DescriptionLaxdæla saga - Kjartan died on the lap of Bolli.jpg
English: From the Laxdæla Saga: "Then Bolli drew Footbiter, and now turned upon Kjartan. Then Kjartan said to Bolli, 'Surely thou art minded now, my kinsman, to do a dastard's deed; but oh, my kinsman, I am much more fain to take my death from you than to cause the same to you myself.' Then Kjartan flung away his weapons and would defend himself no longer; yet he was but slightly wounded, though very tired with fighting. Bolli gave no answer to Kjartan's words, but all the same he dealt him his death-wound. And straightway Bolli sat down under the shoulders of him, and Kjartan breathed his last in the lap of Bolli."
Illustration from "Vore fædres liv" : karakterer og skildringer fra sagatiden / samlet og udggivet af Nordahl Rolfsen ; oversættelsen ved Gerhard Gran., Kristiania: Stenersen, 1898.
English description translated from Icelandic by Muriel A C Press in 1880.
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