 Another possibility is that Lagmann regained some form of control in the Isles following Magnús'death, and afterwards joined Sigurðr's expedition to Holy Land in the first decade of the twelfth century. Whether Sigurðr's undertaking was a planned crusade per se, or merely an eventful and violent pilgrimage, is debatable. The precise chronology of this enterprise is similarly uncertain, although the Norwegian fleet certainly reached England before the end of the first decade of the twelfth century. It may have been at this point, whilst Sigurðr overwintered at the English royal court, that Lagmann joined up with him. If Lagmann and Sigurðr indeed rendezvoused in England, this may have been the time when Amlaíb, the future King of the Isles, was entrusted to the safekeeping of the English king.
