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He then took possession of the lands of the jarldom; and, from having taught the people of Turfness in Moray the use of turf or peat for fuel, was known thenceforward as Torf-Einar.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James

Shortly after his father's death, Ragnvald returned, and, fortified by a grant from King Magnus of Norway, whom he had helped to gain the throne, claimed his father's two trithings of the Orkney jarldom.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James

After Earl Thorfinn's death his sons Paul and Erlend jointly held the jarldom, but divided the lands.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James

Of his three half-brothers, Somarled and Brusi were not unwilling to give Thorfinn a share of the Orkney jarldom.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James

Hakon's son Paul being, as appears certain, by a different mother not of the Moddan line, Frakark and Helga aimed at obtaining the whole jarldom of Orkney for Harald, Helga's son by Earl Hakon.

From Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns by Gray, James