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hither to say that he offers the King of Sweden reconciliation, 

 and the division of land which of old existed between Norway 

 and Sweden.' He spoke so loudly that the King of Sweden 

 heard it distinctly. At first, when the King of Sweden heard 

 King Olaf of Norway named, he thought he came on some 

 errand of his own ; but when he heard of reconciliation and 

 division of land between Sweden and Norway he started up and 

 shouted loudly that this man should be silent ; so Bjorn sat 

 down. When he could get a hearing, the jarl arose and spoke 

 of King Olaf the Stout's message and offer of reconciliation 

 to Olaf, King of Sweden. He said that the Vestr Gautar asked 

 that reconciliation should be made with Norway's king ; he 

 enumerated every difficulty which the Vestr Gautar had on hand 

 because they missed all those things from Norway which they 

 needed in order to live well, and on the other hand were 

 exposed to attacks and plundering if the Norway king should 

 gather a host and make war on them. He added that Olaf, 

 Norway's king, had sent men thither to ask for the king's 

 daughter Ingigerd. After the jarl had finished speaking, Olaf, 

 King of Sweden rose and answered that he highly disliked 

 the reconciliation ; he reproached the jarl very greatly for 

 his boldness, as he had made truce and peace with the 

 stout man (King Olaf) and made friends with him. He 

 added that he had proved traitor to him, and he would 

 deserve to be driven from the realm, and that all this 

 was caused by the urging of his wife Ingibjorg, and that it 

 had been most unwise to marry such a woman for love : ne 

 spoke a long time and severely, and again turned his reproach 

 against Olaf the Stout and sat down, and there was silence for 

 some time. Then rose Thorgnyr, and when he stood up all 

 the boendr, who before had been sitting, rose, and all the rest 

 pressed forward, wanting to listen to what he said. At first 

 there was great tumult and clashing of weapons in the crowd, 

 but when a hearing was got, Thorgtiyr said : ' The temper of the 

 King of Sweden is not what it has been. Thorgnyr, my grand- 

 father, remembered Eirik Emund's son, Uppsala-king, and said 

 of him, that while he was at his most active age he had a levy 

 every summer and went to various lands, and subjected 

 Finnland and Kirjalaland, Eistland and Kurland, and a great 

 part of the eastern lands, where still may be seen the earth- 

 forts and other great works that he made ; yet he was not so 

 proud that he would not listen to men if they wished to 

 speak to him. My father, Thorgnyr, was with King Bjorn a 

 long time, and knew his habits. During his time his realm 

 stood with great strength and with no abatement ; and he 

 was easy to deal with by his friends. I can remember King 



