The Heimskringla on Jokull
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 193. Of Jokul Bardson.
attestation: Jokul, an Icelander and son of Bard Jokulson of Vatnsdal, was assigned by lot to command King Olaf's ship called the Bison
"There was a man called Jokul, who was an Icelander, a son of Bard Jokulson of Vatnsdal; the lot fell upon Jokul to command the Bison, which King Olaf himself had commanded."
attestation: Jokul later encountered King Olaf's men on the island of Gotland, where the king ordered him beheaded
"this Jokul fell in with King Olaf's men in the island of Gotland, and the king ordered him to be taken out to be beheaded."
attestation: Jokul was struck by an axe in the head when he raised his head during the execution, receiving a mortal wound, and composed verses lamenting his fate
"Jokul hearing the sound, raised his head, and the blow struck him in the head, and made a dreadful wound."
attribution: Jokul composed a death verse saying he suffered more from the king's angry word than from his sharp sword
"But I suffer still more From the king's angry word, Than his sharp-biting sword."