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|| Now it came to pass that King Magnus Olafson had caused the church of
Saint OlafSec. to be builded in Nidaros on the self-same spot whereon his
father's body had rested for a night, and this spot was then above the
town; there too builded he the King's-House.

The church was not finished when the King died. Harald completed that
which was lacking to the church, and in the yard thereof laid he the
foundation of a stone hall, but this was not ready before he set to work
to build the church of Saint Mary up on the sand-bank, nigh the spot
where the holy body of the King lay buried that first winter after his
death.

It was a great minster and so firmly was it builded with lime that it
scarce could be broken when Archbishop Eystein had it pulled down.

In the church of Saint Olaf were preserved ye relics of King OlafSec.
whiles the church of St. Mary was abuilding.

King Harald builded a King's-House below the church of Mary, by the
river, where it now stands; & the hall which he had builded before,
dedicated he to the church of Saint Gregory.Sec.

|| A certain man there was named Ivar the White, who was a bold
feudatory; his seat lay in the Uplands, and himself was a grandson of
Earl Hakon the Great. In appearance was Ivar exceeding comely. The son
of Ivar was named Hakon, and it hath been said of him that he surpassed
all the men in Norway at that time for strength and courage & ability;
he was much in warfare in his youth & made great advancement for
himself, and later was he a very famous man.

|| Einar Thamberskelfir was the most powerful of the feudatories in
Throndhjem; little friendship throve there betwixt himself & Harald,
natheless retained he the land-dues which had pertained to him during
the lifetime of Magnus.

Einar was an exceedingly wealthy man; he was wedded to Bergliot daughter
of Earl Hakon, as hath been writ before. Eindrid, their son, was now
full-grown, and had to wife Sigrid the daughter of Ketil Calf and of
Gunhild, the niece of King Harald through her mother.

Eindrid inherited fairness and beauty from the kindred of his mother, to
wit, Earl Hakon and his sons; and from his father, Einar, gat he height
and strength and the craft which Einar had above all other men; a very
hearty man was Eindrid withal.

|| Orm was the name of a certain Earl in the Uplands, and his mother was
Ragnhild the daughter of Earl Hakon the Great. This Orm was a very
excellent man.

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