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He holds, this foe of England, Born heiress, jewell'd dame. But when Egil was set down, he drew the ring on his arm, and then his brows went back to their place. Iron hailstorm's song, And now the armies closed, and soon the battle waxed fierce. In chapter 80, Egill composes another praise poem of 25 stanzas expressing his gratitude towards his lifelong friend Arinbjrn for saving his life in his meeting with King Eirkr. King Eirik wants Egill dead and at the urging of his friend Arinbjrn, Egill composes a drpa (one of the most complicated forms of poetry) of 20 stanzas praising the king. Egil thought this a great pity, but the king's men were impatient to be gone, and would not wait. But Egil went back to the wood, where he found his comrades, and they all went together to the ship. But when Thorolf and Bjorn spake of this with Eric, he promised his influence with his father. Then Egil went to where Fridgeir and his party stood. If stillness hush'd I gain. All that Harek said his companions confirmed, and none there ventured to gainsay. Land-grabbing loon is he! Glory and fame He appears to be a shallow creature and in many instances the only time he appears to put much thought into anything is when he composes and recites poetry. Ye have been some while here with me, and have borne you well, and always done your duty. Odd said, 'I will give you, Steinar, the help that I promised towards getting law, or for such issue of the cause as you may consent to accept. Grass o'er my noble brother: Maybe I shall so like thy service that I shall grant thee atonement for thy brother, or other honour not less than I granted him; but thou must know how to keep it better than he did, if I make thee as great a man as was he. Egil's comrades then advised that they should turn back. The end was as was likely; thou wert very wise and very fortunate; for thou at once suspectedst all was not for good on seeing the numerous company there gathered; but (as I am told) thou madest all thy men remain armed constantly and keep watch and ward night and day. No need to expect honour where he is.'. But in the evening came those friends of Fridgeir who had appointed to go with him, and there was a numerous company for the night, and a great banquet. Word I gathered, But as for the cause between me and king Eric, there is this to say to thee, that I went before him, and that we so parted that he bade me go in peace whither I would. Egil abode with king Athelstan for the next winter after Thorolf's death, and had very great honour from the king. False path to his undoing. Then Thorolf and his men went into the hall, and were there entertained. Then the earl got a ship to take him southwards over the sea; and he came to France, where half of his kin were. They resolved to go up there, and left behind a third of their force to guard the ships. The brothers made themselves an errand into Naumdale, and so went round about as to cross the king's path now and again; he always received their words well. So he thought to grave for her love-runes, but he did not understand them aright, and graved that wherefrom she took her sickness. They carried the coffin to the ness hard by, set it down there, and raised thereover a pile of stones. King Harold went that summer to Halogaland, and banquets were made ready against his coming, both where his estates were, and also by barons and powerful landowners. Then was it that with two ships he disabled twelve ships of the Danes, and gave to Tryggva, son of his brother Olaf, the name of king and the rule over Vik eastwards. Sigmund was the name of the man whom Skallagrim set by North-river; he dwelt at what was then called Sigmundstead, but now Hauga. To such high monarch yields.' The other slain: a sovereign After this Egil cut off his beard close to his chin, and put out one of his eyes. The king then turned back southwards, but Egil went north to seek Arinbjorn. Then said Aunund: 'Now I will, Egil, that you alone shape and shear in this matter as you will, for I trust you best to deal with this my cause as with all others.'. And when people got to know of the trick that Egil had played, the more part blamed it. Then sang Egil a stave: 'Wakener of weapon-din, He in mine household [c] Here Thorolf befriended Prince Eirik Bloodaxe, Harald's favorite son and Thorir's fosterling. So the brothers started with a fair wind, and came in the spring eastwards to Vik and to Tunsberg, and there declared their errand. He sat at the boat's helm. But, at autumn wore on, Egil began to be very gloomy and drank little, and often say with his head drooping in his cloak. Then Thorolf asked to go north to Halogaland, to see after those gifts which he had received in the summer from his kinsman Bard. An island lay out opposite this, and a deep sound was between them: there they made fast the ship. Methinks I should fail herein more than Thorolf.'