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The Heimskringla on Are Frode

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > Of The Priest Are Frode

attestation: Are Frode was the first person to write down narratives in the Norse language about both old and new events

"The priest Are Frode (the learned), a son of Thorgils the son of Geller, was the first man in this country who wrote down in the Norse language narratives of events both old and new."
relationship: Are Frode was the son of Thorgils son of Geller

"a son of Thorgils the son of Geller"
attestation: Are Frode wrote about the first settlements in Iceland, laws, government, and the lagmen

"In the beginning of his book he wrote principally about the first settlements in Iceland, the laws and government, and next of the lagmen"
attestation: Are Frode's birth was in the year after Harald Sigurdson's fall

"his birth was as far back as the year after Harald Sigurdson's fall."
attestation: Are Frode based his account of Norwegian kings on the report of Od Kolson, grandson of Hal of Sida

"He wrote, as he himself says, the lives and times of the kings of Norway from the report of Od Kolson, a grandson of Hal of Sida."
attestation: Are Frode came at age seven to Haukadal to Hal Thorarinson and stayed fourteen years

"The priest Are came, when seven years old, to Haukadal to Hal Thorarinson, and was there fourteen years."
attestation: Are Frode was twelve years old when Bishop Isleif died

"Are was twelve years of age when Bishop Isleif died"

attestation: The priest Are Frode says Earl Hakon was earl over Throndhjem for thirteen years before Harald Grafeld's fall, with the last six years of war between them.

"The priest Are Frode says that Earl Hakon was thirteen years earl over his father's dominions in Throndhjem district before the fall of Harald Grafeld; but, for the last six years of Harald Grafeld's life, Are Frode says the Earl Hakon and Gunhild's sons fought against each other"