The Heimskringla on Ring

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 34. Kings In The Upland Districts.

• attestation: King Ring declared he preferred his kinsman Olaf to rule Norway rather than a foreign chief, so their family could regain prominence.

  "it is better for me, if I hold the same power and property as now, that my relative is king over Norway, rather than a foreign chief, so that our family may again raise its head in the land"

• attestation: Ring argued that Olaf's fate and luck would determine whether he obtained the kingdom.

  "his fate and luck must determine whether he is to obtain the kingdom or not"

• attestation: Ring noted that Olaf possessed no lands while the Upland kings held kingdoms, yet all shared equal udal right to the Norwegian throne.

  "he has nothing, and we are equally entitled by the udal right to the kingdom as he is himself"

• attestation: Ring urged the other kings to join Olaf's cause and bind themselves in friendship with him.

  "Therefore let us join the adventure, say I, and bind ourselves in friendship with him"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 74. Mutilating Of The Upland Kings.

• attestation: Ring and two other kings were banished from Norway under oath never to return.

  "Ring and two others he banished from Norway, under oath never to return"