. Then came out Sigridr the mistress, and with her the women that were within, and the others to whom permission was given. [11] On this trip, Thorolf took his prospective wife, Asgerd (sgerr Bjarnardttir), who had been reared in Iceland,[12] to ask her father Bjorn and uncle Thorir for permission to marry. His unbridled behavior and strength beyond his age earned him a stay at home when a feast was held by Yngvar (Egill's maternal grandfather). And when Thorstein perceived his father's coming, he with all his troop went to meet him, and bade him welcome. This was also law, that Egil proposed, and ancient custom, that any man had a right to challenge another to wager of battle, whether he were defendant in a cause or prosecutor. Egill composed a poem in his honor. From ox-horn I let pour Where the wave in-brake 1893 . ', 'Unfriendly, who was friend, He at once smote one with a death-blow; but another took to his heels, and he had to leap up something of a bank. He took it up, washed it, and performed such other offices as were the wont of the time. Whom Hela, the sister Skallagrim was a good iron-smith, and in winter wrought much in red iron ore. With the stout ships' Bane. The lakes of Finmark are wonderfully large, and by the lakes there are extensive forests. There was a man with Thorstein named Iri, fleet of foot and keen of sight above others; he was a foreigner, a freedman of Thorstein's, but he still had the care of his flocks, and especially to gather the wethers up to the fell in spring, and in autumn down to the fold. [21], Egill joined the army of King thelstan, and he composed a drpa in praise of the king. So Thorolf set out, and he and the king parted with great affection. Upon this they separated, Egil and his men going up the ridge. Egil received the request well, and persuaded Thorstein to let him come thither. Then Egil was asked what counsel he thought good. When Egil returned from the council to his fellows, they asked him what tidings he could tell them of the Scots' king. ', Then spake Arinbjorn: 'Go we away, Egil; we shall not here effect to-day anything that will be to our gain.'. Go thou out to Iceland, and dwell there on thy father's inheritance. Egil settled to go with him; he steered a ship, and with him went many of the comrades whom he brought from Iceland. ', Said Atli: 'Long have we heard, Egil, that you are a most unjust man, but now I shall come to prove it, if you mean to claim at my hands this property, which king Eric adjudged to Bergonund my brother. These cases both begin with a man of wealth and power who marries twice, one of the two marriages being in some way of doubtful legality, and illustrate the effect upon the family of the two conflicting lines of descent." Despite the affront, Eirik was persuaded by Thorir (his foster-father) to settle this by compensation. And I now offer myself with my forces against this tyranny and wrong. He made ready in the spring three war-ships, all large, and he had three hundred men. This shout when Egil heard, and saw Thorolf's standard going back, he felt sure that Thorolf himself would not be with it. Then they separated. 'Hater of money 'I wish this summer,' said he, 'to go eastwards to Norway and see after the property of which king Eric and Bergonund robbed me. For which he was rewarded with two gold rings, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn. Now Egil and his twelve had gone through a wood and then saw wide plains and tillage. He set over the land another earl, taking hostages of him and of the landowners. Earneth well his honours: But when they came where it lay, they put in to land. Thereafter, this done, let your dealings together end as they may. On slander's lies. It was a much larger fours than that which followed Thorolf and Egil. Skallagrim looked at the axe's edge. It was the talk of all that he would be just such another as Thorolf Kveldulf's son, after whom he was named. Beloved of gods, The earl said that that was not true. Soon after Thorolf went north to Sogn with a goodly company. Let him get of thee good terms, seeing that he hath so magnified thine honour, as thou now mayst see, by braving many seas and dangers to come hither from his own home. Thou findest not six men Up this river they steered their ships, and lay close to the eastern shore thereof. He had gone westwards to England with Arinbjorn. And when they came to the ships, some slaughtered the cattle, some carried out the plunder to the ships, some stood higher up and formed a shield-burgh; for the Frisians were come down in great force and were shooting at them, being also in battle array. He came there in the evening, and rode at once into the town. But silence keep And when this was done, they went south and came to king Harold at Throndheim, and were with him for awhile. 