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Loudly the sailors cheered / Svend of the Forked Beard, / As with his fleet he steered / Southward to Vendland; / Where with their courses hauled / All were together called, / Under the Isle of Svald / Near to the mainland.
After Queen Gunhild's death, / So the old Saga saith, / Plighted King Svend his faith / To Sigrid the Haughty; / And to avenge his bride, / Soothing her wounded pride, / Over the waters wide / King Olaf sought he.