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are upon the ridge where they fell. Then King Eric went through Yiken, and subdued it, and remained far into summer. Gudrod and Tryggve fled to the Uplands. Eric was a stout handsome man, strong, and very manly,— a great and fortunate man of war; but bad-minded, gruff, unfriendly, and silent. Gunhild, his wife, was the most beautiful of women,—clever, with much knowledge, and lively; but a very false person, and very cruel in disposition. The children of King Eric and Gunhild were, Gamle, the oldest; then Guttorm, Harald, Kagnfrid, Ragnhild, Erling, Gudrod, and Sigurd Sieve. All were handsome, and of manly appearance.
