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The Heimskringla on Hakon Sigurdarson

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 43. Battle With The Jomsborg Vikings.

attestation: Earl Hakon's armour was split apart by the number of spears thrown at him and he threw it off during the battle

"So many spears were thrown against Earl Hakon that his armour was altogether split asunder, and he threw it off"

attestation: Earl Hakon was said to have sacrificed his young son Erling to the gods for victory, after which came the hailstorm and defeat of the Jomsborg vikings

"It was said that at this battle Earl Hakon had sacrificed for victory his son, young Erling, to the gods; and instantly came the hailstorm, and the defeat and slaughter of the Jomsborg vikings"

attestation: Earl Hakon ruled over the entire outer coastal part of Norway comprising sixteen districts

"Earl Hakon ruled over the whole outer part of Norway that lies on the sea, and had thus sixteen districts under his sway"
attestation: Under Earl Hakon's rule there were good crops and peace in Norway, making him much beloved by the bondes

"While Earl Hakon ruled over Norway there were good crops in the land, and peace was well preserved in the country among the bondes"
attestation: Earl Hakon became intemperate with women, having daughters of prominent men carried away and kept as concubines

"the earl became very intemperate in his intercourse with women, and even carried it so far that he made the daughters of people of consideration be carried away and brought home to him"
attestation: The Throndhjem people began to murmur loudly against Earl Hakon's abuse of women

"He drew upon himself the indignation of me relations of these girls; and the bondes began to murmur loudly, as the Throndhjem people have the custom of doing when anything goes against their judgment"

attestation: Earl Hakon heard that a man called Ole was regarded as a king westward over the North Sea, and suspected he was of Norwegian royal blood

"Earl Hakon, in the mean time, hears some whisper that to the westward, over the Nor h sea, was a man called Ole, who was looked upon as a king"
attestation: Hakon suspected Ole was Olaf son of Trygve Olafson, who had been raised in Gardarike by King Valdemar

"the earl had heard that Trygve Olafson had had a son called Olaf, who in his infancy had gone east to Gardarike, and had been brought up by King Valdemar"
attestation: Hakon sent Thorer Klakka, a friend experienced in viking and merchant voyages, over the North Sea to Dublin to discover who Ole was

"This Thorer Earl Hakon sends over the North sea, and told him to make a merchant voyage to Dublin"