“Then Olaf went with his men westward to Grislupollar, and there defeated the vikings before Vilhjalmsbær (Williamsby). After that he fought west in Fetlafjord. Thence he went south to Seljopollar, and there took a large and old town called Gunnvaldsborg, with the jarl, Geirfinn, who ruled it. He laid taxes on the town and on the jarl for his ransom, twelve thousand gold shillings (gull skillingar). The money demanded was paid by the town” (St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 16).
The Fourteenth Battle and Dream of King Olaf.
“Thereafter Olaf went with his men westward to the Karlsa,[[419]] plundered, and fought a battle there. While he lay in the Karlsa, and waited there for fair wind, wishing to sail to Norvasund (= Straits of Gibraltar) and thence to Jorsalaheim (Jerusalem), he had a remarkable dream, that a handsome and nobly-looking but awe-striking man came and spoke to him. He asked him to give up the intention to go into far countries (= to the Holy Land). ‘Go back to thy odals, for thou wilt be king over Norway for ever.’[[420]] He understood by this dream that he and his kinsmen would rule over the land for a long time” (St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 17).
The Fifteenth Battle.
“On account of this vision he changed his journey, and steered his ships up to Peituland (Poitou), plundered here, and burnt a town called Varrandi” (St. Olaf’s Saga, c. 18).
Fig. 1363.—Coin coined in Sigtuna. King Anund Jakob, c. 1020, A.D. 1050.
Fig. 1364.—A Kufic coin, Gotland, Sweden.