rasses, and also over mountains; and he was therefore called Onund Roadmaker, He had a house built for himself in every district of Sweden, and went over the whole country in guest-quarters.[1]
Chapter XXXVIII.
Of Ingiald the Bad.
Onund had a son called Ingiald, and at that time Yngvar was king of the district of Fiadryndaland. Yngvar had two sons by his wife,—the one called Alf, the other Agnar,—who were about the same age as Ingiald. Onund's district-kings were at that time spread widely over Sweden, and Svipdag the Blind ruled over Fiundaland, in which Upsal is situated, and where all the Swedish Things are held. There also were held the mid-winter sacrifices, at which many kings attended. One year at mid-winter there was a great assembly of people at Upsal, and King Yngvar had also come there with his sons. Alf, King Yngvar's son, and Ingiald, King Onund's son, were there,—both about six years old. They amused themselves with child's play, in which each should be leading on his army. In their play Ingiald found himself not so strong as Alf, and was so vexed that he almost cried. His foster-brother Gautvid came up, led him to his foster-father Svipdag the Blind, and told him how ill it appeared that he was weaker and less manly than Alf, King Yngvar's son. Svipdad replied that it was a great shame. The day after Svipdag took the heart of a Avolf, roasted it on the tongs, and gave it to the king's son Ingiald to eat, and from that time he became a most ferocious person, and of the worst disposition. When Ingiald was grown up, Onund applied for him to King Algaut for his daughter Gautheld. Algaut was a son of Gautrek
- ↑ This continued to be the ordinary way of subsisting the kings and court in Norway for many generations. In Sweden the kings appear to have had a fixed residence at Upsal, and in Denmark at Leidre and Odinso; while in Norway they appear to have lived always in royal progresses through the districts in turns., without any palace., castle., or fixed abode.
