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Heimskringla Bait of Geri

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  1. It was written above that Jarl Sigvaldi had joined company with King
  2. Óláfr in Vinðland. And the jarl had ten ships, plus an eleventh on which
  3. were the men of Ástríðr, king (Búrizláfr)’s daughter and Jarl Sigvaldi’s
  4. wife. And when King Óláfr had leapt overboard, then the whole army
  5. shouted a shout of victory, and then they struck their oars into the sea, the
  6. jarl and his men, and rowed towards the battle. Halldórr ókristni speaks of
  7. this:
  8.  
  9. 165. Voyaged far the vessels
  10. of Vinðr to the fight; thin-bladed
  11. ogres of land of Óðinn
  12. yawned iron-jawed over people.
  13. Swords’ uproar was heard on the ocean.
  14. The eagle tore bait of Geri.*
  15. He struck, the men’s great commander.
  16. Many men went fleeing
  17.  
  18. But the cruiser of Vinðr that Ástríðr’s men were on rowed away and back
  19. off Vinðland, and there was already a report by many people that King
  20. Óláfr must have thrown off his coat of mail in the water and dived away
  21. from under the longships, afterwards swimming to the Vinðr’s cruiser, and
  22. that Ástríðr’s men had taken him ashore. And there have been many stories
  23. made since about these travels of King Óláfr’s by some people...
  24.  
  25.  
  26. - Heimskringla, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar, Chapter 112
  27.  
  28.  
  29. ("Gera beita: ‘bait, food of Geri (one of Óðinn’s wolves)’, carrion." - Footnote included with translation)
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