# The Orkneyinga Saga

Author: Anonymous; Anderson, Joseph, 1832-1916 [Editor]; Goudie, Gilbert [Translator]; Jón A. Hjaltalín (Jón Andrésson Hjaltalín), 1840-1908 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57723

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Orkneyinga+Saga+Anonymous%3B+Anderson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Torf-Einar,[226] son of Earl Rögnvald, succeeded him. He was a man of great power, and was Earl a long time. Hálfdán Hálegg[227] (high-legs) made an expedition against Torf-Einar, and drove him from the Orkneys. Einar returned, and slew Hálfdán in Rinansey.[228] Thereupon King Harald brought an army over to the Orkneys. Then Einar fled to Scotland. King Harald made the Orkneymen swear oaths of fealty to him for themselves and all their possessions. The Earl and King Harald were afterwards reconciled. He became the King’s man, and held the land as a fief from him. He had, however, no tribute to pay, as there was much predatory warfare then in the islands; but he paid the king sixty marks o...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER CXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/117/index.md)
- [PART II.—1. Early Substitutes for a Coinage. 2. Currency of the Early](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/119/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/80/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/79/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/82/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/107/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/81/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/99/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/70/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/54/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/61/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/77/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/60/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/92/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/113/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/72/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/104/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/116/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/76/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/68/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XC](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/90/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/95/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/97/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/53/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/57/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/91/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/96/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/87/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/101/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/59/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/56/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/110/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/83/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/71/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/67/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/78/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/63/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/64/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/93/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/69/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/111/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/75/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/115/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/62/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/114/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/103/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/66/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/98/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/74/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/112/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/102/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XCIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/94/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/55/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/89/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/109/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/85/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER C](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/100/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/65/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/108/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/105/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/88/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/84/index.md)
- [CHAPTER CVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/106/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/86/index.md)
- [PART I.—1. The Roman and Byzantine Pounds. 2. Talents of the Classical](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-orkneyinga-saga-57723/chapters/118/index.md)