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(1861 translation into English by George W. DaSent from the original Icelandic ’Brennu-Njáls saga’.)Tj
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(Chapter 1 - Of Fiddle Mord)Tj
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(There was a man named Mord whose surname was Fiddle; he was the son of Sigvat the Red, and he)Tj
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(dwelt at the "Vale" in the Rangrivervales. He was a mighty chief, and a great taker up of suits, and so)Tj
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(great a lawyer that no judgments were thought lawful unless he had a hand in them. He had an only)Tj
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(daughter, named Unna. She was a fair, courteous and gifted woman, and that was thought the best)Tj
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(match in all the Rangrivervales.)Tj
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(Now the story turns westward to the Broadfirth dales, where, at Hauskuldstede, in Laxriverdale, dwelt)Tj
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(a man named Hauskuld, who was Dalakoll’s son, and his mother’s name was Thorgerda. He had a)Tj
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(brother named Hrut, who dwelt at Hrutstede; he was of the same mother as Hauskuld, but his father’s)Tj
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(name was Heriolf. Hrut was handsome, tall and strong, well skilled in arms, and mild of temper; he)Tj
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(was one of the wisest of men - stern towards his foes, but a good counsellor on great matters. It)Tj
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(happened once that Hauskuld bade his friends to a feast, and his brother Hrut was there, and sat next)Tj
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(him. Hauskuld had a daughter named Hallgerda, who was playing on the floor with some other girls.)Tj
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(She was fair of face and tall of growth, and her hair was as soft as silk; it was so long, too, that it came)Tj
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(down to her waist. Hauskuld called out to her, "Come hither to me, daughter". So she went up to him,)Tj
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(and he took her by the chin, and kissed her; and after that she went away.)Tj
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(Then Hauskuld said to Hrut, "What dost thou think of this maiden? Is she not fair?" Hrut held his)Tj
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(peace. Hauskuld said the same thing to him a second time, and then Hrut answered, "Fair enough is)Tj
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(this maid, and many will smart for it, but this I know not, whence thief’s eyes have come into our)Tj
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(race". Then Hauskuld was wroth, and for a time the brothers saw little of each other.)Tj
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(Chapter 2 - Hrut woos Unna)Tj
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(It happened once that those brothers, Hauskuld and Hrut, rode to the Althing, and there was much)Tj
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(people at it. Then Hauskuld said to Hrut, "One thing I wish, brother, and that is, that thou wouldst)Tj
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(better thy lot and woo thyself a wife.")Tj
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(Hrut answered, "That has been long on my mind, though there always seemed to be two sides to the)Tj
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(matter; but now I will do as thou wishest; whither shall we turn our eyes?")Tj
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(Hauskuld answered, "Here now are many chiefs at the Thing, and there is plenty of choice, but I have)Tj
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(already set my eyes on a spot where a match lies made to thy hand. The woman’s name is Unna, and)Tj
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(she is a daughter of Fiddle Mord one of the wisest of men. He is here at the Thing, and his daughter)Tj
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(too, and thou mayest see her if it pleases thee.")Tj
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(Now the next day, when men were going to the High Court, they saw some well-dressed women)Tj
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(standing outside the booths of the men from the Rangrivervales, Then Hauskuld said to Hrut - )Tj
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("Yonder now is Unna, of whom I spoke; what thinkest thou of her?")Tj
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("Well," answered Hrut; "but yet I do not know whether we should get on well together.")Tj
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(After that they went to the High Court, where Fiddle Mord was laying down the law as was his wont,)Tj
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(and alter he had done he went home to his booth.)Tj
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(Then Hauskuld and Hrut rose, and went to Mord’s booth. They went in and found Mord sitting in the)Tj
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(innermost part of the booth, and they bade him "good day". He rose to meet them, and took Hauskuld)Tj
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(by the hand and made him sit down by his side, and Hrut sat next to Hauskuld, So after they had talked)Tj
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(much of this and that, at last Hauskuld said, "I have a bargain to speak to thee about; Hrut wishes to)Tj
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(become thy son-in-law, and buy thy daughter, and I, for my part, will not be sparing in the mattes".)Tj
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(Mord answered, "I know that thou art a great chief, but thy brother is unknown to me".)Tj
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("He is a better man than I," answered Hauskuld.)Tj
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("Thou wilt need to lay down a large sum with him, for she is heir to all I leave behind me," said Mord.)Tj
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("There is no need," said Hauskuld, "to wait long before thou hearest what I give my word he shall)Tj
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(have. He shall have Kamness and Hrutstede, up as far as Thrandargil, and a trading-ship beside, now)Tj
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(on her voyage.")Tj
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(Then said Hrut to Mord, "Bear in mind, now, husband, that my brother has praised me much more)Tj
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(than I deserve for love’s sake; but if after what thou hast heard, thou wilt make the match, I am willing)Tj
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(to let thee lay down the terms thyself".)Tj
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(Mord answered, "I have thought over the terms; she shall have sixty hundreds down, and this sum)Tj
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(shall be increased by a third more in thine house, but if ye two have heirs, ye shall go halves in the )Tj
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(goods".)Tj
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(Then said Hrut, "I agree to these terms, and now let us take witness". After that they stood up and)Tj
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(shook hands, and Mord betrothed his daughter Unna to Hrut, and the bridal feast was to be at Mord’s)Tj
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(house, half a month after Midsummer.)Tj
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(Now both sides ride home from the Thing, and Hauskuld and Hrut ride westward by Hallbjorn’s)Tj
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(beacon. Then Thiostolf, the son of Biorn Gullbera of Reykiardale, rode to meet them, and told them)Tj
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(how a ship had come out from Norway to the White River, and how aboard of her was Auzur, Hrut’s)Tj
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(father’s brother, and he wished Hrut to come to him as soon as ever he could. When Hrut heard this,)Tj
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(he asked Hauskuld to go with him to the ship, so Hauskuld went with his brother, and when they)Tj
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(reached the ship, Hrut gave his kinsman Auzur a kind and hearty welcome. Auzur asked them into his)Tj
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(booth to drink, so their horses were unsaddled, and they went in and drank, and while they were)Tj
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(drinking, Hrut said to Auzur, "Now, kinsman, thou must ride west with me, and stay with me this )Tj
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(winter.")Tj
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("That cannot be, kinsman, for I have to tell thee the death of thy brother Eyvind, and he has left thee)Tj
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(his heir at the Gula Thing, and now thy foes will seize thy heritage, unless thou comest to claim it.")Tj
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("What’s to be done now, brother?" said Hrut to Hauskuld, "for this seems a hard matter, coming just as)Tj
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(I have fixed my bridal day.")Tj
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("Thou must ride south," said Hauskuld, "and see Mord, and ask him to change the bargain which ye)Tj
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(two have made, and to let his daughter sit for thee three winters as thy betrothed, but I will ride home)Tj
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(and bring down thy wares to the ship.")Tj
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(Then said Hrut, "My wish is that thou shouldest take meal and timber, and whatever else thou needest)Tj
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(out of the lading". So Hrut had his horses brought out, and he rode south, while Hauskuld rode home)Tj
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(west. Hrut came east to the Rangrivervales to Mord, and had a good welcome, and he told Mord all his)Tj
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(business, and asked his advice what he should do.)Tj
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("How much money is this heritage?" asked Mord, and Hrut said it would come to a hundred marks, if)Tj
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(he got it all.)Tj
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("Well," said Mord, "that is much when set against what I shall leave behind me, and thou shalt go for)Tj
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(it, if thou wilt.")Tj
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(After that they broke their bargain, and Unna was to sit waiting for Hrut three years as his betrothed.)Tj
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(Now Hrut rides back to the ship, and stays by her during the summer, till she was ready to sail, and)Tj
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(Hauskuld brought down all Hrut’s wares and money to the ship, and Hrut placed all his other property)Tj
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(in Hauskuld’s hands to keep for him while he was away. Then Hauskuld rode home to his house, and a)Tj
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(little while after they got a fair wind and sail away to sea. They were out three weeks, and the first land)Tj
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(they made was Hern, near Bergen, and so sail eastward to the Bay.)Tj
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(Chapter 3 - Hrut and Gunnhillda, kings mother)Tj
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(At that time Harold Grayfell reigned in Norway; he was the son of Eric Bloodaxe, who was the son of)Tj
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(Harold Fairhair; his mother’s name was Gunnhillda, a daughter of Auzur Toti, and they had their)Tj
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(abode east, at the King’s Crag. Now the news was spread, how a ship had come thither east into the)Tj
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(Bay, and as soon as Gunnhillda heard of it, she asked what men from Iceland were aboard, and they)Tj
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(told her Hrut was the man’s name, Auzur’s brother’s son. Then Gunnhillda said, "I see plainly that he)Tj
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(means to claim his heritage, but there is a man named Soti, who has laid his hands on it".)Tj
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(After that she called her waiting-man, whose name was Augmund, and said - )Tj
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("I am going to send thee to the Bay to find out Auzur and Hint, and tell them that I ask them both to)Tj
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(spend this winter with me. Say, too, that I will be their friend, and if Hrut will carry out my counsel, I)Tj
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(will see after his suit, and anything else he takes in hand, and I will speak a good word, too, for him to)Tj
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(the king.")Tj
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(After that he set off and found them; and as soon as they knew that he was Gunnhillda’s servant, they)Tj
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(gave him good welcome. He took them aside and told them his errand, and after that they talked over)Tj
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(their plans by themselves. Then Auzur said to Hrut - )Tj
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("Methinks, kinsman, here is little need for long talk, our plans are ready made for us; for I know)Tj
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(Gunnhillda’s temper; as soon as ever we say we will not go to her she will drive us out of the land, and)Tj
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(take all our goods by force; but if we go to her, then she will do us such honour as she has promised.")Tj
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(Augmund went home, and when he saw Gunnhillda, he told her how his errand had ended, and that)Tj
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(they would come, and Gunnhillda said - )Tj
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("It is only what was to be looked for; for Hrut is said to be a wise and well-bred man; and now do thou)Tj
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(keep a sharp look out, and tell me as soon as ever they come to the town.")Tj
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(Hrut and Auzur went east to the King’s Crag, and when they reached the town, their kinsmen and)Tj
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(friends went out to meet and welcome them. They asked, whether the king were in the town, and they)Tj
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(told them he was. After that they met Augmund, and he brought them a greeting from Gunnhillda,)Tj
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(saying, that she could not ask them to her house before they had seen the king, lest men should say, "I)Tj
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(make too much of them". Still she would do all she could for them, and she went on, "tell Hrut to be)Tj
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(outspoken before the king, and to ask to be made one of his body-guard"; "and here," said Augmund,)Tj
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("is a dress of honour which she sends to thee, Hrut, and in it thou must go in before the king". After)Tj
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(that he went away.)Tj
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(The next day Hrut said - )Tj
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("Let us go before the king.")Tj
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("That may well be," answered Auzur.)Tj
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(So they went, twelve of them together, and all of them friends or kinsmen, and came into the hall)Tj
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(where the king sat over his drink. Hrut went first and bade the king "good day," and the king, looking)Tj
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(steadfastly at the man who was well-dressed, asked him his name. So he told his name.)Tj
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("Art thou an Icelander?" said the king.)Tj
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(He answered, "Yes".)Tj
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("What drove thee hither to seek us?")Tj
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(Then Hrut answered - )Tj
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("To see your state, lord; and, besides, because I have a great matter of inheritance here in the land, and)Tj
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(I shall have need of your help, if I am to get my rights.")Tj
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(The king said - )Tj
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("I have given my word that every man shall have lawful justice here in Norway; but hast thou any)Tj
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(other errand in seeking me?")Tj
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("Lord!" said Hrut, "I wish you to let me live in your court, and become one of your men.")Tj
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(At this the king holds his peace, but Gunnhillda said - )Tj
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("It seems to me as if this man offered you the greatest honour, for me thinks if there were many such)Tj
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(men in the body-guard, it would be well filled.")Tj
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("Is he a wise man?" asked the king.)Tj
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("He is both wise and willing," said she.)Tj
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("Well," said the king, "methinks my mother wishes that thou shouldst have the rank for which thou)Tj
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(askest, but for the sake of our honour and the custom of the land, come to me in half a month’s time,)Tj
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(and then thou shalt be made one of my body-guard. Meantime, my mother will take care of thee, but)Tj
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(then come to me.")Tj
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(Then Gunnhillda said to Augmund - )Tj
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("Follow them to my house, and treat them well.")Tj
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(So Augmund went out, and they went with him, and he brought them to a hall built of stone, which)Tj
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(was hung with the most beautiful tapestry, and there too was Gunnhillda’s high-seat.)Tj
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(Then Augmund said to Hrut - )Tj
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("Now will be proved the truth of all that I said to thee from Gunnhillda. Here is her high-seat, and in it)Tj
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(thou shalt sit, and this seat thou shalt hold, though she comes herself into the hall.")Tj
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(After that he made them good cheer, and they had sat down but a little while when Gunnhillda came)Tj
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(in. Hrut wished to jump up and greet her.)Tj
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("Keep thy seat!" she says, "and keep it too all the time thou art my guest.")Tj
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(Then she sat herself down by Hrut, and they fell to drink, and at even she said - )Tj
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("Thou shalt be in the upper chamber with me to-night, and we two together.")Tj
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("You shall have your way," he answers.)Tj
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(After that they went to sleep, and she locked the door inside. So they slept that night, and in the)Tj
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(morning fell to drinking again. Thus they spent their life all that half-month, and Gunnhillda said to)Tj
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(the men who were there - )Tj
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("Ye shall lose nothing except your lives if you say to any one a word of how Hrut and I are going on.")Tj
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([When the half-month was over] Hrut gave her a hundred ells of household woollen and twelve rough)Tj
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(cloaks, and Gunnhillda thanked him for his gifts. Then Hrut thanked her and gave her a kiss and went)Tj
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(away. She bade him "farewell". And next day he went before the king with thirty men after him and)Tj
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(bade the king "good-day". The king said - )Tj
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("Now, Hrut, thou wilt wish me to carry out towards thee what I promised.")Tj