'I wish,' said he, 'you would let me know whether you are sick, or anything ails you, that I may find a remedy. [26] These more positive poems show us a kinder side to the typically rough and violent people of Egills saga. They cast then their lots into the skirt of a cloak, and the earl drew them out. Fierce then was the fight; nor for awhile could it be seen which had the better of it, for the room guarded the rear of Thorolf's force. Then he gave Thorgils a rowing-cutter with tackling complete, a tent also, and provisions, and all things needful for their journey. The deaths of kin: He recited a stave: 'Wolf-battening warrior, Bold with uplifted brow When he came to the hall-door, he dismounted from his horse, and found a man to speak to. Egil and his force pursued, and slew all whom they overtook; no need there to beg quarter. And when they came to the holt that is there, the boy died; and they buried him there in the holt, called since Grimsholt. Thou, as I judge, wilt think the same, and so will others who have any high spirit and claim to be men of valour.'. And praise his feats hath crowned. Then the king asked where was that big man who had drunk most that evening. Egil went on his way and came to the Firths, whence he went into Sogn to seek Thord in Aurland. Penguin . 'So it is,' said Thorstein, 'that I slew last summer your thrall, whom you set to feed cattle on my land, but afterwards let you have the feed as you would up to the winter. Bard, a niggard base art thou, But if he were vanquished, then should he ransom himself for such price as should be fixed. Bard bade him drink and stop that jeering. And when they came to the ships, Arinbjorn spoke before his people and said: 'All men know what has been the issue of the Thing here, that we have not got law; but the king is much in wrath, so that I expect our men will get hard measure from him if he can bring it about. One morning Thorstein rose with the sun, and went up on the hill. Skallagrim came home about midnight, and then went to his place and lay down in his clothes. Now I know that thou wilt let me get these even as other men. This offer was well received and favourable answered, and so it came about that Bard was betrothed to the maiden. Thorolf said that he had there the tribute belonging to the king from Finmark; 'and yet a further portion of booty have I brought as a present to thee, O king. Soon after this Thorolf started with a long-ship and about sixty men, and coasted northwards, till one day at eventide he came to Sandness in Alost; there they moored the ship. So they settled Thorgeir at Anabrekka, but Steinar moved house beyond Long-river and settled down at Leiru-brook. To fight with this warrior, I rode to seek. He appointed a week hence for the conflict, and whichever first came on the ground should wait a week for the other. Now I would fain have your help in the recovery of this. Though money they gather, They went back that day to their own company, and met Thorolf. A little way up the country dwelt an earl named Arnfid. ', Then Arinbjorn went on board his own ship, and to Egil he said: 'Now go you with your comrades on board the cutter that lies here outside the long-ship, and get you away at once. Nothing is told of their journey before they came to the island called Hod, and went to pass the night at a farm named Bindheim. 'Now will we,' said he, 'set you a table here. The cord of my kin, Egil stayed in his home that winter. The Frisians came to a dyke, over which they went, and then drew away the bridge. His shipmates did as he had bidden them do; they laid him in a coffin, and shot it overboard. Egil took under his arm a large mead-cask, and bare it so. He composed a poem about earl Hacon, which is called 'Dearth of Gold'; and for a long time the earl would not hear the poem because he was wroth with Einar. Be wary and wait. The land between Long-river and Hafs-brook he gave to Ani, who dwelt at Anabrekka. ', King Eric said: 'I need not to count the crimes on thy hands, for they are so many and great that each one might well warrant that thou go not hence alive. To rescue I knew.'. A man named Baug, Hing's foster-brother, of good family and wealthy, steered the second ship. Thereafter Egil drank his share, and talked with others. Yngvar made Egil sit by him, they two sat opposite Skallagrim and Thorolf. Then Egil took the horn which Bard had offered to Aulvir, and drank it off. Egil let it be so. Egil saw there a maiden fair and well dressed; he was told that she was Fridgeir's sister. These were Britons, Scots, and Irish. Egill's son Thorsteinn has many feuds with Steinar, son of Onund Sjoni (nundr sjni Anason), over land and cattle grazing. He held oversight in Hordaland and the Firths; he took and kept about him a body-guard. Thorolf then went to his estates at Sandness, and remained there through the spring. A large farm of the king's was there, whereof the manager was named Skegg-Thorir. But neither thralls nor chests ever came back again, and many are the guesses as to where Egil hid his money. For within my breast Egil asked if Thorfinn had seen anything of the rest of his party. 