Rognvald heard of this he was ill pleased with Hallad, and said his sons"1 were very unlike their ancestors. Then said Einar, "I have enjoyed hut little honour among you, and have little affection here to lose: now if you will give me force enough, I will go west to the islands, and promise you what at any rate will please you—that you shall never see me again." Earl Kognvald replied, that he would he glad if he never came hack; "For there is little hope," said he, "that thou will ever he an honour to thy friends, as all thy kin on the mother's side are horn slaves." Earl Rognvald gave Einar a vessel completely equipped, and he sailed with it into the West sea in harvest. When he came to the Orkney Isles, two vikings, Thorer Trasskseg, and Kalf Sturfa, were in his way with two vessels. He attacked them instantly, gained the battle, and slew the two vikings. He was called Turf-Einar, because he cut peat for fuel, there being no tire-wood, as in Orkney there are no woods. He afterwards was earl over the islands, and was a mighty man. He was ugly, and blind of an eye, yet very sharp-sighted withal.
Chapter XXVIII.
King Eric Eymundsson's death.
Guttorm[1] dwelt principally at Tunsherg, and governed the whole of Viken when the king was not there. He defended the land, which, at that time, was much plundered by the vikings. There were disturbances also up in Gotland as long as King Eric Eymundsson lived; but he died when King Harald had been ten years king of all Norway.
Chapter XXIX.
Guttorm's death in Tunsberg.
After Eric, his son Biorn was king of Sweden for fifty years. He was father of Eric the Victorious, and of Olaf the father of Styrbiorn. Guttorm died on a bed of sickness at Tunsberg, and King Harald gave his son Guttorm the government of that part of his dominions, and made him chief of it.
- ↑ Duke Guttorm, Harald Haarfager's uncle.
