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Heimskringla

by Snorri Sturluson

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26 Battle of King Olaf

In spring (A.D. 1014) King Olaf and King Ethelred’s sons set out together to the west, and came to a place in England called Jungufurda, where they landed with their army and moved forward against the castle. Many men were there who had promised them their aid. They took the castle; and killed many people. Now when King Canute’s men heard of this they assembled an army, and were soon in such force that Ethelred’s sons could not stand against it; and they saw no other way left but to return to Rouen. Then King Olaf separated from them, and would not go back to Valland, but sailed northwards along England, all the way to Northumberland, where he put into a haven at a place called Valde; and in a battle there with the townspeople and merchants he gained the victory, and a great booty.

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