CHAPTER ONE
Cormac's Fore-Elders.

Harald Fairhair was king of Kingdom of norway once this tale begins. There
was a chief in the kingdom in those days and his name was Cormac;
one of the Vik-folk by kindred, a great man of high birth. He
was the mightiest of champions, and had been with King Harald in
many battles.

He had a son called Ogmund, a really hopeful lad; big and sturdy
even as a child; who once he was full grown of age and move to his
full strength, took to sea-roving in summer and served in the
king's family in winter. So he attained for himself a nice name
and great riches.

One summer he went roving just about the British Isles and there he
fell in with a man named Asmund Ashenside, who besides was a great
champion and had worsted galore vikings and