The Heimskringla on Kolbjorn

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 102. Crew On Board Of The Long Serpent.

• attestation: Kolbjorn the marshal, Thorstein Uxafot, and Vikar of Tiundaland (brother of Arnliot Gelline) served in the forecastle.

  "with him was Kolbjorn the marshal, Thorstein Uxafot, and Vikar of Tiundaland, a brother of Arnliot Gelline"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 121. The Serpent'S Decks Cleared.

• attestation: Kolbjorn the marshal wore clothes and arms identical to the king's and was a remarkably stout and handsome man.

  "Kolbjorn the marshal, who had on clothes and arms like the kings, and was a remarkably stout and handsome man, went up to king on the quarter-deck."

• attestation: Kolbjorn fell on his shield which prevented him from sinking quickly; he was captured and brought to Earl Eirik, who mistook him for the king but spared his life upon recognizing him.

  "he fell so upon his shield that it came under him, so that he could not sink so quickly. He was thus taken and brought into a boat, and they supposed he was the king. He was brought before the earl; and when the earl saw it was Kolbjorn, and not the king, he gave him his life."