[ THE SAGA OF HARALD THE]
TYRANT, MXXX-MLXVI
T befell in the days of the fall of King Olaf that Harald, the son of Sigurd Sow, the stepbrother of King Olaf the Saint, bore his share in the great battle of Stiklastad. ¤ Even there it befell Harald that he was smote down, but he gained the life of his body by flight with others that bore him company. Thus saith Thiodolf:
‘Nigh the hill, a battle-storm
I heard drive toward the King,
But the burner of the Bulgars[§]
His brother well supported.
Unwillingly from fallen Olaf
Was the prince sundered,
And his head he hid;