Viking Tales of the North
The Saga of Thorstein Viking's Son
Chapter IX
A
King, hight Olaf, ruled Fjord-fylke (the country of the fjords). He was
a son of Eystein and a brother of Onund, who was the father of Ingjald
the Wicked. They were all unsafe and wicked in their dealings. King Olaf
had a daughter who hight Bryngerd, whom Njorfe married, took her with
him, and got with her nine sons: Olaf, Grim, Geiter, Teit, Tyrfing, Bjorn,
Geir, Grane and Toke. They were all promising men, though Jokul far surpassed
them all in all accomplishments. He was so haughty that he thought everything
below himself . Olaf stood next to him, as a man skillful in all deeds;
but he was of a noisy, troublesome and overbearing temperament, and the
same might be said of all his brothers, and they boasted very much. Viking
had nine sons, the eldest of whom was Thorstein, and the others hight
Thorer, Finn, Ulf, Stein, Romund, Finnboge, Eystein and Thorgeir. They
were hopeful men, of great skill in action , though Thorstein held the
highest rank among them in everything. He was the largest and strongest
of men; he was popular, steadfast in his friendship, faithful and reliable
in all things. He could not easily be provoked to do harm, but when attacked
he revenged himself grimly. If he was insulted, it could scarcely be seen
in his daily life whether he liked it or not, but long afterward he would
act as if he had just been injured. Thorer was of a most sanguine and
vehement temperament; if injured or affronted he would suddenly be seized
by an irresistible rage, and, no matter whom he had to do with, or what
the result might be, he never hesitated to do whatsoever came into his
mind. He was a most adroit man in all kinds of games, and a man of uncommon
strength. He was second only to his brother Thorstein. These young men
grew up together n the kingdom. In the mountain separating Viking’s and
Halfdan’s lands there was a chasm of fearful depth and of a breadth of
thirty ells at the narrowest, so that it was perfectly impassable for
human beings. And hence the mountain was not crossed by any paths. It
had been tried by king Njorfe and jarl Viking and Halfdan how easily they
might leap over the chasm. The result was, that Viking had leaped over
it in full armor, Njorfe had done it in his lightest clothes, but Halfdan
had only done it by being received on the other side by Viking. Now they
all kept quiet for a long time, and the friendship of jarl Viking and
king Njorfe remained unimpaired.
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