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Hann stóð upp Ă stein Ăľann inn mikla er Ăľar stóð hjá svĂnabølinu. Þá talaĂ° Ă“láfr, ok varĂ° Ăľat Ă røðu hans at hann myndi Ăľann mann gøða bæði fĂ© ok virĂ°ing, er Hákoni jarku yrĂ°i at skaĂ°a. Ăžessa røðu heyrĂ°i jarl ok Karkr. Ăžeir hofĂ°u ljĂłs hjá sĂ©r. Jarl mælti: "HvĂ ertu svá bleikr, en stundum svartr sem
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Then Olaf held a speech out in the farm, he went up unto a great rock lying near the pig sty. Olaf spoke, and in his speech he said he would reward any man richly who could harm Hákon Earl. The Earl and Kark heard this speech. They had light where they lay. The Earl said: "Why are you so pale, yet
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The farm is still in operation today, hundreds of years after the murder. There is a big stone lying nearby, thought maybe to be scene of Olaf's speech. This is, however, not proven. The events are the theme of the opera
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sometimes black as dirt? It is not so that you wish to harm me?" "No," says Kark. "We were born on the same night," says the Earl. "Close will also our deaths be."
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