The Heimskringla on Thorarin Stutfeld

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > Preliminary Remarks.

• attestation: Skalds quoted in this saga are Thorarin Stutfeld, Einar Skulason, Haldor Skvaldre, and Arne Fjoruskeif

  "Skalds quoted in this saga are: Thorarin Stutfeld, Einar Skulason, Haldor Skvaldre, and Arne Fjoruskeif."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 3. King Sigurd'S Journey Out Of The Country.

• attestation: Thorarin Stutfeld composed poetry celebrating Sigurd's departure with sixty longships

  "A young king just and kind, People of loyal mind: Such brave men soon agree,-- To distant lands they sail with glee."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 6. Battle In The Island Forminterra.

• attestation: Thorarin's verse describes the boats being dragged up the mountainside and lowered on ropes before the robber's door

  "The king's men up the mountain's side Drag two boats from the ocean's tide; The two boats lay, Like hill-wolves grey."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 29. Of Thorarin Stutfeld.

• attestation: The skin-clad stranger was an Icelander who responded to the king's verse with his own, requesting better clothing.

  ""I thought that here I might be known, Although my dress is scanty grown. 'Tis poor, but I must be content: Unless, great king, it's thy intent To give me better; for I have seen When I and rags had strangers been.""

• attestation: The Icelander was afterwards known as Thorarin Stutfeld, taking his nickname from the encounter.

  "the Icelander, who was afterwards called Thorarin Stutfetd, went into the drinking-room."