The Heimskringla on Raud the Strong

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 85. Thorer Hjort'S Death.

• attestation: Raud the Strong dwelt in Godey in Salten fjord, was very rich, had many Sami in his service, and was a great idolater skilled in witchcraft.

  "There was a bonde, by name Raud the Strong, who dwelt in Godey in Salten fjord. Raud was a very rich man, who had many house servants; and likewise was a powerful man, who had many Fins in his service when he wanted them. Raud was a great idolater, and very skillful in witchcraft"

• relationship: Raud and Thorer Hjort were close friends and great chiefs who raised an army against King Olaf.

  "was a great friend of Thorer Hjort, before spoken of. Both were great chiefs. Now when they heard that King Olaf was coming with a great force from the south to Halogaland, they gathered together an army, ordered out ships"

• attestation: Raud owned a large ship with a gilded dragon head and thirty rowing benches.

  "Raud had a large ship with a gilded head formed like a dragon, which ship had thirty rowing benches, and even for that kind of ship was very large"

• attestation: Olaf defeated them in battle; Raud escaped by sea using witchcraft to conjure favorable winds.

  "Raud rode with his dragon out to sea, and set sail. Raud had always a fair wind wheresoever he wished to sail, which came from his arts of witchcraft"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 87. Of Raud'S Being Tortured.

• attestation: The islands where Raud lived were called Gylling and Haering, collectively the Godey Isles, with the Godey Stream running between them and the mainland.

  "The islands on which Raud dwelt were called Gylling and Haering; but the whole islands together were called Godey Isles, and the current between the isles and the mainland the Godey Stream"