. On the north side of the fall, a
point of land juts out into the river. There the king ordered a rampart
to be built right across the ness, of stone, turf, and wood, and a ditch
to be dug in front of it; so that it was a large earthen fort or burgh,
which he made a merchant town of. He had a king's house put up, and
ordered the building of Mary church. He also laid out plans for other
houses, and got people to build on them. In harvest (A.D. 1016) he let
everything be gathered there that was useful for his winter residence
(A.D. 1017), and sat there with a great many people, and the rest he
quartered in the neighbouring districts. The king prohibited all exports
from Viken to Gautland of herrings and salt, which the Gautland people
could ill do without. This year the king held a great Yule feast, to
which he invited many great bondes.

60. THE HISTORY OF EYVIND URARHORN.

There was a man called Eyvind Urarhorn, who was a great man, of high
birth, who had his descent from the East Agder country. Every summer he
went out on a viking cruise, sometimes to the West sea, sometimes to
the Baltic, sometimes south to Flanders, and had a well-armed cutter
(snekkia) of twenty benches of rowers. He had been also at Nesjar, and
given his aid to the king; and when they separated the king promised
him his favour, and Eyvind, again, promised to come to the king's aid
whenever he was required. This winter (A.D. 1017) Eyvind was at the Yule
feast of the king, and received goodly gifts from him. Brynjolf Ulfalde
was also with the king, and he received a Yule present from the king of
a gold-mounted sword, and also a farm called Vettaland, which is a very
large head-farm of the district. Brynjolf composed a song about these
gifts, of which the refrain was--

"The song-famed hero to my hand
Gave a good sword, and Vettaland."

The king afterwards gave him the title of Lenderman, and Brynjolf was
ever after the king's greatest friend.

61. THRAND WHITE'S MURDER.

This winter (A.D. 1017) Thrand White from Throndhjem went east to
Jamtaland, to take up scat upon account of King Olaf. But when he had
collected the scat he was surprised by men of the Swedish king, who
killed him and his men, twelve in all, and brought the scat to the
Swedish king. King Olaf was very ill-pleased when he heard this news.

62. CHRISTIANITY PROCLAIMED IN VIKEN.

King Olaf made Christian law to be proclaimed in Viken, in the same w