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might be spread by men. She showed great favours to Richard, 

 an Englisli piiest, who hved with her two brothers. Later on an 

 untoward event did arrive, though not unexpected. All men, and 

 the brothers too, put the blame on the priest. They kept theh" 

 peace, hoAvever, while the priest expected no harm from them. 

 One day they asked the priest to accompany them on a voyage, 

 and taking one of their own men iuto the secret, they set out on 

 their journey. Coming to a naze they all went ashoi'e to have 

 some pastime, and then proceeded to a lonely place. Then they 

 bade their churl strike down the priest, and that he did with his 

 ax, so that the priest was stunned. Recovering, he asked them: 

 „Why do ye maltreat me thus?" They set forth their grievance, 

 but he denied their charge and called upon God and holy king 

 Olav to decide this matter between them. They broke his leg, 

 and afterAvards dragged him into the AA^oods and bound his hands 

 on his back. Einar then took a stick and placed it on the eye of 

 the priest. The churl hammered on it Avith his ax, so that the eye 

 fell out, and dropped into his beard. Thus they did AAdth the other 

 eye also. Finally they cut of his tongue. They then brought him 

 to another plaee AAdiere they left him in the care of an old AA^oman. 

 En his agony the priest did not lose his faith in God, but prayed 

 speechless to him, aud iuA^oked sainted king Olav. ToAvards mid- 

 night the priest fell asleep, and thought he saAV a gallant man 

 approach him and say to him: „Badly hast thou been used, Rich- 

 ard my friend, I see thou art quite poAverless noAv." Then ansAvered 

 the priest: „In truth need I the mercy of God Almighty, and of 

 holy king Olav!" The man said: „And that thou shalt have." 

 He then seized hold of the stump of the priesfs tongue and pull ed 

 it till it pained. Thereupon he stroked his eyes .and his leg and 

 also the other limbs that Avere Avounded. The priest asking him 

 Avho he Avas, h% looked at him and ansAvered: „Here is Olav from 

 the north from Trondlijem." But Avhen the man disappeared the 

 priest aAvoke completely restored. 



The representations on the Frontal foUoAvs the main features 

 of this legend. The tAvo brothe]'s maltreat the priest, and king 

 Olav cures liim. But the dismembering of the priest is not so 

 much in accordance Avith the above legend from the saga of Snorre, 

 as witli a sh orter legend given in a NorAvegian homily Avhere the 

 maltreatment is told in these foAv Avords: Then they seized the 

 priest Avhen he Avas unprepared, and broke both his legs, cut his 



