army to Vingulmark against KingGandalf, and many battles they had together, and now one, now the other had the victory ; but in the end they made peace in such wise, that Halfdan was to have the half of Vingulmark that his father Gudrod had had. Thereafter fared King Halfdan up into Raumrick, and laid it unto him; whereof heard King Sigtrygg, the son of King Eystein, who as then abode in Heathmark, and had aforetime subdued Raumrick. Then went King Sigtrygg with an host againstKing Halfdan, and a great battle befell, and King Halfdan gained the day. So as the host broke into flight was King Sigtrygg smitten by an arrow under the left armpit, and he fell there. Thereafter King Halfdan laid all Raumrick under him. Eystein was another son of King Eystein, and the brother of King ...« less