Heimskringla, Haralds saga Sigurðssonar 101

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HSig ch. 101

Haralds saga Sigurðssonar 101 — ed. not skaldic

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Heimskringla Haralds saga Sigurðssonar

100 101

text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Magnús konungur réð fyrir Noregi Haraldsson hinn fyrsta vetur
eftir fall Haralds konungs en síðan réð hann landi tvo vetur
með Ólafi bróður sínum. Voru þeir þá tveir konungar. Hafði
Magnús hinn nyrðra hlut lands en Ólafur hinn eystra. Magnús
konungur átti son er Hákon hét. Hann fóstraði Steigar-Þórir.
Var hann hinn mannvænsti maður.

Eftir fall Haralds konungs Sigurðarsonar taldi Sveinn
Danakonungur að slitið væri friði milli Norðmanna og Dana,
taldi eigi lengur verið hafa frið settan en þeir lifðu báðir,
Haraldur og Sveinn. Var þá útboð í hvorutveggja ríkinu. Höfðu
synir Haralds almenning fyrir Noregi að liði og skipum en
Sveinn konungur fór sunnan með Danaher. Fóru þá sendimenn
milli þeirra og báru sættarboð. Sögðu Norðmenn að þeir vildu
annaðhvort halda hina sömu sætt sem fyrr var ger eða berjast
að öðrum kosti.

Því var þetta kveðið:

Varði ógnarorðum

Ólafr og friðmálum

jörð, svo að engi þorði

allvalda til kalla.

Svo segir Steinn Herdísarson í Ólafsdrápu:

Sína mun fyr Sveini

sóknstrangr í Kaupangi,

þar er heilagr gramr hvílir,

hann er ríkr jöfur, banna.

Ætt sinni mun unna

Ólafr konungr hála,

Úlfs þarfa þar arfi,

alls Noregs, til kalla.

Í þessum stefnuleiðangri var sætt ger milli konunganna en
friður milli landa.

Magnús konungur fékk vanheilindi, reformasótt, og lá nokkura
hríð. Hann andaðist í Niðarósi og var þar jarðaður. Var hann
vinsæll konungur af allri alþýðu.

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