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The Egil's Saga on Gunnhilda

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 44 - The slaying of Bard.

attestation: Gunnhilda and Bard mixed poison into a drink for Egil

"The queen and Bard then mixed the drink with poison, and bare it in."

relationship: Bergonund had married Gunnhilda daughter of Bjorn Yeoman and kept house at Askr

"Bergonund son of Thorgeir Thornfoot had then married Gunnhilda daughter of Bjorn Yeoman. She had come to keep house with him at Askr."

attribution: Queen Gunnhilda intervened and sent her brother Alf to disrupt the court proceedings

"Where is Alf my brother? Go thou, Alf, with thy following, where the judges are, and let them not give this wrong judgment."

relationship: Gunnhilda bore Harold a son whom the old king named Harold after himself and destined to be king

"Gunnhilda bare a son, whom Harold the king sprinkled with water, giving him his own name; and he added this that he should be king after his father if he lived long enough."

attestation: Gunnhilda had a spell worked so that Egil should find no rest in Iceland till she had seen him

"Gunnhilda had a spell worked, this spell being that Egil Skallagrimsson should find no rest in Iceland till she had seen him."
attribution: Gunnhilda demanded Egil be slain at once, reminding Eric that Egil had killed his friends, kin, and even his own son

"Rememberest thou no more, O king, what Egil hath done to thee, slain thy friends and kin, ay, even thine own son to boot, and cursed thyself?"

attribution: Gunnhilda insisted Arinbjorn owed more duty to Eric than to Egil and Egil should not go unpunished

"Thou owest far more duty to king Eric than to Egil. It is not for thee to ask that Egil go unpunished hence from king Eric's presence"
attribution: Arinbjorn asked for a week's respite for Egil to leave, but Gunnhilda warned Eric that Egil would reach Athelstan in that time

"If Egil is to ride hence for a week, then will he in this time be come to king Athelstan."