at they burned the homestead of Thorkel Geyser.
He was a great chief, natheless were his daughters led bounden to the
ships: the winter before had they shown themselves very scornful of
Harald & had made mock of his war cruise to Denmark, & from cheese had
they cut out anchors and said that most like these would well suffice to
hold the ships of the King of Norway. Then was this chanted:

'Now from their whey cheeses cut
The maids of Denmark rings for anchors,
And this gibe annoyance gave the King.
Now see I maidens many in the morn
Reach the King's ships in fetters heavy:
Fewer laugh now.'

|| It is related that the look-out man who had observed the fleet of King
Harald's cried out to the daughters of Thorkel Geyser, 'Ye Geyser
daughters said that Harald would never come to Denmark.' Quoth one of
them, 'That was yesterday.'

|| At a very high price did Thorkel ransom his daughters. Thus saith
Grani:

'Of tears her eyes
Were never dry;
This wrong-headed woman
In the thick Horn-woods.
The lord of Norway the fleeing
Foe to the shore drave;
For his daughters wealth amain
Had to pay their father.'

|| The whole of the summer did King Harald harry in the realm of the
Danes & gat to himself much plunder, natheless did he not there abide
but fared he back to Norway in the autumn, and there tarried the winter
through.

|| That same winter, which was even that one after the death of King
Magnus, did King Harald take to wife Thora, the daughter of Thorberg
Arnason. To them were born two sons, the elder of whom was Magnus, the
younger Olaf.

King Harald and Queen Ellisif had two daughters; one of these was named
Maria, and the other Ingigerd. When that following spring was come, and
of that spring have we writ afore, did King Harald muster his host and
again fared forth to Denmark in the summer & harried there, & the same
did he now one summer after the other. Thus saith Stuf the Skald:

'Falster was wasted, and to its folk
Mischance befell (so I heard).
The raven his fill ate,
But rapine feared the Danes each year.'

|| Ever since the death of King Magnus had King Svein ruled the whole of
the Danish realm; remained he at peace during the winters, but by summer
went he out with his host & did threaten to journey north with the
Danish host, and there do no less harm than Harald had done in Denmark.
In the winter King Svein offered to meet King Harald in the River, and