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(So Hrut was made one of the king’s body-guard, and he asked, "Where shall I sit?")Tj
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("My mother shall settle that," said the king.)Tj
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(Then she got him a seat in the highest room, and he spent the winter with the king in much honour.)Tj
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(Chapter 4 - Of Hrut’s cruise)Tj
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(When the spring came he asked about Soti, and found out he had gone south to Denmark with the)Tj
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(inheritance. Then Hrut went to Gunnhillda and tells her what Soti had been about. Gunnhillda said - )Tj
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("I will give thee two long-ships, full manned, and along with them the bravest men. Wolf the)Tj
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(Unwashed, our overseer of guests; but still go and see the king before thou settest off.")Tj
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(Hrut did so; and when he came before the king, then he told the king of Soti’s doings, and how he had)Tj
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(a mind to hold on after him.)Tj
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(The king said, "What strength has my mother handed over to thee?")Tj
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("Two long-ships and Wolf the Unwashed to lead the men," says Hrut.)Tj
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("Well given," says the king. "Now I will give thee other two ships, and even then thou’lt need all the)Tj
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(strength thou’st got.")Tj
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(After that he went down with Hrut to the ship, and said "fare thee well". Then Hrut sailed away south)Tj
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(with his crews.)Tj
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(Chapter 5 - Atli Arnvid son’s slaying)Tj
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(There was a man named Atli, son of Arnvid, Earl of East Gothland. He had kept back the taxes from)Tj
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(Hacon Athelstane’s foster child, and both father and son had fled away from Jemtland to Gothland.)Tj
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(After that, Atli held on with his followers out of the Mælar by Stock Sound, and so on towards)Tj
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(Denmark, and now he lies out in Öresound. He is an outlaw both of the Dane-King and of the)Tj
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(Swede-King. Hrut held on south to the Sound, and when he came into it he saw many ships in the)Tj
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(Sound. Then Wolf said - )Tj
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("What’s best to be done now, Icelander?")Tj
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("Hold on our course," says Hrut, "’for nothing venture, nothing have’. My ship and Auzur’s shall go)Tj
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(first, but thou shalt lay thy ship where thou likest.")Tj
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("Seldom have I had others as a shield before me," says Wolf, and lays his galley side by side with)Tj
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(Hrut’s ship; and so they hold on through the Sound. Now those who are in the Sound see that ships are)Tj
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(coming up to them, and they tell Atli.)Tj
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(He answered, "Then maybe there’ll be gain to be got".)Tj
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(After that men took their stand on board each ship; "but my ship," says Atli, "shall be in the midst of)Tj
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(the fleet".)Tj
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(Meantime Hrut’s ships ran on, and as soon as either side could hear the other’s hail, Atli stood up and)Tj
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(said - )Tj
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("Ye fare unwarily. Saw ye not that war-ships were in the Sound? But what’s the name of your chief?")Tj
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(Hrut tells his name.)Tj
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("Whose man art thou?" says Atli.)Tj
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("One of king Harold Grayfell’s body-guard.")Tj
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(Atli said, "’Tis long since any love was lost between us, father and son, and your Norway kings".)Tj
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("Worse luck for thee," says Hrut.)Tj
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("Well," says Atli, "the upshot of our meeting will be, that thou shalt not be left alive to tell the tale;")Tj
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(and with that he caught up a spear and hurled it at Hrut’s ship, and the man who stood before it got his)Tj
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(death. After that the battle began, and they were slow in boarding Hrut’s ship. Wolf, he went well)Tj
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(forward, and with him it was now cut, now thrust. Atli’s bowman’s name was Asolf; he sprung up on)Tj
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(Hrut’s ship, and was four men’s death before Hrut was ware of him; then he turned against him, and)Tj
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(when they met, Asolf thrust at and through Hrut’s shield, but Hrut cut once at Asolf, and that was his)Tj
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("Truth to say, Hrut, thou dealest big blows, but thou’st much to thank Gunnhillda for.")Tj
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("Something tells me," says Hrut, "that thou speakest with a ’fey’ mouth.")Tj
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(Now Atli sees a bare place for a weapon on Wolf, and shot a spear through him, and now the battle)Tj
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("Three nights," says Soti.)Tj
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("Whither away, then?" says Augmund.)Tj
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(Hrut stayed with the king that winter in good cheer, but when spring came he grew very silent.)Tj
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(Gunnhillda finds that out, and said to him when they two were alone together - )Tj
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("Art thou sick at heart?")Tj
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("So it is," said Hrut, "as the saying runs - ’Ill goes it with those who are born on a barren land’.")Tj
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("Wilt thou to Iceland?" she asks.)Tj
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("Yes," he answered.)Tj
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("Hast thou a wife out there?" she asked; and he answers, "No".)Tj
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("But I am sure that is true," she says; and so they ceased talking about the matter.)Tj
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([Shortly after] Hrut went before the king and bade him "good day"; and the king said, "What dost thou)Tj
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("I am come to ask, lord, that you give me leave to go to Iceland.")Tj
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("Will thine honour be greater there than here?" asks the king.)Tj
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("No, it will not," said Hrut; "but every one must win the work that is set before him.")Tj
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("It is pulling a rope against a strong man," said Gunnhillda, "so give him leave to go as best suits him.")Tj
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(There was a bad harvest that year in the land, yet Gunnhillda gave Hrut as much meal as he chose to)Tj
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(Hrut went to find the king and Gunnhillda. She led him aside to talk alone, and said to him - )Tj
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("Here is a gold ring which I will give thee;" and with that she clasped it round his wrist.)Tj
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("Many good gifts have I had from thee," said Hrut.)Tj
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(Then she put her hands round his neck and kissed him, and said - )Tj
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("If I have as much power over thee as I think, I lay this spell on thee that thou mayest never have any)Tj
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(pleasure in living with that woman on whom thy heart is set in Iceland, but with other women thou)Tj
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(mayest get on well enough, and now it is like to go well with neither of us; - but thou hast not believed)Tj
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(what I have been saying.")Tj
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(Hrut laughed when he heard that, and went away; after that he came before the king and thanked him;)Tj
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(and the king spoke kindly to him, and bade him "farewell". Hrut went straight to his ship, and they had)Tj
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(a fair wind all the way until they ran into Borgarfirth.)Tj
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(As soon as the ship was made fest to the land, Hrut rode west home, but Auzur stayed by the ship to)Tj
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(unload her, and lay her up. Hrut rode straight to Hauskuldstede, and Hauskuld gave him a hearty)Tj
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(welcome, and Hrut told him all about his travels. After that they sent men east across the rivers to tell)Tj
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(Fiddle Mord to make ready for the bridal feast; but the two brothers rode to the ship, and on the way)Tj
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(Hauskuld told Hrut how his money matters stood, and his goods had gained much since he was away.)Tj
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(Then Hrut said - )Tj
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("The reward is less worth than it ought to be, but I will give thee as much meal as thou needst for thy)Tj
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(Then they drew the ship on land on rollers, and made her snug in her shed, but all the wares on board)Tj
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(weeks off, and then the brothers made ready, and Auzur with them, to ride to Hrut’s wedding. Sixty)Tj
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(men ride with them, and they rode east till they came to Rangriver plains. There they found a crowd of)Tj
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(and all were pleased at that; but for all that she and Hrut did not pull well together as man and wife,)Tj
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(and so things went on till spring, and when spring came Hrut had a journey to make to the Westfirths,)Tj
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("Dost thou mean to be back before men ride to the Thing?")Tj
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("Why dost thou ask?" said Hrut.)Tj
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("I will ride to the Thing," she said, "to meet my father.")Tj
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("So it shall be," said he, "and I will ride to the Thing along with thee.")Tj
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("Well and good," she says.)Tj
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(After that Hrut rode from home west to the Firths, got in all his money, and laid it out anew, and rode)Tj
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(She began to weep, and answered nothing. Then he said to her again, "Why dost thou ride to the)Tj
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("I would give all I own in the world that I had never gone thither.")Tj
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("Well!" said Mord, "I’ll soon get to the bottom of this." Then he sends men to fetch Hauskuld and)Tj
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("Why does my daughter think so ill of life in the west yonder?")Tj
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("Let her speak out," said Hrut, "if she has anything to lay to my charge.")Tj
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(him than for thee".)Tj
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(After that Hrut rode home from the Thing, and his wife with him, and all went smoothly between them)Tj
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(as the spring went on. Hrut had again a journey to make west to the Firths, and gave out that he would)Tj
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(not ride to the Althing, but Unna his wife said little about it. So Hrut went away west to the Firths.)Tj
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("So it shall be," she answered, and sang two songs, in which she revealed the cause of their)Tj
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(live together, because he was spell-bound, and that she wished to leave him.)Tj
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("Thou didst right to tell me all this," said Mord, "and now I will give thee a piece of advice, which will)Tj
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(stand thee in good stead, if thou canst carry it out to the letter. First of all, thou must ride home from)Tj
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(the Thing, and by that time thy husband will have come back, and will be glad to see thee; thou must)Tj
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(he blithe and buxom to him, and he will think a good change has come over thee, and thou must show)Tj
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(no signs of coldness or ill-temper, but when spring comes thou must sham sickness, and take to thy)Tj
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(bed. Hrut will not lose time in guessing what thy sickness can be, nor will he scold thee at all, but he)Tj
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(will rather beg every one to take all the care they can of thee. After that he will set off west to the)Tj
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(Firths, and Sigmund with him, for he will have to flit all his goods home from the Firths west, and he)Tj
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(will be away till the summer is far spent. But when men ride to the Thing, and after all have ridden)Tj
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(from the Dales that mean to ride thither, then thou must rise from thy bed and summon men to go)Tj
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(along with thee to the Thing; and when thou art all-boun, then shalt thou go to thy bed, and the men)Tj
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(with thee who are to bear thee company, and thou shalt take witness before thy husband’s bed, and)Tj
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(declare thyself separated from him by such a lawful separation as may hold good according to the)Tj
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(judgment of the Great Thing, and the laws of the land; and at the man’s door [the main door of the)Tj
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(house] thou shalt take the same witness. After that ride away, and ride over Laxriverdale Heath, and so)Tj
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(on over Holtbeacon Heath; for they will look for thee by way of Hrutfirth. And so ride on till thou)Tj
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(comest to me; then I will see after the matter. But into his hands thou shalt never come more.")Tj
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(Now she rides home from the Thing, and Hrut had come back before her, and made her hearty)Tj
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(together that half-year; but when spring came she fell sick, and kept her bed. Hrut set off west to the)Tj
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(it".)Tj
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(Hrut came home, and knit his brows when he heard his wife was gone, but yet kept his feelings well in)Tj
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(the Thing, with his brother Hauskuld, and they had a great following. But when he came to the Thing,)Tj
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(he asked whether Fiddle Mord were at the Thing, and they told him he was; and all thought they would)Tj
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(come to words at once about their matter, but it was not so. At last, one day when the brothers and)Tj
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(others who were at the Thing went to the Hill of Laws, Mord took witness and declared that he had a)Tj
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(money-suit against Hrut for his daughter’s dower, and reckoned the amount at ninety hundreds in)Tj
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(goods, calling on Hrut at the same time to pay and hand it over to him, and asking for a fine of three)Tj
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(marks. He laid the suit in the Quarter Court, into which it would come by law, and gave lawful notice,)Tj
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(so that all who stood on the Hill of Laws might hear.)Tj
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(But when he had thus spoken, Hrut said - )Tj
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("Thou hast undertaken this suit, which belongs to thy daughter, rather for the greed of gain and love of)Tj
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(strife than in kindliness and manliness. But I shall have something to say against it; for the goods)Tj
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(which belong to me are not yet in thy hands. Now, what I have to say is this, and I say it out, so that all)Tj
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(who hear me on this hill may bear witness: I challenge thee to fight on the island; there on one side)Tj
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(shall be laid all thy daughter’s dower, and on the other I will lay down goods worth as much, and)Tj
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(whoever wins the day shall have both dower and goods; but if thou wilt not fight with me, then thou)Tj
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(shalt give up all claim to these goods.")Tj
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(Then Mord held his peace, and took counsel with his friends about going to fight on the island, and)Tj
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(Jorund the priest gave him an answer.)Tj
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("There is no need for thee to come to ask us for counsel in this matter, for thou knowest if thou fightest)Tj
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(with Hrut thou wilt lose both life and goods. He has a good cause, and is besides mighty in himself and)Tj
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(one of the boldest of men.")Tj
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(Then Mord spoke out, that he would not fight with Hrut, and there arose a great shout and hooting on)Tj
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(After that men ride home from the Thing, and those brothers Hauskuld and Hrut ride west to)Tj
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(Reykiardale, and turned in as guests at Lund, where Thiostolf, Biorn Gullbera’s son, then dwelt. There)Tj
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(had been much rain that day, and men got wet, so long-fires were made down the length of the hall.)Tj
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(Thiostolf, the master of the house, sat between Hauskuld and Hrut, and two boys, of whom Thiostolf)Tj
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(had the rearing, were playing on the floor, and a girl was playing with them. They were great)Tj
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("Now, I will be Mord, and summon thee to lose thy wife because thou hast not been a good husband to )Tj
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(Then the other answered - )Tj
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("I will be Hrut, and I call on thee to give up all claim to thy goods, if thou darest not to fight with me.")Tj
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(This they said several times, and all the household burst out laughing. Then Hauskuld got wroth, and)Tj
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("Get out with thee," said Hauskuld to the boy, "and make no game of us;" but Hrut said, "Come hither)Tj
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("Go away, and try no man’s temper henceforth.")Tj
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(Then the boy went away saying - )Tj
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("Thy manliness I will bear in mind all my life.")Tj
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(From this matter Hrut got great praise, and after that they went home; and that was the end of Mord’s)Tj
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(Now, it must be told how Hallgerda, Hauskuld’s daughter, grows up, and is the fairest of women to)Tj
