The Heimskringla on Einar Tambarskelver

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 118. Of Einar Tambarskelver.

• attestation: Einar Tambarskelver was one of the sharpest bowshooters and stood by the mast shooting arrows during the battle.

  "Einar Tambarskelver, one of the sharpest of bowshooters, stood by the mast, and shot with his bow."

• attestation: Einar's arrow hit the tiller end just above Earl Eirik's head, embedding up to the shaft.

  "Einar shot an arrow at Earl Eirik, which hit the tiller end just above the earl's head so hard that it entered the wood up to the arrow-shaft."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 20. Of Einar Tambaskelfer.

• attestation: Einar was also the best snow-shoe runner in Norway, of high family and rich.

  "He was better than any man at running on snow-shoes, was a great man at all exercises, was of high family, and rich."

• attestation: The earls gave Einar great fiefs in Orkadal, making him one of the most powerful men in the Throndhjem country and a great friend and supporter of the earls.

  "The earls gave Einar great fiefs in Orkadal, so that he was one of the most powerful and able men in the Throndhjem country, and was also a great friend of the earls, and a great support and aid to them."