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 trict. Hogne was the name of a son of the Upland king, Eystein the Great, who subdued for himself the whole of Hedemark, Thoten, and Hadeland. Then Ysermeland fell off from Gudrod's sons, and turned itself, with its payment of scatt, to the Swedish king. Olaf was about twenty years old when Gudrod died; and as his brother Halfdan now had the kingdom with him, they divided it between them; so that Olaf got the eastern, and Halfdan the southern part. King Olaf had his main residence at Gairstad. There he died of a disease in his foot, and was laid under a mound at Gairstad. So sings Thiodolf:—

Rognvald was the name of Olaf's son who was king of Westfold after his father. He was called "Mountain-high," and Thiodolf of Huina composed for him the "Ynglinga-talfin ;" which he says—