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(had so much of it that she could hide herself in it; but she was lavish and hard-hearted. Her)Tj
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(foster-father’s name was Thiostolf; he was a South islander by stock; he was a strong man, well skilled)Tj
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(in arms, and had slain many men, and made no atonement in money for one of them. It was said, too,)Tj
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(that his rearing had not bettered Hallgerda’s temper.)Tj
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(There was a man named Thorwald; he was Oswif’s son, and dwelt out on Middlefells strand, under the)Tj
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(whence he got meal and stock fish. This Thorwald was a strong and courteous man, though somewhat)Tj
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(hasty in temper. Now, it fell out one day that Thorwald and his father were talking together of)Tj
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(Thorwald’s marrying, and where he had best look for a wife, and it soon came out that he thought)Tj
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(there wasn’t a match fit for him far or near.)Tj
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("Well," said Oswif, "wilt thou ask for Hallgerda Longcoat, Hauskuld’s daughter?")Tj
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("Yes! I will ask for her," said Thorwald.)Tj
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("But that is not a match that will suit either of you," Oswif went on to say, "for she has a will of her)Tj
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("For all that I will try my luck there," said Thorwald, "so it’s no good trying to hinder me.")Tj
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("Ay!" said Oswif, "and the risk is all thine own.")Tj
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(After that they set off on a wooing journey to Hauskuldstede, and had a hearty welcome. They were)Tj
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(Then they talked over the terms of the bargain, and Hauskuld never asked his daughter what she)Tj
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(matter was settled.)Tj
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(Hauskuld told Hallgerda of the bargain he had made, and she said - )Tj
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(So she went on, and let them know in every way that she thought she was thrown away.)Tj
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(Then Hauskuld said - )Tj
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("The pride of all you kinsfolk is great," she said, "and so it is not wonderful if I have some of it.")Tj
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(With that she went away, and found her foster-father Thiostolf, and told him what was in store for her,)Tj
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(Hrut.")Tj
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(After that they spoke no more of the matter, and Hauskuld made ready the bridal feast, and rode off to)Tj
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("Of course I think so," said Hauskuld, and rode off home.)Tj
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(Oswif and Thorwald also asked men to come, so that no fewer than one hundred guests were asked.)Tj
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(There was a man named Swan, who dwelt in Bearfirth, which lies north from Steingrimsfirth. This)Tj
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(thought their talking strange. The feast went off well, and Hauskuld paid down Hallgerda’s portion)Tj
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("The day will come," answered Hrut, "when thou wilt have to waste thy goods for Hallgerda’s sake, so)Tj
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(Thorwald rode home from the bridal feast, and his wife with him, and Thiostolf, who rode by her)Tj
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("Art thou pleased with thy match? and how went it when ye talked together?")Tj
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("Well," said he, "she showed all kindness to me. Thou mightst see that by the way she laughs at every)Tj
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(word I say.")Tj
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("I don’t think her laughter so hearty as thou dost," answered Oswif, "but this will be put to the proof)Tj
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(by and by.")Tj
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(and few words were thrown away between them that winter, and so time went on. Hallgerda was)Tj
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(too, and all that she had, no matter whether it were her own or belonged to others, she waited. But)Tj
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(when the spring came there was a scarcity in the house, both of meal and stock fish, so Hallgerda went)Tj
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(up to Thorwald and said - )Tj
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("Thou must not be sitting indoors any longer, for we want for the house both meal and fish.")Tj
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("Well," said Thorwald, "I did not lay in less for the house this year than I laid in before, and then it)Tj
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(used to last till summer.")Tj
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("What care I," said Hallgerda, "if thou and thy father have made your money by starving yourselves.")Tj
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(Bear-isles, and began to load her with meal and fish.)Tj
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(Meantime it is said that Hallgerda sat out of doors heavy at heart. Thiostolf went up to her and saw the)Tj
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("My husband Thorwald," she said, "and thou stoodst aloof, though thou wouldst not if thou hadst)Tj
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(cared at all for me.")Tj
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(when he got there all the men had rowed away but Thorwald and his followers, and he stayed by the)Tj
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("Thou canst do but little at this work, and that little thou dost badly.")Tj
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("Thinkest thou thou canst do it better?" said Thorwald.)Tj
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("There’s one thing to be done which I can do better than thou," said Thiostolf, and then he went on - )Tj
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("The woman who is thy wife has made a bad match, and you shall not live much longer together.")Tj
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(Then Thorwald snatched up a fishing-knife that lay by him, and made a stab at Thiostolf; he had lifted)Tj
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(down fell the knife. Then Thiostolf lifted up his axe a second time and gave Thorwald a blow on the)Tj
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(head, and he fell dead on the spot.)Tj
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(While this was going on, Thorwald’s men came down with their load, but Thiostolf was not slow in)Tj
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(his plans. He hewed with both hands at the gunwale of the skiff and cut it down about two planks; then)Tj
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(he leapt into his boat, but the dark blue sea poured into the skiff, and down she went with all her)Tj
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(freight. Down too sank Thorwald’s body, so that his men could not see what had been done to him, but)Tj
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(they knew well enough that he was dead, Thiostolf rowed away up the firth, but they shouted after him)Tj
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(wishing him ill luck. He made them no answer, but rowed on till he got home, and ran the boat up on)Tj
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(the beach, and went up to the house with his axe, all bloody as it was, on his shoulder. Hallgerda stood)Tj
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(out of doors, and said - )Tj
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("Thine axe is bloody; what hast thou done?")Tj
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("I have done now what will cause thee to be wedded a second time.")Tj
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("Thou tellest me then that Thorwald is dead?" she said.)Tj
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("So it is," said he, "and now look out for my safety.")Tj
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("So I will," she said; "I will send thee north to Bearfirth, to Swanshol, and Swan, my kinsman, will)Tj
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(receive thee with open arms. He is so mighty a man that no one will seek thee thither.")Tj
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(So he saddled a horse that she had, and jumped on his back, and rode off north to Bearfirth, to)Tj
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(Swanshol, and Swan received him with open arms, and said - )Tj
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("That’s what I call a man who does not stick at trifles! And now I promise thee if they seek thee here,)Tj
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(they shall get nothing but the greatest shame.")Tj
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(Now, the story goes back to Hallgerda, and how she behaved. She called on Liot the black, her)Tj
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(men of her house about her, and gave each of them some gift; but they all grieved at her going. Now)Tj
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(said to Hallgerda - )Tj
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("Why did not Thorwald come with thee?" and she answered - )Tj
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("He is dead.")Tj
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(Then Said Hauskuld - )Tj
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("That was Thiostolf’s doing?")Tj
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("It was," she said.)Tj
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("Ah!" said Hauskuld, "Hrut was not for wrong when he told me that this bargain would draw mickle)Tj
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(misfortune after it. But there’s no good in troubling one’s self about a thing that’s done and gone.")Tj
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(Now the story must go back to Thorwald’s mates, how there they ate, and how they begged the loan of)Tj
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(a boat to get to the mainland. So a boat was lent them at once, and they rowed up the firth to)Tj
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(Reykianess, and found Oswif, and told him these tidings.)Tj
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(He said, "Ill luck is the end of ill redes, and now I see how it has all gone. Hallgerda must have sent)Tj
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(Thiostolf to Bearfirth, but she herself must have ridden home to her father. Let us now gather folk and)Tj
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(follow him up thither north." So they did that, and went about asking for help, and got together many)Tj
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(men. And then they all rode off to Steingrims river, and so on to Liotriverdale and Selriverdale, till)Tj
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(they came to Bearfirth.)Tj
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(Now Swan began to speak, and gasped much. "Now Oswif’s fetches are seeking us out." Then up)Tj
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(sprung Thiostolf, but Swan said, "Go thou out with me, there won’t be need of much". So they went)Tj
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(out both of them, and Swan took a goatskin and wrapped it about his own head, and said, "Become)Tj
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(mist and fog, become fright and wonder mickle to all those who seek thee".)Tj
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(Now, it must be told how Oswif, his friends, and his men are riding along the ridge; then came a great)Tj
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(mist against them, and Oswif said, "This is Swan’s doing; ’twere well if nothing worse followed". A)Tj
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(little after a mighty darkness came before their eyes, so that they could see nothing, and then they fell)Tj
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(off their horses’ backs, and lost their horses, and dropped their weapons, and went over head and ears)Tj
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(into bogs, and some went astray into the wood, till they were on the brink of bodily harm. Then Oswif)Tj
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(said, "If I could only find my horse and weapons, then I’d turn back"; and he had scarce spoken these)Tj
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(words than they saw somewhat, and found their horses and weapons. Then many still egged the others)Tj
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(on to look after the chase once more; and so they did, and at once the same wonders befell them, and)Tj
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(so they fared thrice. Then Oswif said, "Though the course be not good, let us still turn back. Now, we)Tj
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(ask atonement for my son; for there’s hope of honour where there’s good store of it.")Tj
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(So they rode thence to the Broadfirth dales, and there is nothing to be told about them till they come to)Tj
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(Hauskuldstede, and Hrut was there before them. Oswif called out Hauskuld and Hrut, and they both)Tj
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("Well," says Oswif, "I am come hither for this, to ask atonement for my son from thee.")Tj
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(Hauskuld answered - "I did not slay thy son, nor did I plot his death; still it may be forgiven thee to)Tj
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("Nose is next of kin, brother, to eyes," said Hrut, "and it is needful to stop all evil tongues, and to make)Tj
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(him atonement for his son, and so mend thy daughter’s state, for that will only be the case when this)Tj
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(suit is dropped, and the less that is said about it the better it will be.")Tj
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(Hauskuld said - "Wilt thou undertake the award?")Tj
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("That I will," says Hrut, "nor will I shield thee at all in my award; for if the truth must be told thy)Tj
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(daughter planned his death.")Tj
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(Then Hrut held his peace some little while, and afterwards he stood up, and said to Oswif - "Take now)Tj
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(my hand in handsel as a token that thou lettest the suit drop".)Tj
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(So Oswif stood up and said - "This is not an atonement on equal terms when thy brother utters the)Tj
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(award, but still thou \(speaking to Hrut\) hast behaved so well about it that I trust thee thoroughly to)Tj
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(make it" Then he stood up and took Hauskuld’s hand, and came to an atonement in the matter, on the)Tj
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(understanding that Hrut was to make up his mind and utter the award before Oswif went away. After)Tj
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(that, Hrut made his award, and said - "For the slaying of Thorwald I award two hundred in silver" -)Tj
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(that was then thought a good price for a man - "and thou shalt pay it down at once, brother, and pay it)Tj
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(too with an open hand".)Tj
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(Hauskuld did so, and then Hrut said to Oswif - "I will give thee a good cloak which I brought with me)Tj
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(from foreign lands".)Tj
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(He thanked him for his gift, and went home well pleased at the way in which things had gone.)Tj
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(After that Hauskuld and Hrut came to Oswif to share the goods, and they and Oswif came to a good)Tj
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(agreement about that too, and they went home with their share of the goods, and Oswif is now out of)Tj
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(our story. Hallgerda begged Hauskuld to let her come back home to him, and he gave her leave, and)Tj
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(for a long time there was much talk about Thorwald’s slaying. As for Hallgerda’a goods they went on)Tj
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(growing till they were worth a great sum.)Tj
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(Now three brothers are named in the story. One was called Thorarin, the second Ragi, and the third)Tj
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(Glum. They were the sons of Olof the Halt, and were men of much worth and of great wealth in goods.)Tj
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(Thorarin’s surname was Ragi’s brother; he had the Speakership of the Law after Rafn Heing’s son. He)Tj
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(talking together, and Thorarin asked Glum whether he meant to go abroad, as was his wont.)Tj
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(He answered - "I was rather thinking now of leaving off trading voyages".)Tj
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("What hast thou then in thy mind? Wilt thou woo thee a wife?")Tj
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("That I will," says he, "if I could only get myself well matched.")Tj
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(Then Thorarin told off all the women who were unwedded in Borgarfirth, and asked him if he would)Tj
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(But Glum answered - "I will have none of these".)Tj
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("Say then the name of her thou wishest to have," says Thorarin.)Tj
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(Glum said - "May be such ill-luck will not befall her a second time, and sure I am she will not plot my)Tj
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(Thorarin said - "There’s no good striving against it, for what must be is sure to happen". Glum often)Tj
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(Hauskuld gave them a hearty welcome, and they stayed there that night. But early next morning,)Tj
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(the "town". Then Hauskuld told Hrut what men had come thither.)Tj
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("What may it be they want?" asked Hrut)Tj
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("As yet," says Hauskuld, "they have not let out to me that they have any business.")Tj
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("Still," says Hrut, "their business must be with thee. They will ask the hand of thy daughter, Hallgerda.)Tj
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(If they do, what answer wilt thou make?")Tj
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("What dost thou advise me to say?" says Hauskuld.)Tj
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("Thou shalt answer well," says Hrut; "but still make a clean breast of all the good and all the ill thou)Tj
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(knowest of the woman.")Tj
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(But while the brothers were talking thus, out came the guests. Hauskuld greeted them well, and Hrut)Tj
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(bade both Thorarin and his brothers good morning. After that they all began to talk, and Thorarin said)Tj
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(- )Tj
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("I am come hither, Hauskuld, with my brother Glum on this errand, to ask for Hallgerda thy daughter,)Tj
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(at the hand of my brother Glum. Thou must know that he is a man of worth.")Tj
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("I know well," says Hauskuld, "that ye are both of you powerful and worthy men; but I must tell you)Tj
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(Thorarin answered - "We will not let that stand in the way of the bargain; for one oath shall not)Tj
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(had most hand in spoiling it".)Tj
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(Then Hrut spoke: "Now I will give you a bit of advice - this: if ye will not let all this that has already)Tj
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(happened to Hallgerda stand in the way of the match, mind you do not let Thiostolf go south with her)Tj
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(if the match comes off, and that he is never there longer than three nights at a time, unless Glum gives)Tj
