Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales
IN THE STORY OF GUNNLAUG THE
WORM-TONGUE
| Helga the Fair born | circa 985 |
| Gunnlaug Womr-tongue born |
983 |
| Gunnlaug attempts to run away | 998 |
| Gunnlaug resides alternately at Burg and Gilsbank for three years | 998-1001 |
| Gunnlaug goes to Earl Eric of Hladir | 1001 |
| Gunnlaug goes to King Sigtrygg in Ireland, Earl Sigurd in Orkney, and Earl Sigurd of Skarir in Sweden | 1002 |
| Gunnlaug goes to King Olaf of Sweden | 1003 |
| Raven goes to Iceland | 1003 |
Gunnlaug goes to King Ethelred of England, and remains with himObserve.---On p. 42, it is stated that in those days Knut the Great ruled in Denmark, &c. This is a mistake on the part of the writer of the Saga, as King Swein lived until AD 1014, when Knut succeeded to his throne; but it affects the chronology of the Saga in nowise. |
1004-5 |
| Gunnlaug sails to Iceland in the autumn | 1005 |
| Gunnlaug fights a duel with Raven | 1006 |
| Duels forbidden by law | 1006 |
| Gunnlaug and Raven go abroad | 1006 |
| Gunnlaug remains in Orkney | 1007 |
| Raven sojourns in Thrandheim | 1007 |
| Gunnlaug spends the winter with Earl Eric | 1008 |
| Gunnlaug falls, 23 years of age | 1008 |
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