The Heimskringla on Sigurd Hjort

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 5. Halfdan'S Marriage With Hjort'S Daughter.

• attestation: Sigurd Hjort was a king in Ringerike, the strongest and handsomest man known

  "Sigurd Hjort was the name of a king in Ringerike, who was stouter and stronger than any other man, and his equal could not be seen for a handsome appearance."

• relationship: Sigurd Hjort's father was Helge Hvasse and his mother Aslaug was daughter of Sigurd the Worm-eyed, son of Ragnar Lodbrok

  "His father was Helge Hvasse (the Sharp); and his mother was Aslaug, a daughter of Sigurd the worm-eyed, who again was a son of Ragnar Lodbrok."

• attestation: At twelve years old, Sigurd Hjort killed the berserk Hildebrand and eleven of his comrades in single combat

  "when he was only twelve years old he killed in single combat the berserk Hildebrand, and eleven others of his comrades"

• attestation: Sigurd had a daughter Ragnhild, twenty years old, and a son Guthorm

  "Sigurd had two children, one of whom was a daughter, called Ragnhild, then twenty years of age, and an excellent brisk girl. Her brother Guthorm was a youth."