The Egil's Saga on Hacon

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 62 - Egil's voyage to England.

• attestation: Hacon had far more support than Eric; Eric fled abroad with Gunnhilda and their children

  "Hacon had by far the larger numbers; the reason of this was that he made it law in the land that every man should own his patrimony"

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 66 - Egil and Thorstein go before the king.

• attestation: King Hacon granted Thorstein his inheritance and made him a baron as his father had been

  "The king received this matter well, and let Thorstein obtain his possessions, and therewith he was made a baron of the king even as his father had been."

• attribution: Hacon said that Eric and Gunnhilda both asserted Egil had overreached himself in his dealings with them

  "my brother Eric and with him Gunnhilda both assert that thou, Egil, hast cast a stone beyond thy strength in thy dealings with them."

• attestation: Hacon agreed to let Egil have law in his case, granting him the property through proper judgment

  "Hacon agreed to let Egil have law in his case"

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 71 - Egil's sadness.

• attribution: King Hacon refused Egil's claim and warned Arinbjorn that he could stay in Norway only as long as he did not prefer foreigners to the king

  "thou mayest be here in the land only so long as thou preferrest not foreigners before me and my word"

• attribution: Hacon suspected Arinbjorn's loyalty, knowing his heart was with Harold son of Eric, his foster-son

  "I know that thy heart is with Harold son of Eric, thy foster-son; and this is thy best choice, to go to those brothers and be with them"

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 73 - Mission to Vermaland.

• attestation: Two companies of king Hacon's men sent to collect tribute from Vermaland were ambushed and slain in Eida-wood

  "King Hacon had sent eastwards to Vermaland a company of twelve men. These had received the tribute from the earl. But as they were going back to Eida-wood, robbers set upon them and slew them all."

• attestation: King Hacon ordered Thorstein Thora's son to go to Vermaland to gather tribute or leave the land

  "he should go eastwards to Vermaland and gather in the tribute for the king, or else he must leave the land."

• attestation: King Hacon mistrusted Arinbjorn's kinsmen, putting some to death and driving others from the land

  "to Arinbjorn's kinsmen and friends he showed great dislike, putting some to death, driving some from the land"

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 74 - Journey to Vermaland.

• attestation: The king's men secretly put on snowshoes and retraced their way back to king Hacon as fast as possible

  "no sooner were they and Egil out of sight of each other, than they took their snow-shoes (which they had brought with them) and put them on; then they retraced their way as fast as they could."

Chapter 1 - Of Kveldulf and his sons. > Chapter 79 - Egil comes to Thorfinn's. The harrying of king Hacon.

• attestation: King Hacon used the tribute mission's report to confirm Earl Arnvid's treachery and went east to punish Vermaland

  "The king was now sure that what he had before suspected was true, namely, that earl Arnvid had caused the slaying of the two companies of messengers"

• attestation: Hacon took large fines from the guilty Vermaland landowners and replaced Earl Arnvid with a new earl

  "the king took large fines from those landowners whom he thought guilty against him according to the report of those who went after the tribute. He set over the land another earl"