Queen Gunnhild fell sick and died;Sec. and a
while thereafter wedded King Svein, Sigrid the Haughty, she that was
daughter to Skogul-Tosti and mother to Oscar the Swede.

And from the marriage arose a friendship betwixt the brothers-in-law,
and betwixt them and Earl Eirik Hakonson.

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|| Now the Wendish King Burizlaf did make complaint to his son-in-law,
Earl Sigvaldi, because the pact had been broken which Sigvaldi had made
between King Burizlaf and King Svein: to wit, that King Burizlaf should
have Tyri Haraldsdottir, King Svein's sister, to wife; for this marriage
had never come about, inasmuch as Tyri had said shortly 'Nay' to wedding
a heathen and an old man to boot. King Burizlaf now sent word unto the
Earl that he would demand the fulfilment of the pact, & bade the Earl go
to Denmark & bring Queen Tyri to him.

Then did Earl Sigvaldi hie him on his journey, and laid he the matter
before the Danish King; and by his fair words came he even so far that
into his hands gave King Svein his sister Tyri. With her went certain
women to bear her company & do her service, & her foster-father, whose
name was Ozur Agason, a wealthy man; & sundry other men withal. It was
agreed between the King & the Earl that Tyri should have the estates in
Wendland which had belonged to Queen Gunnhild, and that she should be
given other great lands in dowry.

Tyri wept sorely and departed very much against her will; but natheless
when she and the Earl were come to Wendland was she wedded, & so King
Burizlaf had Queen Tyri to wife.

But ever so long as she was among heathens would she take neither meat
nor drink from them, and in this wise was it for a sennight. Then right
so one night fled away Queen Tyri and Ozur in the darkness unto the
forests; and of this their journey it is briefest to recount that they
attained Denmark, but there durst Tyri by no means remain inasmuch as
her brother King Svein would, an he knew where she lay, have sent her
back again to Wendland.

So faring ever by stealth went they to Norway, and Tyri made no stay
until she was come to King Olaf, who made her welcome, and gave them
high entertainment. To the King Tyri told of her troubles, and begged
counsel of him and sanctuary in his kingdom. Now Tyri had a smooth
tongue in her head, and the King liked her converse well; moreover he
saw that she was passing fair, & it entered into his mind that this
would be a good marriage, and he turned