Heimskringla, Haralds saga Sigurðssonar 28

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HSig ch. 28

Haralds saga Sigurðssonar 28 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (HSig ch. 28)

Heimskringla Haralds saga Sigurðssonar

27 28 29

text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Magnús konungur og Haraldur konungur héldu her þeim suður til
Danmerkur. En er Sveinn spurði það þá flýði hann undan austur
á Skáni. Þeir Magnús konungur og Haraldur konungur dvöldust
lengi um sumarið í Danmörk, lögðu þá land allt undir sig.
Þeir voru á Jótlandi um haustið.

Það var eina nótt þá er Magnús konungur lá í hvílu sinni að
hann dreymdi og þóttist staddur þar sem var faðir hans, hinn
helgi Ólafur konungur, og þótti hann mæla við sig: "Hvorn
kost viltu sonur minn, að fara nú með mér eða verða allra
konunga ríkastur og lifa lengi og gera þann glæp er þú fáir
annaðhvort bætt trautt eða eigi?"

En hann þóttist svara: "Eg vil að þú kjósir fyrir mína hönd."

Þá þótti honum konungurinn svara: "Þá skaltu með mér fara."

Magnús konungur segir draum þenna mönnum sínum.

En litlu síðar fékk hann sótt og lá þar sem heitir Súðaþorp.
En er hann var nær kominn bana þá sendi hann Þóri bróður sinn
til Sveins Úlfssonar að hann skyldi veita hjálp Þóri, þá sem
hann þyrfti. Það fylgdi orðsendingunni að Magnús konungur gaf
Sveini Danaveldi eftir sinn dag, segir að það var maklegt að
Haraldur réði fyrir Noregi en Sveinn fyrir Danmörku. Síðan
andaðist Magnús konungur góði og var hann allmjög harmdauði
allri alþýðu.

Svo segir Oddur Kíkinaskáld:

Felldu menn þá er mildan

mörg tár í gröf báru,

þung byrðr var sú, þengil,

þeim er hann gaf seima.

Deildist hugr svo að héldu

húskarlar grams varla,

siklings þjóð en síðan

sat oft hnipin, vatni.

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