- Sigurd Hjort "Hart" was a king in Ringerike. He was bigger and stronger than any man. He was also more handsome than most others. His father was Helge the bright, and his mother, Åslaug, daughter of Sigurd Orm-i-øye "Snake-in-eye", son of Ragnar Lodbrok. They say that when he was 12 years old, he singlehandedly killed Hildebrand berserk and 11 men of the same kind. He performed many other manly deeds, and the story of him is long. He had two children: the daughter, Ragnhild, an extraordinarily beautiful woman, she was in her twenties at the time, and her brother, Guttorm, was in his teens. About how Sigurd died, this is said: He rode alone into the wild forest as he used to, chasing large and dangerous animals, something he liked to do and did often. When he had ridden far, he reached a clearing some place near Hadeland, and Hake berserk came towards him with 30 men. They fought, and there fell Sigurd Hjort and 12 of Hake's men. And Hake himself lost an arm and had three other wounds. Afterwards he rode to Sigurd's farm and took Ragnhild, his daughter, and Guttorm, her brother, away and looted a lot of gold and silver and many expensive things and took them home to Hadeland, where he had large farms. Then he threw a party and wanted to marry Ragnhild, but it was put off, as his wounds got worse. Hake Halding berserk's wounds kept him in bed the whole fall and the first part of winter.
Sigurd Hjort het en konge på Ringerike, han var større ogsterkere enn noen annen mann, vakrere var han også enn alleandre. Fa rhans var Helge den kvasse, og mor hans var Åslaug,datter til Sigurd Orm-i-øye, Ragnar Lodbroks sønn. De sier atda han var 1 2år gammel, drepte han i enekamp Hildebrand berserkog 11 mann a vsamme slag, han gjorde mange andre karsstykker, ogdet er en lang saga om ham. Han hadde to barn; Ragnhild hetdatteren, en ualminnelig gjev og vakker kvinne, hun var i20-årsalderen dengang ,og broren hennes, Guttorm, varhalvvoksen. Om hvordan Sigurd døde, er det fortalt slik: Hanred alene ut i ville skogen som han brukte, han jagde store ogfarlige dyr, det hadde han lagt se getter og gjorde det ofte. Dahan hadde ridd langt av sted, ko mhan fram i en rydning et stedbort imot Hadeland, der kom Hak eberserk mot ham med 30 mann, desloss og der falt Sigurd Hjor tog 12 av Hakes menn, og han selvmistet en arm og fikk tre andr esår. Etterpå red Hake tilSigurds gård og tok Ragnhild, datte rhans, og Guttorm hennesbror; han førte dem bort med seg t to kmye gull og sølv og mangedyre saker og hadde med seg hjem ti lHadeland, der hadde hanstore gårder. Så lot han stelle til gjestebud og tenkte å holdebryllup med Ragnhild, men det dro ut, for sårene hans ble verre.Hake Haldingberserk lå til sengs av sårene hele høsten og førstedel av vinteren.
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