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To
MY DAUGHTER
JEAN
AND TO A NOBLE ICELANDIC LADY,
SVAVA ÞÓRHALLSDÓTTIR OF Hvanneyri
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
CONTENTS
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Chap. I. Of Kveldulf and his sons
III. The uprising of King Harald Hairfair
V. Of King Harald’s sending to Kveldulf
VI. How Thorolf Kveldulfson went to King Harald
VII. Of Biorgolf and Bryniolf, and of the beginnings of the sons of Hildirid
VIII. Of Thorolf and Bard Bryniolfson
IX. Of the battle of Hafrsfirth
XI. Of the faring of King Harald into Halogaland and his guesting with Thorolf Kveldulfson
XII. Of the evil speech of those sons of Hildirid
XIII. Of Thorolf’s sending of the scat to King Harald and gifts therewith
XIV. Of Thorolf’s second faring into Finnmark
XV. Of more lies and slanders of those sons of Hildirid
XVI. Of Thorolf Kveldulfson and the King
XVII. Of Hildirid’s sons and their gathering of the Finnscat, and of their new lies and slanders
XVIII. Of the King’s sending of two brethren and their robbing of Thorolf’s ship
XIX. Of Thorolf’s harrying in the Wick and of counsel given him by Kveldulf
XXI. Of rede taken for an onset against Thorolf
XXII. The fall of Thorolf Kveldulfson
XXIII. The slaying of Hildirid’s sons
XXV. Of Skallagrim’s going to the King
XXVI. Of the children of Duke Gutthorm
XXVII. Of the slaying of Hallvard and Sigtrygg: and how Kveldulf and Skallagrim fared to Iceland
XXVIII. Of Skallagrim’s land-taking
XXIX. Of the works of Skallagrim
XXX. Of the coming out of Yngvar, the father-in-law of Skallagrim