590 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



siuce lias been known here, two tiers of holes for the oars; the oars of 

 the upper tier were 9.41 niillinieters (.'Ui feet) long, and '^ a man must 

 be one of the tallest who, standing on the frames, could, with his battle- 

 ax, tou(;h the ceiling of the deck." Each half division accommodated 

 eight men.' 



In 1-J-"51) Duke Skule built a ship with thirty-six divisions; he called 

 it "Good Friday.''^ 



In IL'47 King Haakon set <mt from Bergen in his ship "l^ragon,'' of 

 twenty-hve rums, to meet Cardinal William, of Sabine.^ 



In 1253 Guunar had the "KorssuSen" built at Itavnsholt in J>ohusleu, 

 which was '"one of the l)iggest shijts that had been constructed in Nor- 

 way;" her gunwale was -l.lio meters (14 feet) above the water line.^ 



The sliip of BivShop Haakon, of Bergen (1339), hadforty live divisions 

 and was 1.8S meters (0^ feet) high.'^ 



{!>) SiieMja. — In 997 King Olaf built on the sands by Nidelv a long 

 shi}), of the snekke kind, high stemmed, with thirty rums, which he 

 called "Trane."« 



In 1020 St. Olaf built snekkjas.' 



Aasbjorn Selsbane, of Thronhjem, owne<l a snekkja with twenty riims 

 and accommodating ninety-nine men." 



In 102G St. Olaf built a snekke which he called " Visund."'' 



In 1027 Harald, of Thjoto, in the battle of Helgeaa, had a ship of 

 twenty divisions, gilded pennant, and white sails ornamented with blue 

 and red stripes.^" 



Eindrid the Young had a snekka of twenty rum." 



In 1247 Cardinal William, of Sabiua, used a snekkja while meeting 

 King Haakon.''^ 



In 1247 King Haakon used a beautiful snekk Ja in sending his daughter 

 to Spain to be married.'^ 



Erling Skjalgsson had a twenty-sealed snekkja.'^ 



(c) 8ki(ta. — The skuta appears to have been a fast-sailing war ship 

 of smaller dimensions, probably of liftcen rowers' benciu'S, built for 

 speed, as is indicated by the appellations IrftiKkHta (light skuta) and 



' Koimngssogur (cit. by Nicolayseu), p. 223. 

 -Flateyarbok, iii, 41. 

 "'Ibid., Ill, 166. 

 "•Konoiigs.siigur, pp. 425, 426. 

 »D. Now. VIII, No. 119. 



''OlafTrygvasou Saga, Heimskringla text, c Ixxix. 

 ''Heiinskriugla, ed. Unger (cit. by Nicolayseu), p. 2.'31. 

 ^Ibid., p. 355; St. Olafs Saga, c. xxiv. 

 ■'Ibid., pp. 414,529. 

 "'Ibid., pp. 402, 428. 

 "Ibid., p. 784. 

 i-FLiteyarb6k, iii, 161. 



'•'Kouuiig.ssogux' (cit. by Nicolayseu), p. 438. 



"Maguus Erliugs.sou Saga, c. xxv; Olaf Trygvasou Saga, c. cii; St. Olaf Saga, c. 

 ix^ cl. 



