IS!) 



perished in swamps or ditches; he then went farther smith, 

 and underlaid himself the land wherever he went" 1 (K'nyt- 

 linga Saga, c. 8). 



" King Knut fought another battle at a town called Brand- 

 furda (Branford) ; it was a great battle, and he got the victory ; 

 the sons of jEthelred fled, and lost many men, and the Danes 

 took the town. He fought a third great battle against the 

 sons of ^Ethelred at a place called Essandune, north of the 

 Danaskogar (Danish forests). He fought a fourth against 

 King Jatmund (Edmund) and his brothers at Northvik 

 (Norwich), and there was a great fall of men ; the king got 

 the victory, and the sons of .ZEthelred fled " (Knytlinga Saga, 

 c. 12). 



" King Knut then went with all his host to Temps-a (the 

 Thames river), for he heard that Jatmund and his brothers 

 had fled to Lundunaborg (London) ; when he came to the 

 mouth of the Temps Eirik jarl Hakonssou, his brother-in-law, 

 sailed in from the sea ; they met there, and sailed up the river 

 with the host. In the river Temps was built a large castle 

 (tower), and a host put there to defend it so that a ship host 

 might not go up the river. Knut at once sailed up the river 

 to the castle, and fought against them ; but the English went 

 with a ship-host from London down the river, and engagi-1 

 in battle with the Danes " (Knytlinga Saga, c. 13). 



" Knut went with all his host up to London, and surrounded 

 it with his camp (war-booths) ; then they attacked the town 

 and the townsmen defended it. Thus it is told in the poem 

 (flokk) which was made then by the warriors. 



The Hlokk 2 of horns sees every (She sees) how the victory-yearning 



Dane-king 



Violently attacks the burgh-men. 

 The blood-ice (weapons) sounds 

 On British 3 (brezk) brynjas. 



On the banks of the Temps (Thames) 

 Blood-dyed body-hurters (weapons). 

 The corpse-gull (bird of prey) must 

 not starve. 



"King Knut fought many battles there, but could not tak-- 

 the town " (Knytlinga Saga, c. 1-1). 



"Eirik jarl went with a part of the host up into the land, 

 and the Thingamenn followed him against an English li.-st 

 which was commanded bv Ulfkel Snilling, a great chid: 



1 Knut (Canute) reigned from A.D. 

 1014-1035, and was succeeded by his son 

 Harald. 



2 Hlokk of horns = valkyrja of horns 



= woman. 



3 British here means English ; other- 

 wise usually Welsh. 



