promulgated the minds of the people were instantly
raised against them, and murmurs were heard among them. They who had not
taken part against King Olaf said, "Now take your reward and friendship
from the Canute race, ye men of the interior Throndhjem who fought
against King Olaf, and deprived him of his kingdom. Ye were promised
peace and justice, and now ye have got oppression and slavery for your
great treachery and crime." Nor was it very easy to contradict them, as
all men saw how miserable the change had been. But people had not the
boldness to make an insurrection against King Svein, principally
because many had given King Canute their sons or other near relations as
hostages; and also because no one appeared as leader of an insurrection.
They very soon, however, complained of King Svein; and his mother Alfifa
got much of the blame of all that was against their desire. Then the
truth, with regard to Olaf, became evident to many.

ENDNOTES: (1) This may probably have referred not to witnesses of an
act, but to the class of witnesses in the jurisprudence of the
Middle Ages called compurgators, who testified not the fact,
but their confidence in the statements of the accused; and
from which, possibly, our English bail for offenders arose.
--L.

254. OF KING OLAF'S SANCTITY.

This winter (A.D. 1031) many in the Throndhjem land began to declare
that Olaf was in reality a holy man, and his sanctity was confirmed by
many miracles. Many began to make promises and prayers to King Olaf in
the matters in which they thought they required help, and many found
great benefit from these invocations. Some in respect of health, others
of a journey, or other circumstances in which such help seemed needful.

255. OF EINAR TAMBASKELFER.

Einar Tambaskelfer was come home from England to his farm, and had the
fiefs which King Canute had given him when they met in Throndhjem, and
which were almost an earldom. Einar had not been in the strife against
King Olaf, and congratulated himself upon it. He remembered that King
Canute had promised him the earldom over Norway, and at the same time
remembered that King Canute had not kept his promise. He was accordingly
the first great person who looked upon King Olaf as a saint.

256. OF THE SONS OF ARNE.

Fin Arnason remained but a short time at Eggja with his brother Kalf;
for he was in the highest degree ill-pleased that Kalf had been in the