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 248 CHRONICLE OF THE SAGA XIV. by the same spear. Hreidar fell backwards upon the deck, and Magnus upon him ; and every man spoke of how honourably he had followed his master and rightful sovereign. Happy are they who have such praise ! There fell, on King Magnus's ship, Loder Sar- prud of Linasted, Bruse Thormodsson; and the fore- castle-men to Sigurd Slembidiakn, Ivar Kolbeinsson and Hal vert Faeger, who had been in Sigurd Slembe's fore-hold. This Ivar had been the first who had gone in, in the night, to King Harald, and had laid hands on him. There fell a great number of the men of King Magnus and Sigurd Slembe, for Inge's men let not a single one escape if they got hold of him ; but only a few are named here. They killed upon a holm more than forty men, among whom were two Icelanders, — the priest Sigurd Birgthorsson, a grandson of Mard ; the other Clemet, a son of Are Einarsson. But three Icelanders obtained their lives ; namely, Ivar Skrau- thank, a son of Kalf Vrange, and who afterwards was bishop of Drontheim, and was father of the arch- bishop Eric. Ivar had always followed King Magnus, and he escaped into his brother John Kande's ship. John was married to Cecilia, a daughter of Gyrder Baardsson, and was then in King Inge's and Sigurd's armament. There were three in all who escaj^ed on board of John's ship. The second was Arnbiorn Ambe, who afterwards married Thorstein's daughter in Andsholt : the third was Ivar Dynte, a son of Storre, but on the mother's side of a Drontheim family, — a very agreeable man. When the troops came to know that these three were on board his ship, they took their weapons and assaulted the vessel, and some blows were exchanged, and the whole fleet had nearly came to a fight among themselves ; but it came to an agreement, so that John ransomed his brothers Ivar and Arnbiorn for a fixed sum in ransom, which, how- ever, was afterwards remitted. But Ivar Dynte was