The Heimskringla on Ottar Black
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 71. Hjalte Skeggjason While He Was In Svithiod.
- attestation: Ottar the skald also promoted Olaf Haraldson's qualities to Ingegerd, echoing what Hjalte had said.
"Ottar, who was a man of great power of conversation, and much beloved in the court, soon brought up the subject before the king's daughter, and recounted to her, as Hjalte had done, all King Olaf's excellent qualities"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 74. Mutilating Of The Upland Kings.
- attribution: The skald Ottar Black composed verses commemorating Olaf's victory over the Hedemark kings.
"Ottar Black tells of this"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 120. Hedemark Baptized.
- attestation: The skald Ottar Black came to Olaf at Soleys and asked to join his retinue.
"He then went east to Soleys, and baptized that neighbourhood. The skald Ottar Black came to him there, and begged to be received among his men"