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(him leave, but fall an outlaw by Glum’s hand without atonement if he stay there longer. Of course, it)Tj
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(shall be in Glum’s power to give him leave; but he will not if he takes my advice. And now this match,)Tj
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(shall not be fulfilled, as the other was, without Hallgerda’s knowledge. She shall now know the whole)Tj
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(course of this bargain, and see Glum, and herself settle whether she will have him or not; and then she)Tj
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(will not be able to lay the blame on others if it does not turn out well. And all this shall be without)Tj
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(craft or guile.")Tj
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(Then Thorarin said - "Now, as always, it will prove best if thy advice be taken".)Tj
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(Then they sent for Hallgerda, and she came thither, and two women with her. She had on a cloak of)Tj
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(rich blue wool, and under it a scarlet kirtle, and a silver girdle round her waist, but her hair came down)Tj
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(on both sides of her bosom, and she had turned the locks up under her girdle. She sat down between)Tj
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(Hrut and her father, and she greeted them all with kind words, and spoke well and boldly, and asked)Tj
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(what was the news. After that she ceased speaking.)Tj
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(Then Glum said - "There has been some talk between thy father and my brother Thorarin and myself)Tj
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(Those brothers gathered together a great company, and they were all picked men. They rode west to)Tj
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(Hallgerda went away south with Glum and his brothers. So when they came south to Varmalek,)Tj
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(Thorarin asked Hallgerda if she would undertake the housekeeping, "No, I will not," she said.)Tj
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(Hallgerda kept her temper down that winter, and they liked her well enough. But when the spring)Tj
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(Engey we will have both of us in common".)Tj
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(like her mother in looks and feature. Glum and Hallgerda agreed well together, and so it went on for a)Tj
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(at Fishless, and he and his men were there lost. But the fishermen who were at Kalback thought they)Tj
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(saw Swan go into the fell at Kalbackshorn, and that he was greeted well; but some spoke against that)Tj
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(story, and said there was nothing in it. But this all knew that he was never seen again either alive or)Tj
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(dead. So when Hallgerda heard that, she thought she had a great loss in her mother’s brother. Glum)Tj
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(mean to have Varmalek to myself". When Glum told this to Hallgerda, she said, "Thorarin has indeed)Tj
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(Chapter 15 - Thiostolf goes to Glum’s house)Tj
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(Thiostolf had beaten one of Hauskuld’s house-carles, so he drove him away. He took his horse and)Tj
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("Now, I will go away and never come back.")Tj
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("All will be glad at that," says Hauskuld.)Tj
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("Does it go well between you?" he says.)Tj
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("Yes," she says, "our love runs smooth enough.")Tj
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(After that she went to speak to Glum, and threw her arms round his neck and said - )Tj
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("Wilt thou grant me a boon which I wish to ask of thee?")Tj
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("Grant it I will," he says, "if it be right and seemly; but what is it thou wishest to ask?")Tj
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(She goes then to Thiostolf and tells him, and he answered - )Tj
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("Now, thou art still good, as I had hoped.")Tj
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(After that he was there, and kept himself down a little white, but then it was the old story, he seemed)Tj
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(to spoil all the good he found; for he gave way to no one save to Hallgerda alone, but she never took)Tj
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(his side in his brawls with others. Thorarin, Glum’s brother, blamed him for letting him be there, and)Tj
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(said ill luck would come of it, and all would happen as had happened before if he were there. Glum)Tj
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(answered him well and kindly, but still kept on in his own way.)Tj
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(Chapter 16 - Glum’s sheep hunt)Tj
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(Now once on a time when autumn came, it happened that men had hard work to get their flocks home,)Tj
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(and many of Glum’s wethers were missing. Then Glum said to Thiostolf - )Tj
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("’Tis no business of mine," says Thiostolf, "to hunt up sheep, and this one thing is quite enough to)Tj
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(hinder it. I won’t walk in thy thralls’ footsteps. But go thyself, and then I’ll go with thee.")Tj
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(blow with his hand, and said - )Tj
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("I will strive no longer with thee," and with that he went away.)Tj
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("This is sorry sport for thee, and so it must not be often again.")Tj
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("Nay," she said, "but thou shalt not avenge this, nor meddle at all whatever passes between Glum and )Tj
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(Chapter 17 - Glum’s slaying)Tj
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(Now Glum called men to follow him, and Thiostolf got ready and went with them. So they went up)Tj
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(Scoradale, and it came about at last that those twain, Glum and Thiostolf, were left alone together.)Tj
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(They went south from Crossfell and found there a flock of wild sheep, and they went from the south)Tj
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(towards the fell, and tried to drive them down; but still the sheep got away from them up on the fell.)Tj
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(Then each began to scold the other, and Thiostolf said at last that Glum had no strength save to tumble)Tj
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(about in Hallgerda’s arms.)Tj
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(Then Glum said - )Tj
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("’A man’s foes are those of his own house.’ Shall I take upbraiding from thee, runaway thrall as thou )Tj
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(art?")Tj
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(Thiostolf said - )Tj
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("Thou shalt soon have to own that I am no thrall, for I will not yield an inch to thee.")Tj
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(him at once with his axe, and smote him on the shoulder, and the stroke hewed asunder the)Tj
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(shoulderbone and collarbone, and the wound bled inwards. Glum grasped at Thiostolf with his left)Tj
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(hand so fast that he fell; but Glum could not hold him, for death came over him. Then Thiostolf)Tj
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(covered his body with stones, and took off his gold ring. Then he went straight to Varmalek. Hallgerda)Tj
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(was sitting out of doors, and saw that his axe was bloody. He said - )Tj
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("I know not what thou wilt think of it, but I tell thee Glum is slain.")Tj
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("That must be thy deed?" she says.)Tj
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("So it is," he says.)Tj
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(She laughed and said - )Tj
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("Thou dost not stand for nothing in this sport.")Tj
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("What thinkest thou is best to be done now?" he asked.)Tj
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("Go to Hrut, my father’s brother," she said, "and let him see about thee.")Tj
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("I do not know," says Thiostolf, "whether this is good advice; but still I will take thy counsel in this )Tj
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(So he took his horse, and rode west to Hrutstede that night. He binds his horse at the back of the house,)Tj
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(about. It happened that Hrut was awake. He sprang up at once, and put on his jerkin and pulled on his)Tj
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("I tell thee Glum is slain," says Thiostolf.)Tj
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("Who did the deed?" says Hrut.)Tj
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("I slew him," says Thiostolf.)Tj
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("Why rodest thou hither?" says Hrut.)Tj
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("Hallgerda sent me to thee," says Thiostolf.)Tj
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("Then she has no hand in this deed," says Hrut, and drew his sword. Thiostolf saw that, and would not)Tj
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(out of Thiostolf’s grasp. Then Hrut made a blow with the sword in his right hand at Thiostolf’s leg,)Tj
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(just above the knee, and cut it almost off so that it hung by a little piece, and sprang in upon him at the)Tj
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(same time, and thrust him hard back. After that he smote him on the head, and dealt him his)Tj
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(death-blow. Thiostolf fell down on his back at full length, and then out came Hrut’s men, and saw the)Tj
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(tokens of the deed. Hrut made them take Thiostolf away, and throw stones over his body, and then he)Tj
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(went to find Hauskuld, and told him of Glum’s slaying, and also of Thiostolf’s. He thought it harm)Tj
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(that Glum was dead and gone, but thanked him for killing Thiostolf. A little while after, Thorarin)Tj
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(Ragi’s brother hears of his brother Glum’s death, then he rides with eleven men behind him west to)Tj
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(Hauskuldstede, and Hauskuld welcomed him with both hands, and he is there the night. Hauskuld sent)Tj
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(at once for Hrut to come to him, and he went at once, and next day they spoke much of the slaying of)Tj
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(Glum, and Thorarin said - "Wilt thou make me any atonement for my brother, for I have had a great )Tj
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(loss?")Tj
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(Hauskuld answered - "I did not slay thy brother, nor did my daughter plot his death; but as soon as)Tj
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(ever Hrut knew it he slew Thiostolf".)Tj
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(Then Thorarin held his peace, and thought the matter had taken a bad turn. But Hrut said - "Let us)Tj
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(make his journey good; he has indeed had a heavy loss, and if we do that we shall be well spoken of.)Tj
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(So let us give him gifts, and then he will be our friend ever afterwards.")Tj
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(So the end of it was that those brothers gave him gifts, and he rode back south. He and Hallgerda)Tj
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(changed homesteads in the spring, and she went south to Laugarness and he to Varmalek. And now)Tj
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(Thorarin is out of the story.)Tj
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(Chapter 18 - Fiddle Mord’s death)Tj
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(Now it must be told how Fiddle Mord took a sickness and breathed his last; and that was thought great)Tj
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(scathe. His daughter Unna took all the goods he left behind him. She was then still unmarried the)Tj
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(second time. She was very lavish, and unthrifty of her property; so that her goods and ready money)Tj
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(There was a man whose name was Gunnar. He was one of Unna’s kinsmen, and his mother’s name)Tj
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(cut or thrust or shoot if he chose as well with his left as with his right hand, and he smote so swiftly)Tj
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(with his sword, that three seemed to flash through the air at once. He was the best shot with the bow of)Tj
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(and as far backwards as forwards. He could swim like a seal, and there was no game in which it was)Tj
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(any good for anyone to strive with him; and so it has been said that no man was his match. He was)Tj
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(handsome of feature, and fair skinned. His nose was straight, and a little turned up at the end. He was)Tj
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(blue-eyed and bright-eyed, and ruddy-cheeked. His hair thick, and of good hue, and hanging down in)Tj
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(comely curls. The most courteous of men was he, of sturdy frame and strong will, bountiful and)Tj
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(gentle, a fast friend, but hard to please when making them. He was wealthy in goods. His brother’s)Tj
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(name was Kolskegg; he was a tall strong man, a noble fellow, and undaunted in everything. Another)Tj
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(brother’s name was Hjort; he was then in his childhood. Orm Skogarnef was a base-born brother of)Tj
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(Gunnar’s; he does not come into this story. Arnguda was the name of Gunnar’s sister. Hroar, the priest)Tj
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(at Tongue, had her to wife.)Tj
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(Chapter 20 - Of Njal and his children)Tj
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(There was a man whose name was Njal. He was the son of Thorgeir Gelling, the son of Thorolf. Njal’s)Tj
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(mother’s name was Asgerda. Njal dwelt at Bergthorsknoll in the land-isles; he had another homestead)Tj
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(on Thorolfsfell. Njal was wealthy in goods, and handsome of face; no beard grew on his chin. He was)Tj
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(so great a lawyer, that his match was not to be found. Wise too he was, and foreknowing and)Tj
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(foresighted. Of good counsel, and ready to give it, and all that he advised men was sure to be the best)Tj
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(for them to do. Gentle and generous, he unravelled every man’s knotty points who came to see him)Tj
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(about them. Bergthora was his wife’s name; she was Skarphedinn’s daughter, a very high-spirited,)Tj
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(brave-hearted woman, but somewhat hard-tempered. They had six children, three daughters and three)Tj
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(sons, and they all come afterwards into this story.)Tj
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(Chapter 21 - Unna goes to see Gunnar)Tj
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(Now it must be told how Unna had lost all her ready money. She made her way to Lithend, and)Tj
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(Gunnar greeted his kinswoman well. She stayed there that night, and the next morning they sat out of)Tj
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(doors and talked. The end of their talk was that she told him how heavily she was pressed for money.)Tj
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("This is a bad business," he said.)Tj
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("What help wilt thou give me out of my distress?" she asked.)Tj
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(He answered - "Take as much money as thou needest from what I have out at interest".)Tj
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("Nay," she said, "I will not waste thy goods.")Tj
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("What then dost thou wish?")Tj
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("I wish thee to get back my goods out of Hrut’s hands," she answered.)Tj
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("That, methinks, is not likely," said he, "when thy father could not get them back, and yet he was a)Tj
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(great lawyer, but I know little about law.")Tj
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(She answered - "Hrut pushed that matter through rather by boldness than by law; besides, my father)Tj
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(none of my kinsmen to take this suit up if thou hast not daring enough.")Tj
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("I have courage enough," he replied, "to get these goods back; but I do not know how to take the suit )Tj
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(up.")Tj
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("Well!" she answered, "go and see Njal of Bergthorsknoll, he will know how to give thee advice.)Tj
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(Besides, he is a great friend of thine.")Tj
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("’Tis like enough he will give me good advice, as he gives it to every one else," says Gunnar.)Tj
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(So the end of their talk was, that Gunnar undertook her cause, and gave her the money she needed for)Tj
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(her housekeeping, and after that she went home.)Tj
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(Now Gunnar rides to see Njal, and he made him welcome, and they began to talk at once.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar said - "I am come to seek a bit of good advice from thee".)Tj
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(Njal replied - "Many of my friends are worthy of this, but still I think I would take more pains for none)Tj
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(Gunnar said - "I wish to let thee know that I have undertaken to get Unna’s goods back from Hrut".)Tj
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("A very hard suit to undertake," said Njal, "and one very hazardous how it will go; but still I will get it)Tj
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(rules I lay down; if thou dost, thy life is in danger.")Tj
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("Never fear; I will break none of them," said Gunnar.)Tj
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(Then Njal held his peace for a little while, and after that he spoke as follows: - )Tj
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("I have thought over the suit, and it will do so. Thou shalt ride from home with two men at thy back.)Tj
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(Over all thou shalt have a great rough cloak, and under that, a russet kirtle of cheap stuff, and under)Tj
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(thou comest to Hauskuldstede. There thou must stay a night, and sit in the lowest place, and hang thy)Tj
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(fellows enough and to spare,’ thou must answer. ’Dost thou know Reykiardale and the parts about?’ he)Tj
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(come to Rangrivervale, and then thou must say, there is small choice of men left in those parts since)Tj
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(Fiddle Mord died. At the same time sing some stave to please Hrut, for I know thou art a skald. Hrut)Tj
