IVinland Saga yasungulwa eNgilandi kusukela ngonyaka ka-1013 AD, unyaka lapho inkosi yaseDenmark uSweyn Forkbeard yathumba khona iningi lawo. Njengoba iNkosi uSweyn isondela ekufeni, amadodana ayo, uPrince Canute noPrince Harald, baphikisana ngokulandela kwakhe. Ukulandisa kudonsa izingxenye zemibiko yomlando weSaga ka-Eric the Red, iSaga yamaGreenlanders kanye nesikhathi esifaka phakathi iThe Flateyjarbok.
Ukulandisa kuqala ngokuqala kweqembu elincane lamaViking eliholwa ngumphathi onobuqili ogama lakhe lingu-Asking kanye no-Askeladd umgadli osemusha onethalente ogama lakhe linguThorfinn. Amathuba eqembu enqabeni yaseFrance ebiyelwe futhi enza isivumelwano nawo wonke amabutho ahlasela umhlaba ukuze asebenze ngokushintshana ngengxenye yempango yenqaba ndawonye. U-Askeladd ubuye wabacabanga, ngenkathi amasosha eqhubeka nokushaya amasango, abaleke nabafana bakhe ngesikebhe kanye nawo wonke umcebo wenqaba. UThorfinn ubambele i-Askeladd igqubu ngesikhathi uThorfinn esengumfana omncane, njengoba ubaba kaThorfinn wabulawa ngu-Askeladd yize ayengumuntu obalulekile ebhizinisini. Intsha idinga ama-duels kanye nomphathi wayo ngaphakathi komzamo wokuthola imali, kepha ihlala ihlulwa.
Ifemu yase-Askeladd ithola umsebenzi njengamasosha ekuhlaselweni kweDenmark eLondon. Lapho babhekana ngqo namandla amakhulu aholwa nguThorkell the Tall, uViking wakubo. UThorfinn noThorkell bafeza ngokungqubuzana, futhi iqembu lika-Askeladd libalekela izinto abazibona njengempi engenakunqotshwa. Amabutho womabili ahlangana futhi ngemuva kwalokho, noma kunjalo, lapho bobabili abaphathi bafuna ukuthola iNkosana Canute yentsha yaseDenmark. U-Askeladd uyaphumelela ekutholeni inkosana, kepha kuphoqelekile futhi ukuba abaleke ebuthweni elikhulu laseThorkell. Inhlangano ithatha usizo ebusika enyakatho efriziwe yaseNgilandi eduzane nekamu laseDenmark eGainsborough.
UCanute, otholakala ukuthi uyintombazane ngokubukeka, akakwazi ukuthonywa kakhulu ngumnakekeli wakhe uRagnar futhi akhulume ezindaweni zomphakathi. Lokhu kumphoxa kakhulu u-Askeladd, osusa isu lakhe lokuqala lokweseka isikhulu njengenkosi engaba namandla okuyihlenga ibuyele kubaba wayo, uKing Sweyn, isu elingeyona inselelo enkulu. Ukuhlaselwa okungazelelwe yi-brigade drive kaThorkell Askeladd ukushintsha imicabango yakhe, futhi ubulala uRagnar ngomzamo wokugcina wokucindezela uPrince ukuthi angagcini ngokuncika.
Uhlelo luphumelele, futhi amahloni angaphambilini eCanute athathelwa indawo kusetshenziswa isimo sobukhosi esinamandla. Isikhulu sibuyela ekomkhulu laseDenmark, bese sihlinzeka ngemikhosi esele ye-Askeladd kanye noThorkell ngokulingana ngaphansi komyalo wakhe. Ubhekene lapho nobaba wakhe, onikeza umfowabo uPrince Harald ilungelo lokungena esikhundleni futhi eseqede ukubulala uCanute. UHarald uhlala eyindlalifa yenkosi futhi impilo yakhe iyasinda, yize ubaba wakhe efaniswa kahle noCanute empini yamafa. Ngokubambisana, iCanute, Thorkell, ne-Askeladd bakha uhlelo lokubulala inkosi futhi bathathe umqhele.
Abahamba naye noCanute bathola izethameli nayo yonke inkosi. U-Askeladd ubekhona futhi ehlasela, ebulala inkosi, ngenkathi iNkosi uSweyn yenqaba ukugwema ukuhlasela iWales. U-Askeladd umisiwe nje lapho evumela uCanute ukuthi ambulale, ngaleyo ndlela athole ukuphepha komhlaba wakubo, iWales kanye nokuma kukaCanute njengenkosi. Leli bekuyisu, ngaso sonke isikhathi i-Askeladd. Phezulu ekubukeni i-Askeladd ephelelwa yisikhathi iThorfinn, izama ukubhubhisa manje-iKing Canute; Ukushayela kukaThorfinn okukhona kuphela ukubhubhisa u-Askeladd futhi wazizwa entshontshiwe yiCanute yelungelo. UCanute unquma ukonga impilo yakhe ngenxa yokuqonda umbono weThorfinn lapho iThorfinn isinqanyuliwe. Njengoba umthetho ojwayelekile wawufuna ukuhamba kukaThorfinn, uCanute wembula uzwela kuThorfinn: unikezwe impilo yokuthunjwa.
