"There was around then a ruler brought Eystein. He was hitched and had one daughter. She was called Ingibjorg. She was the prettiest of all ladies and delightful to view. Ruler Eystein was powerful and had numerous devotees. He was testy, however shrewd. He had settled himself at Uppsala. He was an extraordinary supporter of penances, and there were such countless penances at Uppsala around then that no place in the Northlands held more. The ruler and his kin had extraordinary confidence in one cow, and they called her Sibilja. She had been offered so many penances that men couldn't remain before her roaring, so strong had her enchantment become.
The king was wont, when an overwhelming army was expected, to send this cow in front of his host; such great devilish power filled her that all
