The The Orkneyinga Saga on Ingi

The Orkneyinga Saga > Chapter Xxv > A Meeting Of Peace.

• attestation: In Sweden, Christianity was newly planted and King Ingi tried to abolish heathen customs; but the Bœndr elected Swein the brother of the Queen as a rival king who permitted sacrifices, and Ingi was forced to flee until he caught Swein in a house and burned him in it.

  "King Ingi was a good Christian man, and loathed all those that meddled in ancient [superstitious] lore, and made strenuous efforts to abolish the evil customs which for a long time had accompanied heathenism; but the chiefs and leading Bœndr murmured loudly if they were reproved for their evil habits, and at last matters went so far that the Bœndr elected another King, Swein, the brother of the Queen, who permitted them to make sacrifices, and was therefore called "Sacrificing Swein.""

The Orkneyinga Saga > Chapter Lxxix > Of Eindridi Ungi (The Young).

• attestation: King Ingi of Norway, son of Harald Gilli, sent an honourable invitation to Earl Rögnvald through Lendermen Ogmund and Erling son of Kyrpinga Orm; Earl Rögnvald and co-earl Harald went to Norway.

  "AT that time the sons of Harald Gilli[370] ruled over Norway. Eystein was the oldest of them, but Ingi was a legitimate son, and he was most honoured by the Lendermen, because he let them have their way in all things as they liked. At this time the following Lendermen (Barons) assisted him in the government:—Ogmund and Erling, the son of Kyrpinga Orm. They advised King Ingi to send word to Earl Rögnvald, and give him an honourable invitation.

When the Earls were ready, they started from the west with some merchants, having a noble retinue, and arrived in Norway early in the spring. They found King Ingi in Biörgvin (Bergen), and he received them very well."

• attestation: King Ingi gave Earl Rögnvald two swift long ships called Fífa and Hjálp; Rögnvald gave one to co-earl Harald; on the return voyage they were shipwrecked in Shetland but all men were saved.

  "King Ingi gave the Earl two long ships—small, but very beautiful, and specially built for rowing; they were, therefore, of all the ships the swiftest. Earl Rögnvald gave Harald one of them, called Fífa; the other was called Hjálp.

On Wednesday there was a great storm, and in the evening they saw land. It was very dark, and they saw signs of breakers surrounding them on all sides. There was nothing to be done except to run the vessels on shore, and this they did.[372] The beach before them was stony and narrow, enclosed behind by crags. All the men were saved, but they lost a large quantity of their stores."