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(will ask what makes thee say there is never a man to come in Mord’s place; and then thou must)Tj
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("’A suit,’ thou must answer, ’which does not concern me. I want to know how a man must set to work)Tj
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(Gunnar rode from home two nights afterwards, and two men with him; they rode along until they got)Tj
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(everything as Njal had laid it down for him, and when he came to Hauskuldstede he stayed there the)Tj
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(Rangrivervale, and Hrut asked about the men there, Gunnar sung this stave - )Tj
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(So the people speak by stealth,)Tj
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(Often this hath reached my ears, - )Tj
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(All through Rangar’s rolling vales.)Tj
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(Still I trow that Fiddle Mord,)Tj
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(Such a man for might and wit.)Tj
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(Then Hrut said, "Thou art a skald, Hedinn. But hast thou never heard how things went between me and)Tj
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(Mord?" Then Hedinn sung another stave - )Tj
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(Once I ween I heard the rumour,)Tj
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(Trickful he and trustful thou.)Tj
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(Then the men, the buckler-bearers,)Tj
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(Begged the mighty gold-begetter,)Tj
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(Sharp sword oft of old he reddened,)Tj
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(Not to stand in strife with thee.)Tj
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(So they went on, till Hrut, in answer told him how the suit must be taken up, and recited the summons.)Tj
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("Only Huckster Hedinn is here," says Hrut.)Tj
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("A broader man across the back, it will be, I fear," says Hauskuld, "I guess here must have been)Tj
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(Gunnar of Lithend.")Tj
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("Then there has been a pretty trial of cunning," says Hrut.)Tj
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("What has happened?" says Hauskuld.)Tj
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("There has, indeed, been a great falling off of wit on one side," said Hauskuld, "and Gunnar cannot)Tj
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(in all the land.")Tj
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(Now they look for Hedinn, but he is already off and away; after that they gathered folk, and looked for)Tj
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(and pleading might still he kept alive if they chose to strive in that way.)Tj
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("No," says Gunnar, "I will not have that; I will do the same to Hrut as he did to Mord my kinsman; -)Tj
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(or, are those brothers Hrut and Hauskuld so near that they may hear my voice?")Tj
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("Hear it we can," says Hrut. "What dost thou wish?")Tj
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(Gunnar said - "Now all men here present be ear-witnesses, that I challenge thee Hrut to single combat,)Tj
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(then pay up all the money this very day.")Tj
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(After that Gunnar sung a stave - )Tj
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(Yes, so must it be, this morning - )Tj
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(Now my mind is full of fire - )Tj
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(Hrut with me on yonder island)Tj
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(Raises roar of helm and shield.)Tj
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(All that hear my words bear witness,)Tj
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(Warriors grasping Woden’s guard,)Tj
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(Unless the wealthy wight down payeth)Tj
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(Dower of wife with flowing veil.)Tj
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(After that Gunnar went away from the court with all his followers. Hrut and Hauskuld went home too,)Tj
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("Then thou must mean to fight," says Hauskuld, "but that shall not be if I have my way; for thou)Tj
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(the money to Gunnar.")Tj
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(After that the brothers asked the householders of their own country what they would lay down, and)Tj
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("Let us go then," says Hauskuld, "to Gunner’s booth, and pay down the money out of hand." That was)Tj
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("Now it is thine to take the money.")Tj
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(Gunnar said - )Tj
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("Pay it down, then, for I am ready to take it.")Tj
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(Men who wield the blade of battle)Tj
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(Hoarded wealth may well enjoy,)Tj
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(Guileless gotten this at least,)Tj
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(Golden meed I fearless take;)Tj
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(But if we for woman’s quarrel,)Tj
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(Warriors born to brandish sword,)Tj
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(Glut the wolf with manly gore,)Tj
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(Worse the lot of both would be.)Tj
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(Hrut answered - "Ill will be thy meed for this".)Tj
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("Be that as it may," says Gunnar.)Tj
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(Then Hauskuld and his brother went home to their booth, and he had much upon his mind, and said to)Tj
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(Hrut - )Tj
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(After that they left off speaking of the matter. Gunnar showed Njal the money, and he said - "The suit)Tj
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("Ay," says Gunnar, "but it was all thy doing.")Tj
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(Now men rode home from the Thing, and Gunnar got very great honour from the suit. Gunnar handed)Tj
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(help from her and her kin hereafter than from other men. She said, so it should be.)Tj
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(There was a man named Valgard, he kept house at Hof by Rangriver, he was the son of Jorund the)Tj
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(Priest, and his brother was Wolf Aurpriest. Those brothers. Wolf Aurpriest, and Valgard the guileful,)Tj
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(set off to woo Unna, and she gave herself away to Valgard without the advice of any of her kinsfolk.)Tj
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(But Gunnar and Njal, and many others thought ill of that, for he was a cross-grained man and had few)Tj
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(friends. They begot between them a son, whose name was Mord, and he is long in this story. When he)Tj
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(Now we will name Njal’s sons. Skarphedinn was the eldest of them. He was a tall man in growth and)Tj
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(strong withal; a good swordsman; he could swim like a seal, the swiftest-footed of men, and bold and)Tj
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(dauntless; he had a great flow of words and quick utterance; a good skald too; but still for the most)Tj
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(part he kept himself well in hand; his hair was dark brown, with crisp curly locks; he had good eyes;)Tj
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(his features were sharp, and his face ashen pale, his nose turned up and his front teeth stuck out, and)Tj
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(his mouth was very ugly. Still he was the most soldier-like of men.)Tj
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(Grim was the name of Njal’s second son. He was fair of face and wore his hair long. His hair was)Tj
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(dark, and he was comelier to look on than Skarphedinn. A tall strong man.)Tj
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(Helgi was the name of Njal’s third son. He too was fair of face and had fine hair. He was a strong man)Tj
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(and well-skilled in arms. He was a man of sense and knew well how to behave. They were all)Tj
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(unwedded at that time, Njal’s sons.)Tj
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(Hauskuld was the fourth of Njal’s sons. He was base-born. His mother was Rodny, and she was)Tj
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(Hauskuld’s daughter, the sister of Ingialld of the Springs.)Tj
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(Njal asked Skarphedinn one day if he would take to himself a wife. He bade his father settle the)Tj
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(matter. Then Njal asked for his hand Thorhilda, the daughter of Ranvir of Thorolfsfell, and that was)Tj
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(why they had another homestead there after that. Skarphedinn got Thorhilda, but he stayed still with)Tj
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(his father to the end. Grim wooed Astrid of Deepback; she was a widow and very wealthy. Grim got)Tj
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(her to wife, and yet lived on with Njal.)Tj
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(There was a man named Asgrim. He was Ellidagrim’s son. The brother of Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son)Tj
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(was Sigfus.)Tj
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(Asgrim had two sons, and both of them were named Thorhall. They were both hopeful men. Grim was)Tj
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(the name of another of Asgrim’s sons, and Thorhalla was his daughter’s name. She was the fairest of)Tj
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(women, and well behaved.)Tj
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(Njal came to talk with his son Helgi, and said, "I have thought of a match for thee, if thou wilt follow)Tj
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(my advice".)Tj
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("That I will surely," says he, "for I know that thou both meanest me well, and canst do well for me; but)Tj
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("Wilt thou sail with me eastward ho?" says Gunnar.)Tj
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("That I will of a surety," says he.)Tj
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("I have two," he says.)Tj
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("Then I would that we two went on warfare; and let us get men to go with us.")Tj
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("I will do that," says Hallvard.)Tj
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("Whither wilt thou first fare?" says Gunnar.)Tj
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("I wish to go south-east to Hisingen, to see my kinsman Oliver," says Hallvard.)Tj
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("There’s no use thinking of that," says Oliver, "when ye have no force.")Tj
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("Well," says Hallvard, "then you may add to it.")Tj
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("What force, now, wilt thou add to ours?" he asks.)Tj
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("Two long-ships, one with twenty, and the other with thirty seats for rowers.")Tj
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("Who?" says Hallvard.)Tj
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(For the eagle ravine-eager,)Tj
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(Better surely hast thou catered,)Tj
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(Lord of gold, than for thyself;)Tj
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(Here the morn come greedy ravens,)Tj
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(Many a rill of wolfö to sup,)Tj
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(But thee burning thirst down-beareth,)Tj
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(Prince of battle’s Parliament!)Tj
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(with his sword, and the blow fell on his shield. Gunnar gave the shield a twist as the sword pierced it,)Tj
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(aloft, and Vandil could not see how to shun the blow. Then Gunnar cut both his legs from under him,)Tj
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(went. They did not come back in autumn. The next summer they held on to Reval, and fell in there)Tj
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(with sea-rovers, and fought at once, and won the fight. After that they steered east to Osel,ö and lay)Tj
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(there somewhile under a ness. There they saw a man coming down from the ness above them; Gunnar)Tj
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(Tofi. Gunnar asked again what he wanted.)Tj
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("Thee I want to see," says the man. "Two warships lie on the other side under the ness, and I will tell)Tj
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(thee who command them: two brothers are the captains - one’s name is Hallgrim, and the other’s)Tj
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(Kolskegg. I know them to be mighty men of war; and I know too that they have such good weapons)Tj
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(that the like are not to be had. Hallgrim has a bill which he had made by seething-spells; and this is)Tj
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(what the spells say, that no weapon shall give him his death-blow save that bill. That thing follows it)Tj
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(too that it is known at once when a man is to be slain with that bill, for something sings in it so loudly)Tj
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(Soon shall I that spearhead seize,)Tj
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(And the bold sea-rover slay,)Tj
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(Him whose blows on headpiece ring,)Tj
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(Heaper up of piles of dead.)Tj
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(Then on Endil’s courserö bounding,)Tj
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(O’er the sea-depths I will ride,)Tj
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(While the wretch who spells abuseth,)Tj
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(him with his bill. There was a boom athwart the ship, and Gunnar leapt nimbly back over it, Gunnar’s)Tj
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(shield was just before the boom, and Hallgrim thrust his bill into it, and through it, and so on into the)Tj
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(boom. Gunnar cut at Hallgrim’s arm hard, and lamed the forearm, but the sword would not bite. Then)Tj
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(Slain is he who spoiled the people,)Tj
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(Lashing them with flashing steel:)Tj
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(Heard have I how Hallgrim’s magic)Tj
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(Helm-rod forged in foreign land;)Tj
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(All men know, of heart-strings doughty,)Tj
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(How this bill hath come to me,)Tj
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(Deft in fight, the wolf’s dear feeder.)Tj
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(Death alone us two shall part.)Tj
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(Kolskeggs] fought together, and it was a near thing which would get the better of it. Then Gunnar)Tj
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(dead men owned, but he gave the others whom he spared their arms and their clothing, and bade them)Tj
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(behind.)Tj
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(Tofi came to Gunnar after the battle, and offered to lead him to that store of goods which the)Tj
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(were under there, then they tossed off the wood, and found under it both gold and silver, clothes and)Tj
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(Tofi answered, "I am a Dansk man by race, and I wish thou wouldst bring me to my kinsfolk".)Tj
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(all Iceland. He sent men to him to ask him to come to him, and Gunnar went at once to see the king,)Tj
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(and the king made him a hearty welcome, and sat him down next to himself. Gunnar was there half a)Tj
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(his men, and there were none that were his match even in one feat.)Tj
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(and kinsfolk".)Tj
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("Then thou wilt never come back to us," says the king.)Tj
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("Fate will settle that, lord," says Gunnar.)Tj
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(honour, and golden-seamed gloves, and a fillet with a knot of gold on it, and a Russian hat.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar fared north to Hisingen. Oliver welcomed him with both hands, and he gave back to)Tj
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(Oliver his ships, with their lading, and said that was his share of the spoil. Oliver took the goods, and)Tj
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(said Gunnar was a good man and true, and bade him stay with him some while. Hallvard asked Gunnar)Tj
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(proved, but then I was not tried at all when thou badest me do this before".)Tj
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(After that they fared north to Drontheim to see Earl Hacon, and he gave Gunnar a hearty welcome, and)Tj
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(When the spring came, the Earl asks Gunnar what course he meant to take. He said he would go to)Tj
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(but still thou shalt have meal and timber both in thy ship".)Tj
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(Gunnar fitted out his ship as early as he could, and Hallvard fared out with him and Kolskegg. They)Tj
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(Gunnar rode home from the ship, but got men to strip her and lay her up. But when they came home)Tj
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(haughtiness grown while they were away.)Tj
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(Gunnar asks if Njal were at home; and he was told that he was at home; then he let them saddle his)Tj
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(Njal was glad at their coming, and begged them to stay there that night, and Gunnar told him of his )Tj
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(Njal said he was a man of the greatest mark, "and thou hast been much proved; but still thou wilt be)Tj
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("With all men I would wish to stand well," says Gunnar.)Tj
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("Much bad will happen," says Njal, "and thou wilt always have some quarrel to ward off.")Tj
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("So be it, then," says Gunnar, "so that I have a good ground on my side.")Tj
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("So will it be too," says Njal, "if thou hast not to smart for others.")Tj
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(Njal asked Gunnar if he would ride to the Thing. Gunnar said he was going to ride thither, and asks)Tj
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(Njal whether he were going to ride; but he said he would not ride thither, "and if I had my will thou)Tj
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(wouldst do the like".)Tj
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(Gunnar rode home, and gave Njal good gifts, and thanked him for the care he had taken of his goods,)Tj
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(Kolskegg urged him on much to ride to the Thing, saying, "There thy honour will grow, for many will)Tj
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("That has been little to my mind," says Gunnar, "to make a show of myself; but I think it good and)Tj
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(to the booths of the men of Rangriver, and was there with his kinsmen. Many men came to see)Tj
