The Heimskringla on Kolle

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > Preliminary Remarks.

• attestation: The skalds quoted in this section are Kolle, Einar Skulason, and Thorbjorn Skakkaskald.

  "Skalds quoted are: Kolle, Einar Skulason, and Thorbjorn Skakkaskald."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 2. Of Sigurd Slembidjakn.

• attestation: Kolle's verse praised King Inge's victory at Mynne, describing how the king fought unpanzerned and shieldless while slaying Magnus's steel-clad guards.

  ""Thy arrow-storm on Mynne's banks Fast thinn'd the foemen's strongest ranks; Thy good sword hewed the raven's feast On Mynne's banks up in the East.""

• attestation: King Inge chased the remnants out of the kingdom, and Kolle's verse mocked the Gautlanders' silly jests being repaid at Krokaskog.

  ""Their silly jests were well repaid,-- In Krokaskog their laugh was laid""