As King Olaf one day was walking in the street some men met him, and he
who went the foremost saluted the king. The king asked the man his name,
and he called himself Halfred.
"Art thou the skald?" said the king.
"I can compose poetry," replied he.
"Wilt thou then adopt Christianity, and come into my service?" asked the
king.
"If I am baptized," replies he, "it must be on one condition,--that thou
thyself art my godfather; for no other will I have."
The king replies, "That I will do." And Halfred was baptized, the king
holding him during the baptism.