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("That can not be in thy mind," she says.)Tj
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("It is though," says he.)Tj
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("If thou hast any mind that way, go and see my father.")Tj
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("How thinkest thou, kinsman Hrut?" says Hauskuld.)Tj
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(Gunnar asks Njal why he thought this so unwise?)Tj
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("Because from her," says Njal, "will arise all kind of ill if she comes hither east.")Tj
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("Never shall she spoil our friendship," says Gunnar.)Tj
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(name was Mord; the fifth’s Lambi; the sixth’s Sigmund; the seventh’s Sigurd. These were all Gunnar’s)Tj
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(kinsmen, and great champions. Gunnar bade them all to the wedding.)Tj
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(also, and she was one of the fairest of women; she was then fourteen winters old. Many other women)Tj
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(from Holt away east. Thorir would sit outermost of the men of mark, for every one was pleased with)Tj
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("Thrain," she says,)Tj
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("Gaping mouths are no wise good,)Tj
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(Goggle eyne are in thy head,")Tj
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(Hauskuld Dalakoll’s son, wilt thou give me to wife Thorgerda, thy kinswoman?")Tj
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("I do not know that," says Hauskuld; "methinks thou art ill parted from the one thou hadst before. But)Tj
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(what kind of man is he, Gunnar?")Tj
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(him, Njal," says Gunnar, "for all men will believe it".)Tj
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(Then Hauskuld spoke - "What thinkest thou we ought to do, kinsman Hrut?")Tj
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("Thou mayst make the match, because it is an even one for her," says Hrut.)Tj
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(Then they talk about the terms of the bargain, and are soon of one mind on all points.)Tj
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(Now it was the custom between Gunnar and Njal, that each made the other a feast, winter and winter)Tj
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("Thou shalt give place to this woman.")Tj
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(She answered - "To no one will I give place, for I will not be driven into the corner for any one".)Tj
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("I shall rule here," said Bergthora, After that Thorhalla sat down, and Bergthora went round the table)Tj
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("There’s not much to choose, though, between you two. Thou hast hangnails on every finger, and Njal)Tj
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(avenge this, Gunnar!")Tj
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(roofs; but as for Njal, I am his debtor for much honour, and never will I be egged on by thee like a )Tj
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(After that they set off home.)Tj
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("Mind this, Bergthora," said Hallgerda, "that we shall meet again.")Tj
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(Bergthora said she should not be better off for that. Gunnar said nothing at all, but went home to)Tj
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(Thing.)Tj
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("The trolls take thy friends," says Hallgerda.)Tj
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(So Gunnar rode to the Thing, and saw it was not good to come to words with her. Njal rode to the)Tj
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(they were very fond of him. Now Bergthora told him that he must go up into Redslip and hew wood;)Tj
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(but she said - "I will get men to draw home the wood".)Tj
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(He said he would do the work She set him to win; and so he went up into Redslip, and was to be there)Tj
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(a week.)Tj
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(Some gangrel men came to Lithend from the east across Markfleet, and said that Swart had been in)Tj
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(Redslip, and hewn wood, and done a deal of work.)Tj
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("So," says Hallgerda, "Bergthora must mean to rob me in many things, but I’ll take care that he does)Tj
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(not hew again.")Tj
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(Rannveig, Gunnar’s mother, heard that, and said - "There have been good housewives before now,)Tj
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(though they never set their hearts on manslaughter".)Tj
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("Fare thou to Redslip; there wilt thou find Swart".)Tj
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("What shall I do to him?" he says.)Tj
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("Askest thou that when thou art the worst of men?" she says. "Thou shalt kill him.")Tj
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("I can get that done," he says, "but ’tis more likely that I shall lose my own life for it.")Tj
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("Everything grows big in thy eyes," she says, "and thou behavest ill to say this after I have spoken up)Tj
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(for thee in everything. I must get another man to do this if thou darest not.")Tj
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(He took the axe, and was very wroth, and takes a horse that Gunnar owned, and rides now till he)Tj
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("May be so," says he, "but I dreamt all the other way as I slept ere I did the deed.")Tj
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(bade his men go with him: they did so, and fared to Njal’s booth. Gunnar sent a man to fetch Njal, and)Tj
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(Swart, thy house-carle, fell before them.")Tj
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(Njal held his peace while he told him the whole story. Then Njal spoke - )Tj
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("Thou must take heed not to let her have her way in everything.")Tj
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(Gunnar said - "Thou thyself shall settle the terms".)Tj
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(Njal spoke again - "’Twill be hard work for thee to atone for all Hallgerda’s mischief; and somewhere)Tj
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(else there will be a broader trail to follow than this which we two now have a share in, and yet, even)Tj
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(here there will be much awanting before all be well; and herein we shall need to bear in mind the)Tj
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(friendly words that passed between us of old; and something tells me that thou wilt come well out of it,)Tj
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(but still thou wilt be sore tried".)Tj
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(Then Njal took the award into his own hands from Gunnar, and said - )Tj
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("I will not push this matter to the uttermost; thou shalt pay twelve ounces of silver; but I will add this)Tj
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(to my award, that if anything happens from our homestead about which thou hast to utter an award,)Tj
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(thou wilt not be less easy in thy terms".)Tj
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(Gunnar paid up the money out of hand, and rode home afterwards. Njal, too, came home from the)Tj
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(Thing, and his sons. Bergthora saw the money, and said - )Tj
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("This is very justly settled; but even as much money shall be paid for Kol as time goes on.")Tj
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(Gunnar came home from the Thing and blamed Hallgerda. She said, better men lay unatoned in many)Tj
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(places, Gunnar said, she might have her way in beginning a quarrel, "but how the matter is to be)Tj
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(settled rests with me".)Tj
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(Hallgerda was for ever chattering of Swart’s slaying, but Bergthora liked that ill. Once Njal and her)Tj
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(sons went up to Thorolfsfell to see about the housekeeping there, but that selfsame day this thing)Tj
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(happened when Bergthora was out of doors: she sees a man ride up to the house on a black horse. She)Tj
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(stayed there and did not go in, for she did not know the man. That man had a spear in his hand, and)Tj
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(was girded with a short sword. She asked this man his name.)Tj
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("Atli is my name," says he.)Tj
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(She asked whence he came.)Tj
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("I am an Eastfirther," he says.)Tj
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("Whither shalt thou go?" she says.)Tj
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("I am a homeless man," says he, "and I thought to see Njal and Skarphedinn, and know if they would)Tj
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(take me in.")Tj
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("What work is handiest to thee?" says she.)Tj
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("I am a man used to field-work," he says, "and many things else come very handy to me; but I will not)Tj
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(hide from thee that I am a man of hard temper and it has been many a man’s lot before now to bind up)Tj
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(wounds at my hand.")Tj
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("I do not blame thee," she says, "though thou art no milksop.")Tj
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(Atli said - "Hast thou any voice in things here?")Tj
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("I am Njal’s wife," she says, "and I have as much to say to our housefolk as he.")Tj
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("Wilt thou take me in then?" says he.)Tj
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("I will give thee thy choice of that," says she. "If thou wilt do all the work that I set before thee, and)Tj
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(that though I wish to send thee where a man’s life is at stake.")Tj
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("Thou must have so many men at thy beck," says he, "that thou wilt not need me for such work.")Tj
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("That I will settle as I please," she says.)Tj
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("We will strike a bargain on these terms," says he.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn was good to Atli.)Tj
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("What money is that, father?")Tj
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("Here is the money that Gunnar paid me for our house-carle last summer.")Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and say that Atli asked Bergthora what work he should do that day.)Tj
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("I have thought of some work for thee," she says; "thou shall go and look for Kol until thou find him;)Tj
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(Then he spurred his horse and rides fast, and when he meets Kol, Atli said to him - )Tj
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("That’s no business of thine, worthless fellow, nor of any one else whence thou comest.")Tj
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(axe, but missed him, and fell off his horse, and died at once.)Tj
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("Hast thou slain him?" say they.)Tj
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("Well, ’twill seem to Hallgerda as though he has not fallen by his own hand.")Tj
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(has earned away with him to the Thing the price of that thrall which we took last spring, and that)Tj
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(Hallgerda will keep no peace.")Tj
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("Wilt thou send at all a man to Njal to tell him of the slaying?")Tj
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("I will not," she says, "I should like it better that Kol were unatoned.")Tj
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(Then they stopped talking about it.)Tj
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(Hallgerda was told of Kol’s slaying, and of the words that Atli had said. She said Atli should be paid)Tj
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("Say thou to Gunnar that my father wants to see him.")Tj
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(He did so, and Gunnar went out at once and gave Njal a hearty welcome. After that they began to talk.)Tj
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("She shall not have blame for that," says Gunnar.)Tj
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("Settle the award thyself," says Njal.)Tj
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("So I will do," say Gunnar, "and I value those two men at an even price, Swart and Kol. Thou shalt)Tj
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(Njal took the purse of money and handed it to Gunnar. Gunnar knew the money, and saw it was the)Tj
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(When Njal came home, he blamed Bergthora; but she said she would never give way to Hallgerda.)Tj
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(Hallgerda was very cross with Gunnar, because he had made peace for Kol’s slaying, Gunnar told her)Tj
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(he would never break with Njal or his sons, and she flew into a great rage; but Gunnar took no heed of)Tj
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(that, and so they sat for that year, and nothing noteworthy happened.)Tj
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(Next spring Njal said to Atli - "I wish that thou wouldst change thy abode to the east firths, so that)Tj
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(Hallgerda may not put an end to thy life".)Tj
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("I am not afraid of that," says Atli, "and I will willingly stay at home if I have the choice.")Tj
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("Still that is less wise," says Njal.)Tj
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("I think it better to lose my life in thy house than to change my master; but this I will beg of thee, if I)Tj
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("Thou shalt be atoned for as a free man; but perhaps Bergthora will make thee a promise which she)Tj
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(Then he made up his mind to be a hired servant there.)Tj
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(Now it must be told of Hallgerda that she sent a man west to Bearfirth, to fetch Brynjolf the Unruly,)Tj
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(Bergthora said to Atli - "Go thou up into Thorolfsfell and work there a week".)Tj
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(Thorolfsfell".)Tj
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("What thinkest thou likeliest that he is working at?" says he.)Tj
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("At something in the wood," she says.)Tj
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("What shall I do to him?" he asks.)Tj
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("Thou shalt kill him," says she.)Tj
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(He was rather slow in answering her, and Hallgerda said - )Tj
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("’Twould grow less in Thiostolf’s eyes to kill Atli if he were alive.")Tj
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("Thou shalt have no need to goad me on much more," he says, and then he seized his weapons, and)Tj
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(takes his horse and mounts, and rides to Thorolfsfell. There he saw a great reek of coal smoke east of)Tj
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(was thickest. Then he sees where the charcoal pit is, and a man stands by it. He saw that he had thrust)Tj
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(his spear in the ground by him. Brynjolf goes along with the smoke right up to him, but he was eager)Tj
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(at his work, and saw him not. Brynjolf gave him a stroke on the head with his axe, and he turned so)Tj
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(quick round that Brynjolf loosed his hold of the axe, and Atli grasped the spear, and hurled it after)Tj
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("Lucky for thee that I was not ready for thee," says Atli, "but now Hallgerda will be well pleased, for)Tj
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(thou wilt tell her of my death; but it is a comfort to know that thou wilt have the same fate soon; but)Tj
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(come now, take thy axe which has been here.")Tj
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(He answered him never a word, nor did he take the axe before he was dead. Then he rode up to the)Tj
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(After that Hallgerda sent a man to the Thing to tell Gunnar of Atli’s killing.)Tj
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(Gunnar stood up, and Kolskegg with him, and Kolskegg said - )Tj
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("Unthrifty will Hallgerda’s kinsmen be to thee.")Tj
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(Then they go to see Njal, and Gunnar said - )Tj
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(Gunnar said that was all right, and stretched out his hand.)Tj
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(Njal named his witnesses, and they made peace on those terms.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn said, "Hallgerda does not let our house-carles die of old age".)Tj
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(Gunnar said - "Thy mother will take care that blow goes for blow between the houses".)Tj
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("Ay, ay," says Njal, "there will be enough of that work.")Tj
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(After that Njal fixed the price at a hundred in silver, but Gunnar paid it down at once. Many who stood)Tj
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(With that they rode home from the Thing.)Tj
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(Bergthora said to Njal when she saw the money - "Thou thinkest thou hast fulfilled thy promise, but)Tj
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(now my promise is still behind".)Tj
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("There is no need that thou shouldst fulfil it," says Njal.)Tj
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("Nay," says she, "thou hast guessed it would be so; and so it shall be.")Tj
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(Hallgerda said to Gunnar - )Tj
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("Hast thou paid a hundred in silver for Atli’s slaying, and made him a free man?")Tj
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("He was free before," says Gunnar, "and besides, I will not make Njal’s household outlaws who have)Tj
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("There’s not a pin to choose between you," she said, "for both of you are so blate.")Tj
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("That’s as things prove," says he.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar was for a long time very short with her, till she gave way to him; and now all was still)Tj
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(Thing about summer.)Tj
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(Now Bergthora came to talk with Thord Freedmanson; she said - )Tj
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("Thou shalt go to kill Brynjolf, Hallgerda’s kinsman.")Tj
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("I am no man-slayer," he says, "but still I will do what ever thou wilt.")Tj
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("This is my will," she says.)Tj
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(After that he went up to Lithend, and made them call Hallgerda out, and asked where Brynjolf might )Tj
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("What’s thy will with him?" she says.)Tj
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("I want him to tell me where he has hidden Atli’s body; I have heard say that he has buried it badly.")Tj
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(She pointed to him, and said he was down yonder in Acretongue.)Tj
