The King of Sweden, to whom this part of the country belonged, more than once gave orders to cut down the haunted wood, but there was no one with courage enough to obey his commands.
Svenski kongurin, sum átti hendan partin av landinum, gav meira enn eina ferð boð um at fella skógin, har tað spøkti, men har var eingin nóg djarvur at akta boðum hansara.