Egil also went before king Hacon and declared his errand, giving therewith king Athelstan's message and tokens. So she and her friends saw it to be the best plan that she should be betrothed to Thorolf, unless that were against her father's mind. [25] Some time later, Asgerd's father Bjorn the Wealthy died in Norway, but she received no inheritance, the entire estate having been claimed by Berg-Onund, married to Gunnhild Bjarnardottir (Asgerd's half-sister). They parted friends; and Egil going on his way came on the evening of a day to earl Arnvid's court, where he found a good reception. Had he reached but ripeness Egil at once ran off from the buildings. Of fishful seas I have hitherto ruled for us both, and will do so still.' And when they had raised their tent, and made arrangements, Thorolf went up to the farm buildings with twenty men. Egil went to lodge at Borg, and with him Thofid Strong and many of their company; and they were there with Skallagrim for the winter. Then he made him ready for the combat. Evil times would wait Thorfinn said she was named Helga, and was his daughter; she had long been ill; her complaint was a pining sickness; she got no sleep at night, and was as one possessed. False, though he promised fair, Now will I offer you in this a far better choice, if you wish to guard your land by force: I shall not trust other men with the driving of my cattle, but be you sure of this, the cattle shall be on your land both night and day.' Some women saw this, and laughed, saying: 'You are now quite gone, Egil, if you fall when alone.' King Olaf's messengers declare before Athelstan their errand and the proposals for peace. But when spring came Egil signified to the king this, that he purposed to go away in the summer to Norway, and to learn 'how matters stand with Asgerdr, my late brother Thorolf's wife. But thenceforward the king's son was right cheerful with Thorolf and his friend. It was the talk of all that he would be just such another as Thorolf Kveldulf's son, after whom he was named. A branch so fair. Of valiant friend. No one spoke against it, and he then took all his property. Soon after Thorolf went north to Sogn with a goodly company. 'But if he likes it not,' said he, 'I cannot help it: the king knows, when I was with him and in his train, how I bore myself; it is wonderful to me if the king thinks me other now than he proved me to be then. With right good welcome Then said Egil: 'Now will I go up into the island and spy out what I can get to know; but you shall await me here. Gave poesy faultless But the more part of the Myra-men were very ill-favoured. Drink we then, as drink we will, 'I will now,' said he, 'sit at home and leave serving kings. 'I will,' he said, 'that we now try to the uttermost this combat.'. Thorolf and she had a daughter named Thordis, and the girl was there with her mother. One summer Thorstein rode to the Thing, but Egil sat at home. The value code by which Egill lived was the same as that of many Scandinavians at the time of the story's composition. Skuli was in seven battles, and was deemed a great warrior and a brave. These brothers were right good warriors, but not young men. The vessel was remarkably fast. His brother Edmund now ruled England. In the autumn he steered back from the east to Denmark, at the time when the fleet at Eyrar was breaking up. But to-morrow early we will again join company and go on the next evening to Eida-wood. Egil walked first. Quick were the blows exchanged between them; and Egil smote down some in the narrow pass, but some turned back to where there was more level space. Ye have been some while here with me, and have borne you well, and always done your duty. Bjorn and Thorolf, when they came home, went first to Aurland, but afterwards turned their way northwards to visit lord Thorir at his home. In the spring he made ready a merchant-ship for a voyage to Iceland. Whereupon the cook said that it was a great wonder, so mighty a man as Egil had been, that he should lie in their way so that they could not do their work. Iri was there in the sheepfold, but Thorstein and his house-carles rode up to the fell, being eight in all. Arinbjorn was desirous of this match. This was easy, for there was no defence. That same winter Thorolf went up on the fell with a hundred men; he passed on at once eastwards to Kvenland and met king Faravid. They were thirty men on the ship. After the death of the king there was great strife between his sons, for the men of Vik took Olaf for their king, but the Thronds Sigurd. Of the Mrian forces fell the kings Arnvid and Audbjorn, but Solvi escaped, and afterwards became a great sea-rover, and