The Orkneyinga Saga
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. SYLLABUS OF INTRODUCTION.4. INTRODUCTION.5. INTRODUCTION. (continued 2)6. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.7. GENEALOGICAL TABLES.8. CHAPTER I. OF THE EARLS.9. CHAPTER II OF AMUNDI AND THORKEL.10. CHAPTER III THORKEL SLAYS EARL EINAR.11. CHAPTER IV OF EARL BRÚSI.12. CHAPTER V OF THE EARLS BRÚSI AND THORFINN.13. CHAPTER VI OF THE ORKNEYMEN.14. CHAPTER VII OF THE FAMOUS DEEDS OF EARL THORFINN.15. CHAPTER VIII MAGNUS, OLAF’S SON, ACCEPTED KING OF NORWAY.16. CHAPTER IX RÖGNVALD ASKS MAGNUS FOR LEAVE TO GO TO THE ISLANDS.17. CHAPTER X OF ROGNVALD’S VOYAGE.18. CHAPTER XI THE BATTLE OF THE KINSMEN THORFINN AND ROGNVALD.19. CHAPTER XII OF EARL THORFINN’S WARFARE.20. CHAPTER XIII OF EARL THORFINN’S EXPEDITION TO ENGLAND.21. CHAPTER XIV KALF FLEES TO THE ORKNEYS.22. CHAPTER XV BATTLE OF RAUDABIORG.23. CHAPTER XVI EARL THORFINN SUBDUES THE ISLANDS.24. CHAPTER XVII RÖGNVALD COMES TO THE ISLANDS.25. CHAPTER XVIII EARL RÖGNVALD SLAIN.26. CHAPTER XIX EARL RÖGNVALD’S BURIAL.27. CHAPTER XX EARL THORFINN COMES TO KING HARALD.28. CHAPTER XXI EARL THORFINN’S MESSAGE TO KING HARALD (HARDRADI).29. CHAPTER XXII OF EARL THORFINN’s DEATH.30. CHAPTER XXIII OF THE EARLS PAUL AND ERLEND, AND GENEALOGIES.31. CHAPTER XXIV HERE IS TOLD OF THE DEATH OF KING HARALD AND HIS DAUGHTER.32. CHAPTER XXV A MEETING OF PEACE.33. CHAPTER XXVI OF THE WORDS OF THE SPAE-MAN.34. CHAPTER XXVII OF THE SCHEMES OF HAKON, PAUL’S SON.35. CHAPTER XXVIII HAKON’S INTERVIEW WITH KING MAGNUS.36. CHAPTER XXIX THE WESTERN EXPEDITION OF MAGNUS BARELEGS.37. CHAPTER XXX KALI’S DEATH.38. CHAPTER XXXI BIRTH OF KALI, SON OF KOL.39. CHAPTER XXXII. SIGURD MADE KING.40. CHAPTER XXXIII MAGNUS (ERLEND’S SON) OBTAINS THE TITLE OF EARL.41. CHAPTER XXXIV OF EARL MAGNUS (ERLEND’S SON).42. CHAPTER XXXV OF MAGNUS AND HAKON.43. CHAPTER XXXVI OF EARL MAGNUS.44. CHAPTER XXXVII EARL HAKON AND EARL MAGNUS.45. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE OFFERS OF EARL MAGNUS.46. CHAPTER XXXIX THE BEHEADING OF EARL MAGNUS.47. CHAPTER XL THE SAINTSHIP OF EARL MAGNUS MADE MANIFEST.48. CHAPTER XLI THE EARL’S BODY BROUGHT TO CHURCH.49. CHAPTER LXII THE MIRACLE-WORKING OF MAGNUS THE MARTYR.50. CHAPTER XLIII THE MIRACLES WROUGHT BY THE BLESSED FRIEND OF GOD, MAGNUS.51. CHAPTER XLIV THE JOURNEY OF EARL HAKON TO THE SOUTH.52. CHAPTER XLV GENEALOGICAL.53. CHAPTER XLVI THE SLAYING OF THORKEL FÓSTRI.54. CHAPTER XLVII EARL HARALD SLAIN BY SORCERY.55. CHAPTER XLVIII OF EARL PAUL.56. CHAPTER XLIX OF KALI, WHO AFTERWARDS BECAME AN EARL.57. CHAPTER L OF KALI AND GILLICHRIST.58. CHAPTER LI OF KALI AND JON.59. CHAPTER LII KALI GOES INTO DOLLS CAVE.60. CHAPTER LIII OF HAVARD AND BRYNJULF.61. CHAPTER LIV OF JON AND SOLMUND.62. CHAPTER LV THE RECONCILIATION OF THE ORKNEYMEN.63. CHAPTER LVI KING SIGURD’S DEATH.64. CHAPTER LVII KOL’S SCHEMES.65. CHAPTER LVIII THE FIGHT BETWEEN EARL PAUL AND OLVIR ROSTA.66. CHAPTER LIX EARL RÖGNVALD’S