The Heimskringla on Ivar

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 22. King Harald'S Voyage To The West.

• attestation: Ivar, son of Earl Ragnvald of More, fell during Harald's western campaign

  "In this war fell Ivar, a son of Ragnvald, Earl of More"

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 10. Beginning Of The Battle.

• attestation: Ivar, Hakon Mage's son, hooked Gregorius around the waist with a boat-hook and nearly dragged him overboard, but Gregorius's plate armour saved him.

  "Ivar, Hakon Mage's son, laid his ship so that the stems struck together; and he got a boat-hook fastened on Gregorius, on that part of his body where the waist is smallest, and dragged him to him"

• attestation: Ivar taunted Gregorius for having a thick bark; Gregorius replied that Ivar would need all of it and not have too much.

  "Ivar called out to him, that he had a "thick bark." Gregorius replied, that if Ivar went on so he would "require it all, and not have too much.""