wrought much scathe on Harold's kingdom, and was nicknamed Bandy-legs. But Egil pursued the flying foe, and followed them far, slaying every man whom he overtook. Hallvard's party leapt to their weapons. One autumn there was a banquet where many men were gathered, Bjorgolf and his son being there the most honourable guests. The other slain: a sovereign And when they came to the enclosure, they saw men standing outside, Armod and some of his household. But afterwards, in the evening, when they came home to Borg, Egil was very angry. Thord and Egil were set against Skallagrim in the game; and he became weary before them, so that they had the best of it. But when he came to the dunes below Lamba-stead he lay in wait there. When the shape-strong fit went from him, then he felt exhaustion from the onset he had made, and became so utterly weak that he lay in bed. Sad store hath memory He went to yet other banquets there that were prepared for him. A great wonder now is this in Egil, that he thinks to make void all the words of king Eric. The saga begins in Norway around 850, with the life of Egill's grandfather Ulf (lfr) aka Kveldulf or "Evening Wolf", and his two sons Thorolf (rlfr) and Skallagrim (Skalla-Grmr). Ulf and he had one common purse, and were the dearest friends. They had a fairly good breeze, and came from the main into Borgar-firth; and Egil steered his ship up the firth to the haven close to his own house. He was told that Einar had ridden away early in the morning. Straining my strength I grappled, These were now all gone. Then Egil bade them take digging tools and break open the wall on the south side. I must ride after him and slay him.' And in the summer they went a-freebooting eastwards, and came home in the autumn, having won much wealth. King Athelstan's men told also with what offers they had gone to king Olaf, adding that this had been the counsel of wise men, thus to delay the battle so long as the king had not come. After which Egil went away with Arinbjorn. Egil shifted his cloak to his left side, and under the mantle held his sword. I shall at once let you have silver, when I know you need it; but I know that you still have in your keeping one or two chests full of silver. This he made a starting-point for sea-fishing, seal-hunting, and egg-gathering; in all these kinds there was plenty of provisions to get, as well as driftwood to bring to him. There were with Thorfinn four that offered to go. And then they made an exchange, loading the ship they had taken, but emptying one of their own which was smaller; and in this they put stones, and bored holes and sank it. He saw there a fair maiden who pleased him well. Egil in the summer made ready his merchant-ship and got thereto a crew. 'I wish,' said he, 'you would let me know whether you are sick, or anything ails you, that I may find a remedy. The division wavered, and broke up. It was now low water. The strength of the land is too little to need thy coming with an army, yet thou must not come hither again with few followers, for there are here many disloyal people.'. He who answered named himself Aki. I was present when ye two put in this same claim on Bard, and I heard what he thought, that there was no ground for it, for he called you illegitimate.'. Thorstein said to his companions: 'I think we must lengthen our way, for we must first ride south to Aulvaldstead. And with that ship went Thorgils Yeller, and I believe he sailed westwards for England. Then spoke Aunund Sjoni: ''Twill be said, Egil, that this judgment which you have given and pronounced is very crooked. In winter this is under water, but in spring, when the ice breaks up, such good grazing for cattle is there, that it was deemed equal to stacked hay. Arinbjorn took to the Thing a numerous company, among them went Egil. In Horda's shore be heard.'. He had buildings set up on Swan-ness, and had another house there. He received them most gladly. summary egils saga english egils saga sparknotes saga of egil skallagrimsson egil s saga penguin Related Books : Paw Prints in the Stars A Farewell and Journal for a Beloved Pet The New Oxford Book of Christian Verse The Call of the Forest Confessions Of A Narcoleptic Narcolepsy Confessions But the earl thought him an unequal match and would not give her. So he went away; but the boy ran home to the farmhouse, and into the room where they were drinking. I now declare myself free of debt to you, Steinar, in regard of that help which I promised you; for it was agreed between us that I should help you in carrying through your suit, or to such issue as should content you; free am I, I say, whatever may be the terms adjudged