For the year 878, the Chronicle relates: And in the winter of this same year the brother of Ivar and Halfdan landed in Wessex, in Devonshire, with 23 ships, and there was he slain, and 800 men with him, and 40 of his army.
Tamén a crónica anglosaxoa fai mención da súa morte ao redor do ano 878: E no inverno deste mesmo ano Ivar e Halfdan desembarcaron en Wessex, en Devonshire, con 23 barcos, e alí foi morto, e 840 homes do seu exército con el.