192 EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY.

racteristic of such a Sverrir. A comb-maker King, evidently meaning several good and solid things ; and effecting tliem too, athwart such an element of Nor- wegian chaos- come- again. His descendants and suc- cessors were a comparatively respectable kin. The last and greatest of them I shall mention is Hakon YII., or Hakon the Old ; whose fame is still lively among us, from the Battle of Largs at least.