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long sliip of Kniit tlie Great, wliich, by ii length of 300 feet, carried 

 sixty pairvS of oars. 



The account of tlie Long Serpent is considered as somewhat exagger- 

 ated and it is classed among the tliirty-seaters, but a little lower and 

 narrower, and having a crew of about 300 men.' 



An approximation may be had from the number of rowers' benches, 

 the intervening spaces or divisions {rum), and the sj)ecifled number of 

 men stationed therein. Reference to the longitudinal divisions {rums) 

 is made as follows : 



Rand the Strong's />r«i/ow had thirty rum.^ 



Olaf Trygvason's Trane had thirty riim.^ 



Long Serpent was 116 feet long; it had eiglit men in each half rum."* 



Aasbjorn Selsbane, of Trondhjem, had a siiekka of twenty rum that 

 carried 09 nien.^ 



Kuut the Great's long ship had sixty pair of oars and was 300 feet 

 long. 



Harald of Hj0t0 ship in the battle of Helgeaa had twenty riims.^ 



King Eystein built a ship in size and shape like the Long Serpent.^ 



King Harald Ilardradi's ship was as long as the Great Serpent and 

 had thirty-live riim." 



King Sverre's shij) Rdrltnifrin had twenty-three rum. 



The Mariasu^cn had thirty-two rum. 



The Ognarhrand had thirty rum." 



Vidkunn Erlingssou's Gullbringen had twenty divisions.'" 



Erling Skjalgsson had a skeid which had sixty-four oars and carried 

 two hundred and forty men." 



In the Diere, built by Erling Steiuv?eg, each half rum had eight 

 men 



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Thorlief gave his .son Eirik a skuta with fifteen seats.'' 

 Duke Skule's ship, Good Friday, had thirty-six rum.'* 

 Erling Skj41gsson had a twenty-seated snekkja.'^ 



• Tuxen, N. E.: De nordiske Laugskibe, p. 128. 



2 Oliif Trygvason Saga, c. 88; Maguustlie Good saga, c. 20. 



■'Ihid, c. 79. 



^lUd, c. r>; Muuch, P. A. : Det uorsko Folks Historie, i, Bd. 2, p. 361. 



■''Heiraskringla, 355; St. Olaf saga, c. xxiv. 



''Heimskringla (ed. Uuger, pp. 402,428). 



'Sigurd the Crusader Saga (Heiniskringla text), xxvi. 



"Harald Hardradi Saga, c. 61. 



'J Konungssogur, pj). 66, 77, 165. 



'"Flateyarbok ii, 600. 



"Olaf Trygvason Saga, c. 105; St. Olaf Saga, c. 184; Heiniskringla (ed. Uuger), 

 pp. 231, 414. 



'''« Kouungssogur (ed. Uuger), p. 223. 



'■' Olaf Trygvasou Saga, c. 20. 



'^Flateyarbokii, 121. 



's Magnus Erlingssou Saga, c. 25; Olaf Trygvason Saga, c. 102; St. Olaf Saga, 

 o. 60, 150. 