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("Take heed," says Thord, "that the same thing does not befall him as befell Atli.")Tj
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("Thou art no man-slayer," she says, "and so nought will come of it even if ye two do meet.")Tj
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("Never have I seen man’s blood, nor do I know how I should feel if I did," he says, and gallops out of)Tj
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(the "town" and down to Acretongue.)Tj
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(Rannveig, Gunnar’s mother, had heard their talk.)Tj
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("Thou goadest his mind much, Hallgerda," she says, "but I think him a dauntless man, and that thy)Tj
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(kinsman will find.")Tj
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(time, and struck him on the collarbone, and the blow went straight into his trunk. Then he fell from)Tj
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(Thord met Hallgerda’a herdsman, and gave out the slaying as done by his hand, and said where he lay,)Tj
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("Good luck go with thy hands," she said.)Tj
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(There was a man whose name was Sigmund. He was the son of Lambi, the son of Sighvat the Red. He)Tj
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(spirit, and a good skald, and well trained in most feats of strength. He was noisy and boisterous, and)Tj
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(given to jibes and mocking. He made the land east in Hornfirth. Skiolld was the name of his)Tj
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(fellow-traveller; he was a Swedish man, and ill to do with. They took horse and rode from the east out)Tj
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(of Hornfirth, and did not draw bridle before they came to Lithend, in the Fleetlithe. Gunnar gave them)Tj
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(a hearty welcome, for the bonds of kinship were close between them. Gunnar begged Sigmund to stay)Tj
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(there that winter, and Sigmund said he would take the offer if Skiolld his fellow might be there too.)Tj
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(rather needest to have it bettered. This, too, is a bad house to stay at, and I would just give both of you)Tj
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(a bit of advice, my kinsmen, not to fire up at the egging on of my wife Hallgerda; for she takes much)Tj
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(in hand that is far from my will.")Tj
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("His hands are clean who warns another," says Sigmund.)Tj
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("Then mind the advice given thee," says Gunnar, "for thou art sure to be sore tried; and go along)Tj
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(always with me, and lean upon my counsel.")Tj
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("Well, this is a wondrous thing!")Tj
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("What is it that thou see’st that seems after a wondrous fashion?" says Njal.)Tj
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("Methinks the goat lies here in the hollow, and he is all one gore of blood.")Tj
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(Njal said that there was no goat there, nor anything else.)Tj
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("What is it then?" says Thord.)Tj
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("Who will avenge it?" she asks; "is it the beardless carle?")Tj
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("Not so," says he; "his sons will avenge it.")Tj
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("Very well, so I will," says he.)Tj
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("Give thyself up," he says, "for now shalt thou die.")Tj
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("That shall not be," says Thord, "come thou to single combat with me.")Tj
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("Wilt thou let thy sons be by, pray?" says Gunnar.)Tj
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(Then Njal said - "The award that I make is two hundred in silver, and that thou wilt think much".)Tj
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("I do not think it too much," says Gunnar, and went home to his booth.)Tj
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("Who slew him?" says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("Sigmund and Skiolld, but Thrain was standing near too," says Njal.)Tj
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("They thought they had need of much strength," says Skarphedinn, and sang a song - )Tj
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(Burdeners of ocean’s steeds,)Tj
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(Strength enough it seems they needed)Tj
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(We who brandish burnished steel - )Tj
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(Famous men erst reddened weapons,)Tj
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(When? if now we quiet sit?)Tj
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("Yes! when shall the day come when we shall lift our hands?")Tj
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(Now men ride home from the Thing; and when Gunnar came home, he said to Sigmund - )Tj
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(was not there nor Kolskegg. These gangrel women went into the bower, and Hallgerda greeted them,)Tj
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(and made room for them; then she asked them for news, but they said they had none to tell. Hallgerda)Tj
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(asked where they had been over night; they said at Bergthorsknoll.)Tj
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("What was Njal doing?" she says.)Tj
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("He was hard at work sitting still," they said.)Tj
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("What were Njal’s sons doing?" she says; "they think themselves men at any rate.")Tj
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("Tall men they are in growth," they say, "but as yet they are all untried; Skarphedinn whetted an axe,)Tj
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(Grim fitted a spearhead to the shaft, Helgi rivetted a hilt on a sword, Hauskuld strengthened the handle)Tj
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(of a shield.")Tj
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("They must be bent on some great deed," says Hallgerda.)Tj
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("We do not know that," they say.)Tj
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("What were Njal’s house-carles doing?" she asks.)Tj
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("We don’t know what some of them were doing, but one was carting dung up the hill-side.")Tj
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("What good was there in doing that?" she asks.)Tj
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("He said it made the swathe better there than any where else," they reply. "Witless now is Njal," says)Tj
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("How so?" they ask.)Tj
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("I am quite ready to do that," says he, and sang these verses - )Tj
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(Lady proud with hawk in hand.)Tj
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(Prithee why should dungbeard boys,)Tj
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(Reft of reason, dare to hammer)Tj
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(Handle fast on battle shield?)Tj
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(For these lads of loathly feature - )Tj
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(Lady scattering swanbath’s beamsö - )Tj
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(Shall not shun this ditty shameful)Tj
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(Which I shape upon them now.)Tj
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(He the beardless carle shall listen)Tj
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(While I lash him with abuse,)Tj
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(Loon at whom our stomachs sicken.)Tj
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(Soon shall hear these words of scorn;)Tj
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(Far too nice for such base fellows)Tj
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(Is the name my bounty gives,)Tj
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(E’n my muse her help refuses,)Tj
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(Making mirth of dungbeard boys.)Tj
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(Here I find a nickname fitting)Tj
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(For those noisome dungbeard boys - )Tj
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(Loath am I to break my bargain)Tj
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(Linked with such a noble man - )Tj
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(Knit we all our taunts together - )Tj
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(Known to me is mind of man - )Tj
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(Call we now with outburst common,)Tj
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(Him, that churl, the beardless carle.)Tj
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("Thou art a jewel indeed," says Hallgerda; "how yielding thou art to what I ask!")Tj
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(words that thou hast spoken, or these verses that thou hast made, that man shall be sent away at once,)Tj
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(and have my wrath beside.")Tj
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("Ours is no woman’s nature," says Skarphedinn, "that we should fly into a rage at every little thing.")Tj
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(ye do not take vengeance for this wrong, ye will avenge no shame.")Tj
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("The carline, our mother, thinks this fine sport," says Skarphedinn, and smiled scornfully as he spoke,)Tj
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(but still the sweat burst out upon his brow, and red flecks came over his cheeks, but that was not his)Tj
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(wont. Grim was silent and bit his lip. Helgi made no sign, and he said never a word. Hauskuld went off)Tj
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(with Bergthora; she came into the room again, and fretted and foamed much.)Tj
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("Thy sons went out with them," says Bergthora.)Tj
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("To look after thy sheep," he answers.)Tj
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("You would not then be armed," said Njal, "if you meant that, and your errand must be something )Tj
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(else.")Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn sang a song - )Tj
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(Squanderer of hoarded wealth,)Tj
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(Some there are that own rich treasure,)Tj
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(Ore of sea that clasps the earth,)Tj
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(And yet care to count their sheep;)Tj
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(Those who forge sharp songs of mocking,)Tj
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(Death songs, scarcely can possess)Tj
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(Sense of sheep that crop the grass;)Tj
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(Such as these I seek in fight;)Tj
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(and said afterwards - )Tj
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("We shall fish for salmon, father.")Tj
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("’Twould be well then if it turned out so that the prey does not get away from you.")Tj
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(They went their way, but Njal went to his bed, and he said to Bergthora, "Thy sons were out of doors)Tj
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(them, for Sigmund was in bright clothing. Skarphedinn said, "See you now the red elf yonder, lads?")Tj
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(They looked that way, and said they saw him.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn spoke again: "Thou, Hauskuld, shalt have nothing to do with it, for thou wilt often be sent)Tj
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(about alone without due heed; but I mean Sigmund for myself; methinks that is like a man; but Grim)Tj
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(Hauskuld sat him down, but they went until they came up to them. Skarphedinn said to Sigmund - )Tj
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(his sword and cut at Skarphedinn, and the sword cuts into his shield, so that it stuck fast. Skarphedinn)Tj
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(gave the shield such a quick twist, that Sigmund let go his sword. Then Skarphedinn hews at Sigmund)Tj
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(with his axe, the "Ogress of war". Sigmund had on a corselet, the axe came on his shoulder.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn cleft the shoulder-blade right through, and at the same time pulled the axe towards him,)Tj
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(Sigmund fell down on both knees, but sprang up again at once.)Tj
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("Thou hast lifted low to me already," says Skarphedinn, "but still thou shalt fall upon thy mother’s)Tj
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("Ill is that then," says Sigmund.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn gave him a blow on his helm, and after that dealt Sigmund his death-blow.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn saw Hallgerda’s shepherd, just as he had hewn off Sigmund’s head; he handed the head)Tj
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(made jeering songs about them, and with that he sang a song.)Tj
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(Bear to Hallgerd with my greeting,)Tj
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(Her that hurries men to fight;)Tj
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(Sure am I, O firewood splitter!)Tj
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(That yon spendthrift knows it well,)Tj
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(And will answer if it ever)Tj
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(Uttered mocking songs on us.)Tj
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(The shepherd casts the head down as soon as ever they parted, for he dared not do so while their eyes)Tj
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(were on him. They fared along till they met some men down by Markfleet, and told them the tidings.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn gave himself out as the slayer of Sigmund; and Grim and Helgi as the slayers of Skiolld;)Tj
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(then they fared home and told Njal the tidings. He answers them - )Tj
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("Good luck to your hands! Here no self-doom will come to pass as things stand.")Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and say that the shepherd came home to Lithend. He told Hallgerda)Tj
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("Skarphedinn put Sigmund’s head into my hands," he says, "and bade me bring it thee; but I dared not)Tj
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(do it, for I knew not how thou wouldst like that.")Tj
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("’Twas ill that thou didst not do that," she says; "I would have brought it to Gunnar, and then he would)Tj
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(have avenged his kinsman, or have to bear every man’s blame.")Tj
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(After that she went to Gunnar and said, "I tell thee of thy kinsman Sigmund’s slaying: Skarphedinn)Tj
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("Just what might be looked for to befall him," says Gunnar, "for ill redes bring ill luck, and both you)Tj
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(Then Gunnar went away; he let no steps be taken towards a suit for manslaughter, and did nothing)Tj
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(about it. Hallgerda often put him in mind of it, and kept saying that Sigmund had fallen unatoned.)Tj
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(Gunnar gave no heed to that.)Tj
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(Now three Things passed away, at each of which men thought that he would follow up the suit: then a)Tj
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(Njal. He gave Gunnar a hearty welcome. Gunnar said to Njal, "I am come to seek a bit of good counsel)Tj
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(at thy hands about a knotty point".)Tj
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("Thou art worthy of it," says Njal, and gave him counsel what to do. Then Gunnar stood up and)Tj
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(thanked him. Njal then spoke and said, and took Gunnar by the hand, "Over long hath thy kinsman)Tj
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(Sigmund been unatoned". "He has been long ago atoned," says Gunnar, "but still I will not fling back)Tj
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(the honour offered me.")Tj
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(Gunnar had never spoken an ill word of Njal’s sons. Njal would have nothing else than that Gunnar)Tj
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(Gunnar declared this their atonement at the Thingskala Thing, when most men were at it, and laid)Tj
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(great weight on the way in which they \(Njal and his sons\) had behaved; he told too those bad words)Tj
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(which cost Sigmund his life, and no man was to repeat them or sing the verses, but if any sung them,)Tj
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(the man who uttered them was to fall without atonement.)Tj
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(There was a man named Gizur the White; he was Teit’s son; Kettlebjorn the Old’s son, of Mossfell.)Tj
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(Gizur the White kept house at Mossfell, and was a great chief. That man is also named in this story,)Tj
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(whose name was Geir the priest; his mother was Thorkatla, another daughter of Kettlebjorn the Old of)Tj
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(Mossfell. Geir kept house at Lithe. He and Gizur backed one another in every matter. At that time)Tj
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(Mord Valgard’s son kept house at Hof on the Rangrivervales; he was crafty and spiteful. Valgard his)Tj
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(father was then abroad, but his mother was dead. He was very envious of Gunnar of Lithend. He was)Tj
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(There was a man named Otkell; he was the son of Skarf, the son of Hallkell, who fought with Gorm of)Tj
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(Gormness, and felled him on the holm.ö This Hallkell and Kettlebjorn the Old were brothers.)Tj
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(Runolf, the son of Naddad of the Faroe isles. Otkell was wealthy in goods. His son’s name was)Tj
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(Thorgeir; he was young in years, and a bold dashing man.)Tj
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(Skamkell was the name of another man; he kept house at another farm called Hof; he was well off for)Tj
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(money, but he was a spiteful man and a liar; quarrelsome too, and ill to deal with. He was Otkell’s)Tj
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(friend. Hallkell was the name of Otkell’s brother; he was a tall strong man, and lived there with Otkell;)Tj
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(their brother’s name was Hallbjorn the White; he brought out to Iceland a thrall, whose name was)Tj
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(Malcolm; he was Irish and had not many friends.)Tj
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(belt, and a full suit of clothes, but the thrall turned his hand to any work that Otkell wished.)Tj
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(Otkell wanted to make a bargain with his brother for the thrall; he said he would give him the thrall,)Tj
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(he did less and less work. Otkell often said outright to Hallbjorn, that he thought the thrall did little)Tj
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(work; and he told Otkell that there was worse in him yet to come.)Tj
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(At that time came a great scarcity, so that men fell short both of meat and hay, and that spread over all)Tj
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(parts of Iceland. Gunnar shared his hay and meat with many men; and all got them who came thither,)Tj
