The Heimskringla on Amunde

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 101. Of Thorkel Amundason.

• attestation: Amunde was a rich and powerful man dwelling in Hrossey at Sandvik in Hlaupandanes; his son Thorkel was one of the ablest men in the islands.

  "There was a rich and powerful man who was called Amunde, who dwelt in Hrossey at Sandvik, in Hlaupandanes. His son, called Thorkel, was one of the ablest men in the islands"

• attestation: Amunde told Thorkel to flee the country; Thorkel went to Caithness to Earl Thorfin and fostered the young earl, becoming known as Thorkel the Fosterer.

  "Amunde heard what the earl and Thorkel had said at the Thing, he told Thorkel to leave the country, and he went over to Caithness to Earl Thorfin. Thorkel was afterwards a long time there, and brought up the earl in his youth, and was on that account called Thorkel the Fosterer"

• attestation: Amunde was the most respected man in Orkney and understood that confronting Earl Einar would be dangerous.

  "Amunde was a man of the best understanding, and most respected in Orkney"

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 13. Munan'S Death.

• attestation: They took the boy Amunde, about five years old, son of Gyrd Amundason and Gyrid (Gregorius's sister's son).

  "they took with them Amunde, who was a son of Gyrd Amundason and of Gyrid Dag's daughter, and a sister's son of Gregorius, and who was then a boy about five years old."