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Sturleson, but it seems to be attended with circumstances too particular to prove the generality of the practice.”
—Bith ofur capp,
Austur konga &c.
Austur konga &c.
“ —The eastern kings contended together with vehement rage, when the sons of Yngvon hanged the generous king on a tree.
“And there on a promontory is that ancient tree, on which the dead body was suspended: where the promontory Straumyernes divides the bay; there, I say, exposed to the winds, stands that most noted tree, remarkable for the tomb and monument[1] of the king.”
Snorro Sturl. Hist. Reg. Sept. fol. p. 28.
- ↑ Or rather barrow, Lat. tumulus.