PLANS.67. CHAPTER LX SWEIN SLAYS SWEIN.68. CHAPTER LXI OF EARL PAUL.69. CHAPTER LXII KOL’S COUNSELS.70. CHAPTER LXIII OF KOL AND UNI.71. CHAPTER LXIV OF THE ORKNEYMEN.72. CHAPTER LXV THE BEACONS OF THE ORKNEYS DESTROYED.73. CHAPTER LXVI ROGNVALD RULES THE ORKNEYS.74. CHAPTER LXVII OF EARL ROGNVALD AND PAUL.75. CHAPTER LXVIII SWEIN TAKES EARL PAUL CAPTIVE.76. CHAPTER LXIX OF SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON’S, RETURN TO THE ORKNEYS.77. CHAPTER LXX OF EARL ROGNVALD AND SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON.78. CHAPTER LXXI BISHOP JÓN ARRIVES FROM SCOTLAND.79. CHAPTER LXXII THE BURNING OF FRAKORK.80. CHAPTER LXXIII. OF SWEIN AND HOLDBÖDI’S RAIDS.81. CHAPTER LXXIV OF EARL ROGNVALD AND SWEIN.82. CHAPTER LXXV EARL ROGNVALD’S PLEASANTRIES.83. CHAPTER LXXVI OF EARL ROGNVALD AND SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON.84. CHAPTER LXXVII OF SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON’S MOVEMENTS.85. CHAPTER LXXVIII. EARL VALTHIÓF’S DEATH.86. CHAPTER LXXIX OF EINDRIDI UNGI (THE YOUNG).87. CHAPTER LXXX OF EARL ROGNVALD AND THE ORKNEYMEN.88. CHAPTER LXXXI EARL ROGNVALD TAKES A CASTLE.89. CHAPTER LXXXII RÖGNVALD CONQUERS THE DRÓMUND.90. CHAPTER LXXXIII. OF EARL RÖGNVALD.91. CHAPTER LXXXIV EARL RÖGNVALD GOES TO THE ORKNEYS.92. CHAPTER LXXXV KING EYSTEIN TAKES EARL HARALD PRISONER.93. CHAPTER LXXXVI OF KING EYSTEIN.94. CHAPTER LXXXVII. OF EARL HARALD.95. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. OF SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON.96. CHAPTER LXXXIX OF SWEIN AND ANAKOL.97. CHAPTER XC THE RECONCILIATION OF EARL ERLEND AND SWEIN.98. CHAPTER XCI EARL HARALD COMES UNPERCEIVED TO THE ORKNEYS.99. CHAPTER XCII THE RECONCILIATION OF THE EARLS HARALD AND ERLEND.100. CHAPTER XCIII PEACE BETWEEN EARL RÖGNVALD AND EARL ERLEND.101. CHAPTER XCIV PEACE IS TALKED OF.102. CHAPTER XCV SWEIN’S PLANS.103. CHAPTER XCVI BATTLE BETWEEN THE THREE EARLS.104. CHAPTER XCVII EARL ERLEND’S DEATH.105. CHAPTER XCVIII SWEIN SLAYS ERLEND.106. CHAPTER XCIX OF EARL HARALD AND SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON.107. CHAPTER C OF ROGNVALD AND SWEIN.108. CHAPTER CI OF EARL HARALD AND SWEIN.109. CHAPTER CII OF EARL RÖGNVALD.110. CHAPTER CIII OF SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON.111. CHAPTER CIV OF THE EARLS.112. CHAPTER CV SWEIN SLAYS SUMARLIDI.113. CHAPTER CVI OF EARL RÖGNVALD AND EARL HARALD.114. CHAPTER CVII THE SLAYING OF EARL RÖGNVALD.115. CHAPTER CVIII THE REMOVAL OF EARL RÖGNVALD’S BODY.116. CHAPTER CIX OF HARALD AND SWEIN.117. CHAPTER CX SWEIN GOES TO IRELAND.118. CHAPTER CXI SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON’S (LAST) EXPEDITION.119. CHAPTER CXII SWEIN, ASLEIF’S SON’S FALL.120. CHAPTER CXIII OF EARL HARALD AND HIS SONS.121. CHAPTER CXIV OF THE ORKNEYMEN.122. CHAPTER CXV HARALD TORTURES THE BISHOP.123. CHAPTER CXVI OF THE STEWARDS.124. CHAPTER CXVII THE BURNING OF BISHOP ADAM.125. APPENDIX.126. INDEX.127. Footnotes