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 KINGS OF NORWAY. 129 turn up in my favour." Then he threw, and had sixes sa «a vn. also. Now the Swedish king threw again, and had again two sixes. Olaf king of Norway then threw, and had six upon one dice, and the other split in two, so as to make seven eyes in all upon it ; and the farm w r as adjudged to the king of Norway. We have heard nothing else of any interest that took place at this meeting ; and the kings separated the dearest of friends with each other. After the events now related Olaf returned with his Chapter people to Viken. He went first to Tunsberg, and ofoiaf remained there a short time, and then proceeded to J9 n s of the north of the country. In harvest time he sailed after the north to Drontheim, and had winter provision laid in meetin s- there, and remained there all winter. Olaf Haralds- son was now sole and supreme king of Norway, and the whole of that sovereignty, as Harald Haarfager had possessed it, and had the advantage over that monarch of being the only king in the land. By a peaceful agreement he had also recovered that part of the country which Olaf the Swedish king had before occupied ; and that part of the country which the Danish king had got he retook by force, and ruled over it as elsewhere in the country. The Danish king Canute ruled at that time both over Denmark and England ; but he himself was in England for the most part, and set chiefs over the country in Den- mark, without at that time making any claim upon Norway. It is related that in the days of Harald Haarfager Chapter . • XCIX the king of Norway the islands of Orkney, which Hi st0 r y of before had been only a resort for vikings, were settled. t ' ,e k oar | s of The first earl in the Orkney Islands was called Sigurd, who was a son of Eystein Glumra, and brother of Rognvald earl of More. After Sigurd his son Gut- torm was earl for one year. After him Torf Einar, a son of Rognvald, took the earldom, and was long VOL. IT. k