The Heimskringla on Thyre
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 99. King Burizleif'S Marriage.
attestation: Thyre, Harald's daughter and sister of King Svein, had refused marriage to an old heathen king.
"Thyre, Harald's daughter, a sister of King Svein: but that marriage had not proceeded, for Thyre had given positive no to the proposal to marry her to an old and heathen king"
attestation: Thyre was accompanied by her foster-father Ozur Agason and was promised the properties Queen Gunhild had held in Vindland.
"With her went some female attendants, and her foster-father, by name Ozur Agason, a man of great power, and some other people. In the agreement between the king and the earl, it was settled that Thyre should have in property the possessions which Queen Gunhild had enjoyed in Vindland, besides other great properties as bride-gifts"
attestation: Thyre wept sorely and went unwillingly; after arriving in Vindland she refused to eat or drink with the heathens for seven days.
"Thyre wept sorely, and went very unwillingly. When the earl came to Vindland, Burizleif held his wedding with Queen Thyre, and received her in marriage; bus as long as she was among heathens she would neither eat nor drink with them, and this lasted for seven days"
Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 100. Olaf Gets Thyre In Marriage.
attestation: Queen Thyre and Ozur escaped from Vindland in the dark of night, fleeing through the woods.
"Queen Thyre and Ozur ran away in the dark, and into the woods"
attestation: Thyre did not dare remain in Denmark for fear her brother King Svein would return her to Vindland.
"Thyre did not dare to remain, knowing that if her brother King Svein heard of her, he would send her back directly to Vindland"
attestation: Thyre traveled secretly to Norway and met King Olaf, who received her kindly.
"She went on, therefore, secretly to Norway, and never stayed her journey until she fell in with King Olaf, by whom she was kindly received"
attestation: In spring, Thyre repeatedly wept and complained to Olaf that she had great property in Vindland but nothing suitable for a queen in Norway.
"Queen Thyre complained often to King Olaf, and wept bitterly over it, that she who had so great property in Vindland had no goods or possessions here in the country that were suitable for a queen"
attestation: Olaf's friends warned him against an expedition to Vindland, but Thyre persistently urged him to recover her property.
"King Burizleif was so great a friend of King Olaf that he would not deny King Olaf anything if they were to meet. But when King Olaf's friends heard of such speeches, they dissuaded him from any such expedition"
attestation: Olaf gave Thyre a large angelica stalk, which she threw away, taunting him that Harald Gormson had been braver than him.
"She threw it away, and said, "A greater present Harald Gormson gave to my mother; and he was not afraid to go out of the land and take his own. That was shown when he came here to Norway, and laid waste the greater part of the land, and seized on all the scat and revenues; and thou darest not go across the Danish dominions for this brother of mine, King Svein.""
attestation: Thyre compared Olaf unfavorably to her father Harald Gormson, who had come to Norway to conquer and seize tribute.
"A greater present Harald Gormson gave to my mother; and he was not afraid to go out of the land and take his own. That was shown when he came here to Norway, and laid waste the greater part of the land, and seized on all the scat and revenues"