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