The Heimskringla on Thjostolf Alason

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 2. Of The Forces Of Harald And Magnus.

• attestation: Thjostolf Alason warned Harald that Magnus had been gathering an army all summer to give battle

  "Thjostolf Alason replies, "You must certainly, sire, make preparation for that, both for yourself and your men. King Magnus has been drawing together an army all the summer for the purpose of giving you battle when he meets you.""

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 2. Of Sigurd Slembidjakn.

• attestation: Thjostolf Alason and Amunde defeated Earl Karl and his Gautland army at Krokaskog, where Karl's uncle Munan Ogmundson fell.

  "They met Earl Karl and the Gautland army eastward in Krokaskog, where there was a great battle and a great defeat, King Inge gaining the victory. Munan Ogmundson, Earl Karl's mother's brother, fell there."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 3. King Eirik'S Expedition To Norway.

• attestation: At Oslo, Thjostolf Alason opposed the Danish fleet; the people tried to carry Saint Halvard's coffin from town but it was miraculously too heavy.

  "it is told that some people wanted to carry the holy Halvard's coffin out of the town in the evening when the fleet was first observed, and as many as could took hold of it; but the coffin became so heavy that they could not carry it over the church floor."

• attestation: The next morning, when the enemy fleet sailed past Hofud Isle, four men easily carried the previously immovable coffin, and Thjostolf and the townspeople followed it out.

  "The morning after, however, when they saw the fleet sailing in past the Hofud Isle, four men carried the coffin out of the town, and Thjostolf and all the townspeople followed it."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 4. The Town Of Oslo Burnt.

• attestation: Thjostolf threw a spear at Askel that went through his throat and neck, the only bare spot visible, and Thjostolf boasted it was the best spear-cast he ever made.

  "Thjostolf threw a spear at a man named Askel, which hit him under the throat, so that the spear point went through his neck; and Thjostolf thought he had never made a better spear-cast, for, except the place he hit, there was nothing bare to be seen."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 5. Of Sigurd Slembidjakn.

• attestation: Thjostolf defended Konungahella against Sigurd's fleet, preventing him from landing, with casualties on both sides including Sigurd's forecastle man Ulfhedin Saxolfson.

  "Thjostolf was at this time in Konungahella, and had collected people to defend the country, and Sigurd steered thither with his fleet. They shot at each other, but he could not effect a landing"

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 11. Sigurd Slembe Taken Prisoner.

• attestation: Thjostolf struck off Sigurd's silk hat with silver fringes and called him an impudent slave's son for claiming descent from Magnus Barefoot.

  "Thjostolf Alason went to where Sigurd was sitting, struck from his head a silk hat with silver fringes, and said. "Why wert thou so impudent, thou son of a slave! to dare to call thyself King Magnus Barefoot's son?""

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 12. Torture Of Sigurd Slembe.

• attestation: Thjostolf transported Magnus the Blind's body to Oslo and buried it in Halvard's church beside his father King Sigurd.

  "Thjostolf Alason transported Magnus the Blind's body to Oslo, and buried it in Halvard's church, beside King Sigurd his father."