AY.VG OLAF. 



is:, 



liamsby). After that he fought west in Fetlafjord. Tli-n<-- 

 he went south to Seljopollar, and there took a large and old 

 town called Gunnvaldsborg, with the jarl, Geirfinn, who rul-d 

 it. He laid taxes on the town and on the jarl for his ransom, 

 twelve thousand gold shillings (gull skillingar). The money 

 demanded was paid by the town" (St. Olaf's Saga, c. 16). 



The Fourteenth Battle and Dream of King Olaf. 



" Thereafter Olaf went with his men westward to the Karlsa, 1 

 plundered, and fought a battle there. While he lay in the 

 Karlsa, and waited there for fair wind, wishing to sail to 

 Norvasund ( = Straits of Gibraltar) and thence to Jorsalaheim 

 (Jerusalem), he had a remarkable dream, that a handsome and 

 nobly-looking but awe-striking man came and spoke to him. 

 He asked him to give up the intention to go into far countries 

 ( = to the Holy Land). ' Go back to thy odals, for thou wilt 

 be king over Norway for ever.' 5 He understood by this 

 dream that he and his kinsmen would rule over the land for 

 a long time" (St. Olaf's Saga, c. 17). 



The Fifteenth Battle. 



" On account of this vision he changed his journey, and 

 steered his ships up to Peituland (Poitou), plundered here, 

 and burnt a town called Varrandi " (St. Olaf s Saga, c. 18). 



Fig. 1363. Coin coined in Sigtuna. King Anund Jakob, c. 1020, A.D. 1050. 



Fig. 1364. A Kufic coin, Gotland, Swedm. 



1 Karlsa, or Karl's river, said to be 

 Garonne. 



2 After his death he was the saint or 

 patron of Norway. 



