sentences:  In the "Flateyjarbók", it is preceded by another stanza which refers to the "handmaidens of Ragnhildr" ("ambáttir Ragnhildar") as witnesses of the event.However, it is uncertain whether her name was already in the original composition, as another manuscript reading has the metrically regular "ambáttir Danskar".The account of "Heimskringla", which claims that Harald had enjoyed the company of eleven consorts before Ragnhildr, and that of "Egils saga" are at variance with the suggestion elsewhere that Eric was one of the oldest ("Fagrskinna"), if not the eldest son of Harald ("Historia Norwegiæ", "Ágrip").