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The Heimskringla on Gamle Eirikson

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 10. Of Gunhild S Sons.

attestation: Gamle Eirikson was the eldest of Eirik's sons but not yet a grown man when they came to Denmark

"Gamle Eirikson was somewhat older than the other brothers, but still he was not a grown man."

attestation: Gamle Eirikson rallied his men at the ridge when he realized the banner ruse was a stratagem and that no large force actually followed behind Hakon's army.

"When Gamle Eirikson came up the ridge of the hill he turned round, and he observed that not more people were following than his men had been engaged with already, and he saw it was but a stratagem of war"
attestation: Gamle ordered war-horns blown, his banner raised, and put his Northmen back in battle order, but the Danes fled to their ships regardless.

"he ordered the war-horns to be blown, his banner to be set up, and he put his men in battle order. On this, all his Northmen stood, and turned with him, but the Danes fled to the ships"
attestation: The distinction between Gamle's loyal Northmen who stood and fought versus the Danes who fled to their ships reveals the fragility of the coalition against Hakon.

"all his Northmen stood, and turned with him, but the Danes fled to the ships"

attestation: Gamle Eirikson fled to the plain south of the hill, turned, and waited for reinforcements as all his brothers and their troops assembled around him.

"Gamle Eirikson fled from the ridge down upon the plain to the south of the hill. There he turned himself again, and waited until more people gathered to him. All his brothers, and many troops of their men, assembled there."
attestation: Eirik's sons fled to their ships, but some vessels had already been pushed off from shore; the sons and their men plunged into the sea and swam for the remaining ships.

"those who had sought the ships before had pushed off some of them from the land, while some of them were still hauled up and on the strand. Now the sons of Eirik and their men plunged into the sea, and betook themselves to swimming."
attestation: Gamle Eirikson drowned during the flight, while his surviving brothers reached their ships and sailed south to Denmark, dissatisfied with the expedition.

"Gamle Eirikson was drowned; but the other sons of Eirik reached their ships, and set sail with what men remained. They steered southwards to Denmark"

attestation: After Gamle's death, King Harald Eiriksson became chief among the surviving brothers.

"After Gamle's death King Harald, Eirik's son, was the chief of the brothers"

attestation: Glum Geirason's song claims Harald avenged Gamle by giving Hakon's blood to Odin's ravens.

"Gamle is avenged by Harald! Great is thy deed, thou champion bold! The rumour of it came to me In distant lands beyond the sea, How Harald gave King Hakon's blood To Odin's ravens for their food."