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him to ask for pardon for Hrolf, but the king was so angry 

 that her prayers were of no avail. Then she sang : 



Disgrace not Nefja's namesake l It is bad to worry 



Nor drive the wolf from the laud, Such a wolf of Ygg's, 3 



The wise kinsman of Hold,- He will not be gentle toward 



Why dealest them thus with him, The king's herds if he runs into the 

 king ? woods. 4 



Gongu Hrolf then went westward across the sea to the Sudrey- 

 jar (Hebrides), and thence west to Valland, and made war 

 there, and got a large jarl's realm, where he induced many 

 Northmen to settle down. It was afterwards called Nordmandi. 

 " Gongu Hrolf's son ' William ' (Vilhjalm) was father of 

 Richard (Rikard), father of Richard the Second, father of 

 Robert Longsword, 5 father of Vilhjalm (William) the Bastard, 

 king of the English, from whom all subsequent English kings 

 are descended. The jarls in Normandi are also of Hrolf's 

 family " (Harald Fairhair's Saga, c. 24). 



" Rognvald jarl of Mteri was married to Ragnhild, daughter 

 of Hrolf Nefja ; the first of their sons was Ivar, who fell in the 

 Hebrides on an expedition with Harald Fairhair ; the second 

 was Gongu Hrolf, who won Northmandi ; from him arc 

 descended the Ruda-jarls (Rouen jarls), and the Engla-kings 

 (English kings) ; the third was Thorir jarl the Silent, who was 

 married to Alof Arbot, the daughter of Harald Fairhair, and 

 their daughter was Bergljot, mother of Hakon jarl the Power- 

 ful " 6 (Landnama, iv., 8). 



"Rognvald jarl conquered the country with Harald Fair- 

 hair, who gave him the rule over the two Maeri's and Raumsdal. 

 He was married to Ragnhild, daughter of Hrolf Nefja ; their 

 son was Hrolf, who won Northmandi. He was so large that no 

 horse could carry him, and he was therefore called Gongu 

 Hrolf. From him are descended the Rouen jarls, and the 

 kings of England" (Flateyjarbok, vol. i.). 



" Rognvald, jarl of Mreri, was the son of Eystein Gluinra. 

 son of Ivar Uppland jarl, son of Halfdan the old ; Rognvald 

 was married to Ragnhild, daughter of Hrolf Nefja. 



" The sons of Rognvald were : Ivar, who fell in the Hebrides 

 when with King Harald Fairhair; Gongu Hrolf, who won 

 Northmandi, and from whom the Ruda (Rouen) jarls an- 



Hrolf. 

 - The higher class of landowners. 



3 



Ygg (Odin). A wolf of Ygg means a 

 champion. 



4 If he becomes a viking he will not 

 spare Harald's men. 



5 The name Loncsword is usually given 

 to Hrolf's son William (Longumspada). 



6 Then Hakon the Great wns the sen 

 of the daughter's daughter of Harald 

 Fairhair. 



