·succeeded his father to the kingdom of Uppsala ·a great warrior, and often lay out with his warships; for the Swedish dominions were much ravaged then by Danes and East-country men † death in Stein, Estland. ·One summer he went with his forces to Estland, and plundered at a place called Stein. The men of Estland came down from the interior with a great army, and there was a battle; but the army of the country was so brave that the Swedes could not withstand them, and King Yngvar fell, and his people fled. burial 1 . ·He was buried close to the seashore under a mound in Estland; and after this defeat the Swedes returned home. Thjodolf sings of it thus: -- "Certain it is the Estland foe The fair-haired Swedish king laid low. On Estland's strand, o'er Swedish graves, The East Sea sings her song of waves; King Yngvar's dirge is ocean's roar Resounding on the rock-ribbed shore." . ·made a peace with the Danes; but betook himself to ravaging the East country in return
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