122 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XI. " He who despises fence of shields Drove terror through the Drontheim fiekls, When all the land through which he came Was swimming in a flood of flame. The raven-feeder, well I know. Cut off" two chieftains at a blow; The wolf could scarcely ravenous be. The ernes flew round the gallows-tree." Swend, Harald Flett's son, fled out to sea first, and sailed then to Denmark, and remained there ; and at last came into great favour with King Eystein, the son of King Magnus, who took so great a liking to SAvend that he made him his dish-bearer*, and held him in great respect. King Magnus had now alone the Avhole kingdom, and he kept good peace in the land, and rooted out all vikings and lawless men. He Avas a man quick, warlike, and able, and more like in all things to his grandfather King Harald in dis- position and talents than to his father. There was a man called Sweinke Steinarsson, who was very wealthy, and dwelt in Viken at the Gotha river. He had brought up Hakon Magnusson before Thorer of Steige took him. Sweinke had not yet submitted to King Magnus. King Magnus ordered Sigurd Ullstring to be called, and told him he would send him to Sweinke with the command that he should quit the king's land and domain. " He has not yet submitted to us, or shown us due honour." He added, that there were some lendermen east in Viken, namely, Swend Bryggefod, Dag Elifsson, or Kolbiorn Klakka, who could bring this matter into right bearing. Then Sigurd said, " I did not know there was the man in Norway against whom three lendermen besides myself were needful." The king replied, Thou needst not take this help, unless it be necessary." Now Sigurd made himself ready for the journey with a ship, sailed Chapter VIII. Of the peasant Sweinke the river l)orclerer, and Sign id Ullstring.
- The dish-bearer, not cup-bearer, was an office of dignity equivalent
to the chamberlain in modern courts, — the dapifer.
