to his ships. Svipdag the Blind, Ingiald's foster- saga i. father, together with his sons, Gautvid and Hylvid, fell. Ingiald returned to IJpsal, very ill satisfied with his expedition; and he thought the army levied from those countries he had acquired by conquest had been unfaithful to him. There was great hostility after¬ wards between King Ingiald and King Grammar, and his son-in-law King Hiorvard; and after this had con¬ tinued a long time the friends of both parties brought about a reconciliation. The king appointed a meeting, and concluded a peace. This peace was to endure as long as the three kings lived, and this was confirmed by oath and promises of fidelity. The spring after King Granmar went to IJpsal to make offering, as usual, for a steady peace. Then the foreboding turned out for him so that it did not promise him long life, and he returned to his dominions.
Chapter XLIII.
Death of the kings Granmar and Hirovard
The autumn after, King Granmar and his son-in-law Hiorvard went to a feast at one of their farms in the island Sili.[1] When they were at the entertainment, King Ingiald came there in the night with his troops, surrounded the house, and burnt them in it, with all their men. Then he took to himself all the country these kings had possessed, and placed chiefs over it. King Hogne and his son Hillder often made inroads on horseback into the Swedish dominions, and killed King Ingiald's men, whom he had placed over the kingdom which had belonged to their relation Granmar. This strife between King Ingiald and King Hogne continued for a long time; but King Hogne defended his kingdom against King Ingiald to his dying day. King Ingiald had two children by his wife;—the eldest called Aasa, the other Olaf. Gauthild, the wife of Ingiald, sent the boy to his foster-father Bove, in West Gotland, where he was
- ↑ Now Srela isle, in the Mælare lake.
