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one hand, and received three severe wounds. Hake then rode 

 with his men to Sigurd's farm, and captured his daughter. 

 Thus Harald Harfagr, on his mother's side, was descended from 

 Ragnar Lodbrok. 



" Halfdan married Eagnhild, and she became a powerful 

 queen. The mother of Jtiagnhild was Thyri, daughter of 

 Klakk-Harald, King of Jutland, sister of Thyri Danmarkarbot, 

 the wife of Gorm the old Dana king, who then ruled Denmark " 

 (Halfdan the Black's Saga, c. 5). 



Here we have an account of a terrible battle, which never- 

 theless has not been considered as great as that of Bravoll and 

 Dunheath by the people of the North. 



" Sigurd Snake-eye, Bjorn Ironside, and Hvitserk had made 

 warfare widely in Frakkland (France) ; thereupon Bjorn went 

 home to his realm. Thereafter Ornulf Emperor fought against 

 the brothers and one hundred thousand men fell of the Danes 

 and Northmen. There fell Sigurd Snake-eye and another king, 

 Gudrod, who was the son of Olaf, son of Ring, son of Ingjald, 

 son of Ingi, son of Ring, after whom Ringariki is named ; he 

 was the son of Dag and Thora, mother of warriors ; they had 

 nine sons, and the family of the Dog] ings has sprung from 

 them. Helgi the bold, Gudrod's brother, took out of the battle 

 the standard and the shield and the sword of Sigurd Snake-eye. 

 He went home to Denmark with his men and found Aslaug, 

 Sigurd's mother, and told her the tidings. 1 But as Hordaknut 

 was young, Helgi stayed there long with Aslaug to defend the 

 land. Sigurd (Snake-eye) and Blo3Ja had a daughter, who was 

 a twin-sister of Hordaknut. Aslaug gave her her own name 

 and then raised her. Afterwards Helgi the Bold married her ; 

 their son was Sigurd Hart; he was the finest, largest, and 

 strongest man seen at that time. But when Sigurd was twelve 

 winters old, then he killed in a single fight (Einvigi) the 

 berserk Hildibrand. After that Klakk Harald gave him in 

 marriage to his daughter Ingiborg. They had two children, 

 Gudthonu and Ragnhild. Then Sigurd heard that King 

 Frodi, his father's brother, was dead, and went northward to 

 Norway, and became king over Ringariki, his kin-inheritance. 

 About him there is a long Saga ; for he performed many 

 great deeds. But of his death it is told that he rode out into 

 uninhabited places to hunt game, as was his custom, and there 

 came to him Haki Hadaberserk (berserk from Hadaland) with 

 thirty fully armed men, and fought with him. There Sigurd 

 fell, but had before that slain twelve men, and King Haki had 



1 Stanza omitted ; corrupted, cannot be made out. 



