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On the wish of King Olaf, Norna-Gest agrees to be baptized. After a time, King Olaf asks him how long he plans to live. [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|Norna-Gest says that he wants to die]], being three hundred years old. In the presence of King Olaf, he lays down on a bed and lights the candle. A priest gives him the last rites. When the candle burns out, he dies.
 
Can be read online [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20160911090546/http://northvegr.org/sagas%20annd%20epics/legendary%20heroic%20and%20imaginative%20sagas/old%20heithinn%20tales%20from%20the%20north/076.html here.]
 
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