18. HRANE GAUZKE'S DEATH.

King Harald went far and wide through Gautland, and many were the

battles he fought there on both sides of the river, and in general he

was victorious. In one of these battles fell Hrane Gauzke; and then the

king took his whole land north of the river and west of the Veneren, and

also Vermaland. And after he turned back there-from, he set Duke Guthorm

as chief to defend the country, and left a great force with him. King

Harald himself went first to the Uplands, where he remained a while, and

then proceeded northwards over the Dovrefjeld to Throndhjem, where he

dwelt for a long time. Harald began to have children. By Asa he had four

sons. The eldest was Guthorm. Halfdan the Black and Halfdan the

White were twins. Sigfrod was the fourth. They were all brought up in

Throndhjem with all honour.

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