'Lances, a woven fence, Of Odin's cup; All through the summer Kveldulf and Skallagrim kept a look-out shorewards on the highway of vessels. Treacherous trick on such to play.'. 'Now will I,' said he, 'go to the sacrifice, but I will not that Egil go thither. I would rather that we let this matter drop, and did not take it up. is dead: Should thwart my rede: And one day he summoned to him the brothers Hallvard and Sigtrygg, and when they came he bade them go with their following and spy after the ship which Thorgils had taken westward to England in the summer. Hermann Plsson . The cattle they drove to the shore and slaughtered, putting on board as much as the boat would hold; then they rowed out by the sound between the islands. And if he with eight go, Thorolf was thus armed. Who wrought me good, Of much-loved mother The king ordered his men to disembark and his standard to be raised. But Thorfid, who bore the standard, drew back to where the men stood thicker. But when they came up to the rock, then seven men leapt out of the wood and up to the cliff after them, and shot at them. [17] The hoped-for outcome of the curse does become reality. 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. Thorstein asked whether all was well there. Arinbjorn had brought thither a long-ship full equipt, also many small craft and store-ships. He was then very cheerful for the remaining part of the winter. Soon they began to drink bumpers, each man was to drink off the horn; and especial care was taken that Egil and his companions should drink hard. Scathe on our gallant ten. - Hermann Plsson and Paul Edwards translation, Penguin Classics, 1976, "But we have also seen how, in the course of the tale, Egil's personality is explored and elucidated not only in terms of his own actions and poetry, but in the actions and characters of his ancestors." Egill wanted to claim half-share for his wife, but the prospect was bleak because Berg-Onund was a favorite of Eirik and his consort Gunnhild. He bade Thorir arrange it thus: 'Though I accept some atonement, Egil shall not be long harboured in my realm. We have urged many arduous claims of money against powerful persons, but we were in more confidence with the king than now; for the friendship between me and king Hacon is shallow; yet must I act after the old saw: He must tend the oak who is to dwell beneath it. Gave unto Egil the talker And Arinbjorn gave Egil the sword called Dragvandill. Kveldulf showed him well pleased that Skallagrim had not gone to the king on this errand to take service under him; he still said, as before, that from the king they would get only loss and no amends. Egil opposed the halberd with shield held aslant, so that the halberd with a cut tore out of the shield and flew into the ground. That wind-giant's brother Bjorgolf and his son Brynjolf had long held the office of going to the Finns, and collecting the Finns' tribute. Made for wolf a meal, After Alfred, Edward his son was king in England. They then advanced by the lower road and so beset the way in front of Egil. It would soon be shown if Arinbjorn were here in the land, that we should not endure the overbearing of such a fellow as is Ljot. Must mourn the loss. They encountered a fresh head-wind, and rowed night and day, making what progress they could. Thorir was glad that the match was to be made. heidi swedberg talks about seinfeld; voxx masi wheels review; paleoconservatism polcompball; did steve and cassie gaines have siblings; trevor williams family; max level strength tarkov; zeny washing machine manual; egils saga sparknotes. Sword-teeth keenly bit; It was the goodman's treasury; there were many costly things, and much silver. Gladdens rovers bold; Egill commits massacre, killing Onund, as well as Eirik's 10 year-old prince Rognvald. Arinbjrn became a close advisor to Harald Eirksson, to whom Egill composed a poem. And it was as Bard had said, that Thorolf met there many of his kinsmen that he had not known before. His son said that the darkness of night was now closing in, and no sport was thus gotten by their torture; he bade them be let bide till the morning. Elliot Stock . He was a right doughty man. Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network. Versions: 1893 translation into English by W. C. Green from the original Icelandic 'Egils saga Skallagrmssonar'. And thou, Eric, mayst make him as close to thee as thou wilt, him or more of his kin. There, too, he had land sown, and called it Acres. It was at this time of our story that Athelstan took the kingdom after his father. Thorstein slew him there: and it has been called since Grani's gate: it is in the wall of the enclosure. At once he appointed a meeting with the Finns, took of them the tribute, and held a fair with them. By all wide ways The next tidings were that Thora Bjorn's wife fell sick and died. Thy folk due silence keep. Far and wide about Finmark did he travel; but when he reached the fells eastward, he heard that the Kylfings were come from the east, and were there for trading with the Finns, but in some places for plunder also. Arinbjorn talked with Asgerdr, and she made the same answer. But when Kveldulf with his men came to the gangway-end, he went out by the stern gangway, while Skallagrim went forward to the other gangway. But when they got a shift of wind back again, then they sailed for the land. I now give leave to all to go to Norway who would rather do that than follow me. The brothers Aulvir Hnuf and Eyvind Lambi remained awhile at Sandness and saw to the burial of the slain. This page was last edited on 15 March 2023, at 03:58. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Men said that he had gone out. The war-god skilful, Yea and that mouth What hope is there that I shall wish to live with this grief?' Arinbjorn and Egil parted in love and friendship. He stuck the sword-point within the round of the ring, and drew it to him; then he went back to his place. He kept about him a large following, whereof the cost was great, and much provision was needed; but the year was good, and needful supplies were easily found. For me should they purchase The saga spans the years c. 8501000[2] and traces the family's history from Egill's grandfather to his offspring. Then Egil got angry and lifted up the bat and struck Grim, whereupon Grim seized him and threw him down with a heavy fall, and handled him rather roughly, and said he would thrash him if he did not behave. egils saga sparknotes. Great uproar was there in the Thing; but men there were all weaponless. This ship Egil got ready for sea, and again he had a crew of about thirty men. Soon the breeze freshened, and blew strong from a good quarter; so the ship ran on apace. 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. Paul Edwards (literary scholar) . Then they had a son, who was sprinkled with water and named Thorolf. | ISBN 9780140447705 But when he came home, he gave Skallagrim King Eric's greeting, and delivered to him the axe which the king had sent him. Three silent dogs of the surf-swell, Egil drank without shirking a drop for a long while, but when his companions were become helpless, then he drank for them what they could not. And when all was ready for sailing, Egil went up into the island. It seems wonderful to me, father, in a man so wise and ambitious as thou art, that thou wouldst not thankfully take the dignity which the king offered thee. There fell Ulf. Silence I crave around, There was then deep snow, and all the roads were effaced. Thorolf served the king well, but suspicion fell on him due to his becoming overly successful, exacerbated by words of slanderers. But next spring he made him ready for departure with his following. The king answered thus: 'Ye may think ye have good cause for taking Thorolf's life, but I doubt your fortune falls far short of this work. Now there was a handmaid of Skallagrim's named Thorgerdr Brak, who had nursed Egil when a child; she was a big woman, strong as a man, and of magic cunning. But king Athelstan made a quick decision on this matter, and thus bespake the messengers: 'Bear ye these my words to king Olaf, that I will give him leave for this, to go home to Scotland with his forces; only let him restore all the property that he has wrongfully taken here in the land. All was managed with goodwill and friendship, though not without fear on the Finns' side. Eirik left Norway with his family, and eventually appointed king over Northumbria by thelstan of England. Upon this they went and came to the water, and saw no ship there fit to launch. I will give thee in marriage Sigridr of Sandness, her that Thorolf had to wife; and I will bestow on thee all the wealth that belonged to Thorolf; thou shalt also have my friendship if thou canst keep it. Now though thou wilt give no decision that may help Onund, yet will not I brook this, that Egil tread under foot our friends and wrongfully take the property from Onund. And as the day wore on they perceived that there were six men in the wood, and they were pretty sure that these also were house-carles of Armod.
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