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Updated: May 28, 2025
And now the Long Serpent lay with only two companions, the Short Serpent at her starboard and the Crane at her larboard side. Already the Short Serpent was greatly crippled. Her commander, Thorkel Nefja, had fallen, and the larger number of her men had retreated on board of Olaf's ship, driven thither by the vikings of the six vessels that were now ranged close against her.
Still holding the tiller, Olaf kept his ship's prow ahead as before. "Never yet have I fled from a battle," he called out to Thorkel Nefja. "And although Sweyn Fork Beard had thrice two score of warships, I would rather fight him than turn tail like a coward hound. God rules over the lives of all Christian men, and why should we fear to encounter King Sweyn and all his heathens?
I see their red war shields from where I stand, and it looks very much as though a battle awaited us." Then Thorkel Nefja had his oars brought out, and he steered the Short Serpent round against the stream and went back with all speed to meet the king. "What do I see?" cried King Olaf. "Why have the ships struck sail? And what is the meaning of your coming back?"
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