you by Egil.' Then gave Athelstan further to Egil as poet's meed two gold rings, each weighing a mark, and therewith a costly cloak that the king himself had formerly worn. Thorgils Yeller was standing near; he made a sweep with his sword at Thorgeir, and cut off his hand along with the fence-stake. Most of those who were within perished. A son of Eric and Gunnhilda there was named Rognvald, who was then ten or eleven years old, and had the makings of a very handsome man. Strife with the royal house drive the family out of the country, and they settle in Iceland. In all they slew near upon a hundred, and took immense booty, and returned in the spring after doing this. He rose from his bed, and took his place in the high-seat. Stranger guests thou didst beguile, In fact, Thorir was Skallagrim's foster-brother. With greed the gold that once 'Of men many a rank Of minstrel mead the lord, - One evening Egil sailed out to sea, but the fishermen were then rowing in to land, those, to wit, who had been set as spies on Egil's movements. [11] By the time Egill was twelve very few grown men could compete with him in games, but when he and his friend challenged his father one day, Skallagrim manifested such strength at nightfall that he slammed the friend dead against the ground. All the movable goods that they could carry they took with them, but their lands none dared buy, for fear of the king's power. Let me hear. Thorolf made for this ship, and offered Thorir and his crew the choice to defend themselves, but, as they had no force to make defence against such numbers, they yielded. Then Thorolf became so furious that he cast his shield on his back, and, grasping his halberd with both hands, bounded forward dealing cut and thrust on either side. These men king Harold had sent after them to slay Grim. Elliot Stock . In his twelfth winter he was often at games. But between the brothers was rather a coolness. Again the messengers ask armistice of three days, with this further, that king Olaf should send his men to hear Athelstan's answer, whether he would take these terms or no; they say that to their thinking Athelstan will hardly refuse anything to ensure peace. All these things happened in one and the same summer, to wit, king Eric's going with his army eastwards to Vik to fight with his brothers, and (before that) the strife of Egil and Bergonund at the Gula-thing, with the other events that have just been related. Egill returned to Iceland and spent a few years with his family. Egil set forth the whole cause which had been tried at the Gula-thing. It is also told that he went to Denmark, and harried there far and wide. There in the town king Olaf quartered him, and there he had the greatest part of his force, because there was a wide district around which seemed to him convenient for the bringing in of such provisions as the army needed. 'The king,' they said, 'bears him great ill-will, and he will think our journey a right good one if we bring it about that Egil be slain. ', Egil said: 'Maybe no harm will be done by my taking it in hand.'. It is said of shape-strong men, or men with a fit of Berserk fury on them, that while the fit lasted they were so strong that nought could withstand them; but when it passed off, then they were weaker than their wont. To Aulvir Hnuf and his brother he said: 'Take ye Thorolf your kinsman and give him honourable burial; bury also the other men who have fallen, and see to the binding of the wounds of those who have hope of life; but let none plunder here, for all this is my property. Thorstein had three oxen led to Egil's booth and slaughtered for the Thing banquet. They resolved to go up there, and left behind a third of their force to guard the ships. Further be it provided that king Olaf shall become my vassal, and hold Scotland for me, and be my under-king. Blaze of fire. The shaft stood just high enough for the hand to grasp the socket, and was remarkably thick. ', Arinbjorn said: 'Go and beg him to bide without, nor shall he need to bide long.'. We all know this, Steinar, what are the landmarks between Borg and Anabrekka, that the chief one is Hafs-brook. ', 'With warriors slain round standard King Hacon answered: 'This have I heard, that my brother Eric and with him Gunnhilda both assert that thou, Egil, hast cast a stone beyond thy strength in thy dealings with them. They had plenty of good craft to choose from; they made ready two large ships of burden, and took in each thirty able-bodied men, besides women and children. I will find men to take charge of the province and foster the maidens.'.
I Think I'm In Love With My Cousin,
Hodgdon Cfe 308 Load Data,
Articles E