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The Heimskringla on Sigrid the Haughty

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 48. King Harald Grenske'S Death.

attestation: Sigrid declared she would make small kings tired of coming to court her, and was thereafter called Sigrid the Haughty

"Sigrid said that she would make these small kings tired of coming to court her. She was afterwards called Sigrid the Haughty (Storrada)"

relationship: Queen Sigrid the Haughty resided in Svithjod and received King Olaf Trygvason's marriage proposal through messengers during winter.

"Queen Sigrid in Svithjod, who had for surname the Haughty, sat in her mansion, and during the same winter messengers went between King Olaf and Sigrid to propose his courtship to her, and she had no objection"
attestation: Sigrid's goldsmiths discovered the ring Olaf sent was false, made of copper inside with gold outside.

"the queen's gold-smiths, two brothers, who took the ring in their hands, and weighed it, spoke quietly to each other about it"
attestation: Sigrid was enraged at the deception and declared Olaf would deceive her in more ways.

"Then the queen was enraged, and said that Olaf would deceive her in more ways than this one"

attestation: Sigrid refused to abandon her ancestral faith when Olaf demanded she be baptized.

"I must not part from the faith which I have held, and my forefathers before me; and, on the other hand, I shall make no objection to your believing in the god that pleases you best"
attestation: Sigrid prophesied that Olaf's insult would lead to his death.

"Sigrid said, "This may some day be thy death.""

attestation: Danish King Svein Tjuguskeg was married to Sigrid the Haughty, who was King Olaf Trygvason's greatest enemy because he had broken off with her and struck her in the face.

"Sigrid was King Olaf Trygvason's greatest enemy; the cause of which, as before said, was that King Olaf had broken off with her, and had struck her in the face."
attestation: Sigrid persistently urged King Svein to attack Olaf Trygvason, arguing that Olaf had married Svein's sister Thyre without his permission.

"She urged King Svein much to give battle to King Olaf Trygvason; saying that he had reason enough, as Olaf had married his sister Thyre without his leave"