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(so long as his stores lasted. At last it came about that Gunnar himself fell short both of hay and meat.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar called on Kolskegg to go along with him; he called too on Thrain Sigfus’ son, and Lambi)Tj
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(Sigurd’s son. They fared to Kirkby, and called Otkell out. He greeted them, and Gunnar said, "It so)Tj
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(Otkell answers, "There is store of both, but I will sell thee neither".)Tj
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("Wilt thou give me them then," says Gunnar, "and run the risk of my paying thee back somehow?")Tj
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("I will not do that either," says Otkell.)Tj
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(Skamkell all the while was giving him bad counsel.)Tj
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(Then Thrain Sigfus’ son said, "It would serve him right if we take both hay and meat and lay down the)Tj
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("I will have no hand in any robbery," says Gunnar.)Tj
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("Wilt thou buy a thrall of me?" says Otkell.)Tj
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("I’ll not spare to do that," says Gunnar. After that Gunnar bought the thrall, and fared away as things )Tj
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(stood.)Tj
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("What’s the good of thy talking so much about such a little matter?" says Bergthora; "far more like a)Tj
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("That is clear as day," says Njal, "and I will of a surety supply his need somewhat.")Tj
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(Then he fared up to Thorolfsfell, and his sons with him, and they bound hay on fifteen horses; but on)Tj
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(five horses they had meat. Njal came to Lithend, and called Gunnar out. He greeted them kindly.)Tj
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("Here is hay and meat," said Njal, "which I will give thee; and my wish is, that thou shouldst never)Tj
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(look to any one else than to me if thou standest in need of any thing.")Tj
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("Good are thy gifts," says Gunnar, "but methinks thy friendship is still more worth, and that of thy )Tj
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(After that Njal fared home, and now the spring passes away.)Tj
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(Chapter 48 - How Hallgerda makes Malcolm steal from )Tj
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(Now Gunnar is about to ride to the Thing, but a great crowd of men from the Side east turned in as)Tj
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(guests at his house.)Tj
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(Gunnar bade them come and be his guests again, as they rode back from the Thing; and they said they)Tj
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(Now they ride to the Thing, and Njal and his sons were there. That Thing was still and quiet.)Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and say that Hallgerda comes to talk with Malcolm the thrall.)Tj
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("I have thought of an errand to send thee on," she says; "thou shalt go to Kirkby.")Tj
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("And what shall I do there?" he says.)Tj
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("Thou shalt steal from thence food enough to load two horses, and mind and have butter and cheese;)Tj
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("Bad have I been," said the thrall, "but never have I been a thief.")Tj
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("Hear a wonder!" says Hallgerda, "thou makest thyself good, thou that hast been both thief and)Tj
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(two horses and laid pack-saddles on them, and went his way to Kirkby. The house-dog knew him and)Tj
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(did not bark at him, and ran and fawned on him. After that he went to the storehouse and loaded the)Tj
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(two horses with food out of it, but the storehouse he burnt, and the dog he slew.)Tj
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(He went up along by Rangriver, and his shoe-thong snapped; so he takes his knife and makes the shoe)Tj
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(right, but he leaves the knife and belt lying there behind him.)Tj
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(He fares till he comes to Lithend; then he misses the knife, but dares not to go back.)Tj
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(Now he brings Hallgerda the food, and she showed herself well pleased at it.)Tj
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(Next morning when men came out of doors at Kirkby there they saw great scathe. Then a man was)Tj
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(sent to the Thing to tell Otkell, he bore the loss well, and said it must have happened because the)Tj
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(kitchen was next to the storehouse; and all thought that that was how it happened.)Tj
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(Now men ride home from the Thing, and many rode to Lithend. Hallgerda set food on the hoard, and)Tj
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(in came cheese and butter. Gunnar knew that such food was not to be looked for in his house, and)Tj
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(asked Hallgerda whence it came?)Tj
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("Thence," she says, "whence thou mightest well eat of it; besides, it is no man’s business to trouble)Tj
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(himself with housekeeping.")Tj
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(Gunnar got wroth and said, "Ill indeed is it if I am a partaker with thieves"; and with that he gave her a)Tj
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(slap on the cheek.)Tj
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(She said she would bear that slap in mind and repay it if she could.)Tj
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(So she went off and he went with her, and then all that was on the board was cleared away, but)Tj
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(flesh-meat was brought in instead, and all thought that was because the flesh was thought to have been)Tj
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(got in a better way.)Tj
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(Now the men who had been at the Thing fare away.)Tj
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(Chapter 49 - Of Skamkell’s evil counsel)Tj
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(Now we must tell of Skamkell. He rides after some sheep up along Rangriver, and he sees something)Tj
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("Knowest thou aught of these pretty things?")Tj
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("Of a surety," says Otkell, "I know them.")Tj
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("Who owns them?" asks Skamkell.)Tj
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("Malcolm the thrall," says Otkell.)Tj
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("Then more shall see and know them than we two," says Skamkell, "for true will I be to thee in )Tj
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(They showed them to many men, and all knew them. Then Skamkell said - )Tj
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("What counsel wilt thou now take?")Tj
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("We shall go and see Mord Valgard’s son," answers Otkell, "and seek counsel of him.")Tj
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(So they went to Hof, and showed the pretty things to Mord, and asked him if he knew them?)Tj
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(He said he knew them well enough, but what was there in that? "Do you think you have a right to look)Tj
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(for anything at Lithend?")Tj
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("We think it hard for us," says Skamkell, "to know what to do, when such mighty men have a hand in )Tj
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(it.")Tj
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("That is so, sure enough," says Mord, "but yet I will get to know those things out of Gunnar’s)Tj
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("We would give thee money," they say, "if thou wouldst search out this thing.")Tj
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("That money I shall buy full dear," answered Mord, "but still, perhaps, it may be that I will look at the )Tj
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(matter.")Tj
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(They gave him three marks of silver for lending them his help.)Tj
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(Then he gave them this counsel, that women should go about from house to house with small wares,)Tj
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(and give them to the housewives, and mark what was given them in return.)Tj
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("For," he says, "’tis the turn of mind of all men first to give away what has been stolen, if they have it)Tj
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(in their keeping, and so it will be here also, if this hath happened by the hand of man. Ye shall then)Tj
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(come and show me what has been given to each in each house, and I shall then be free from further)Tj
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(share in this matter, if the truth comes to light.")Tj
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(Mord sends women about the country, and they were away half a month. Then they came back, and)Tj
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(had big bundles. Mord asked where they had most given them?)Tj
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(They said that at Lithend most was given them, and Hallgerda had been most bountiful to them.)Tj
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(He asked what was given them there?)Tj
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("Cheese," say they.)Tj
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(He begged to see it, and they showed it to him, and it was in great slices. These he took and kept.)Tj
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(A little after, Mord fared to see Otkell, and bade that he would bring Thorgerda’s cheese-mould; and)Tj
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(when that was done, he laid the slices down in it, and lo! they fitted the mould in every way.)Tj
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(Then they saw, too, that a whole cheese had been given to them.)Tj
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(Then Mord said, "Now may ye see that Hallgerda must have stolen the cheese"; and they all passed the)Tj
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(same judgment; and then Mord said, that now he thought he was free of this matter.)Tj
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(After that they parted.)Tj
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(Shortly after Kolskegg fell to talking with Gunnar, and said - )Tj
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("Ill is it to tell, but the story is in every man’s mouth, that Hallgerda must have stolen, and that she was)Tj
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(at the bottom of all that great scathe that befell at Kirkby.")Tj
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(Gunnar said that he too thought that must be so. "But what is to be done now?")Tj
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(Kolskegg answered, "That wilt think it thy most bounden duty to make atonement for thy wife’s)Tj
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("This is well spoken," says Gunnar, "and so it shall be.")Tj
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(A little after Gunnar sent after Thrain Sigfus’ son, and Lambi Sigurd’s son, and they came at once.)Tj
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(Gunnar told them whither he meant to go, and they were well pleased. Gunnar rode with eleven men to)Tj
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(Kirkby, and called Otkell out. Skamkell was there too, and said, "I will go out with thee, and it will be)Tj
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(best now to have the balance of wit on thy side. And I would wish to stand closest by thee when thou)Tj
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(needest it most, and now this will be put to the proof. Methinks it were best that thou puttest on an air)Tj
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(of great weight.")Tj
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(Then they, Otkell and Skamkell, and Hallkell and Hallbjorn, went out all of them.)Tj
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(They greeted Gunnar, and he took their greeting well. Otkell asks whither he meant to go?)Tj
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("No farther than here," says Gunnar, "and my errand hither is to tell thee about that bad mishap - how)Tj
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(it arose from the plotting of my wife and that thrall whom I bought from thee.")Tj
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("’Tis only what was to be looked for," says Hallbjorn.)Tj
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("This is a fair-sounding offer," said Skamkell, "but an unfair and uneven one. Thou art a man who has)Tj
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("Well," says Gunnar, "then I will offer thee that I shall make an award, and utter it here on this spot,)Tj
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("This choice shalt thou not take," said Skamkell; "and it is unworthy to give up to him the right to)Tj
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("I see plainly," said Gunnar, "the help of men who will be paid off for it one day I daresay; but come)Tj
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(now, utter an award for thyself.")Tj
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(Otkell leant toward Skamkell and said, "What shall I answer now?")Tj
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("This thou shalt call a good offer, but still put thy suit into the hands of Gizur the white, and Geir the)Tj
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(greatest of champions.")Tj
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("Well offered is this, Gunnar," said Otkell, "but still my will is thou wouldst give me time to see Gizur)Tj
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(the white.")Tj
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("Do now whatever thou likest in the matter," said Gunnar; "but men will say this, that thou couldst not)Tj
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(see thine own honour when thou wouldst have none of the choices I offer thee.")Tj
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(Then Gunnar rode home, and when he had gone away, Hallbjorn said, "Here I see how much man)Tj
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(differs from man. Gunnar made thee good offers, but thou wouldst take none of them; or how dost)Tj
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(thou think to strive with Gunnar in a quarrel, when no one is his match in fight. But now he is still so)Tj
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(kind-hearted a man that it may be he will let these offers stand, though thou art only ready to take them)Tj
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("So it shall be," says Skamkell.)Tj
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("Thou wouldst be sore afraid," says Otkell, "if Gunnar had his bill aloft, when thou art so scared now.")Tj
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("Ah!" said Otkell, "ye are all of you for yielding but Skamkell.")Tj
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(Skamkell came to Mossfell, and repeated all the offers to Gizur.)Tj
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("But about this matter of the suit," he says, "there is no need to speak softly, how that it is the will of)Tj
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("It shall be done," said Otkell, "in everything as they have given counsel.")Tj
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(Now Otkell tells all this to his brothers, and Hallbjorn said - )Tj
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("This must be the biggest lie.")Tj
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(Now the time goes on until the last of the summoning days before the Althing came.)Tj
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(Then Otkell called on his brothers and Skamkell to ride on the business of the summons to Lithend.)Tj
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("Is it all right, master?")Tj
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("Ye know that best," says Gunnar, "but I will put thee in mind of this journey one of these days, and of)Tj
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("That will not harm us," says Skamkell, "if thy bill be not aloft.")Tj
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(Gunnar was very wroth and went indoors, and told Kolskegg, and Kolskegg said - )Tj
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("Ill was it that we were not out of doors; they should have come here on the most shameful journey, if)Tj
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("Everything bides its time," says Gunnar; "but this journey will not turn out to their honour.")Tj
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(A little after Gunnar went and told Njal.)Tj
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("Let it not worry thee a jot," said Njal, "for this will be the greatest honour to thee, ere this Thing)Tj
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(Gunnar thanked him and rode home.)Tj
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(Otkell rides to the Thing, and his brothers with him and Skamkell.)Tj
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(Gunnar rode to the Thing and all the sons of Sigfus; Njal and his sons too, they all went with Gunnar;)Tj
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(Gunnar went one day to the booth of the Dalemen; Hrut was by the booth and Hauskuld, and they)Tj
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("What counsel gives Njal?" asks Hrut.)Tj
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("He bade me seek you brothers," says Gunnar, "and said he was sure that he and you would look at the)Tj
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("He wishes then," says Hrut, "that I should say what I think for kinship’s sake; and so it shall be. Thou)Tj
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(Gunnar went home to his booth and told Njal.)Tj
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("Just what I looked for," said Njal.)Tj
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(Wolf Aurpriest got wind of this plan, and told Gizur, and Gizur said to Otkell - )Tj
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("Who gave thee that counsel that thou shouldst summon Gunnar?")Tj
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("Skamkell told me that was the counsel of both Geir the priest and thyself.")Tj
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("But where is that scoundrel," says Gizur, "who has thus lied?")Tj
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("He lies sick up at our booth," says Otkell.)Tj
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("May he never rise from his bed," says Gizur, "Now we must all go to see Gunnar, and offer him the)Tj
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(Many men spoke ill of Skamkell, and he lay sick all through the Thing.)Tj
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(Gizur the white came first, and after a while he spoke and said - )Tj
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("This is our offer - that thou, Gunnar, makest thine own award in this suit.")Tj
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("Then," says Gunnar, "it was no doubt far from thy counsel that I was summoned.")Tj
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("I gave no such counsel," says Gizur, "neither I nor Geir.")Tj
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("Then thou must clear thyself of this charge by fitting proof.")Tj
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("What proof dost thou ask?" says Gizur.)Tj
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("That thou takest an oath," says Gunnar.)Tj
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("That I will do," says Gizur, "if thou wilt take the award into thine own hands.")Tj
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("That was the offer I made a while ago," says Gunnar; "but now, methinks, I have a greater matter to)Tj
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("Well," said Gunnar, "I will do this to please my friends, and utter my award; but I give Otkell this bit)Tj
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(of advice, never to give me cause for quarrel hereafter.")Tj
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(Then Hrut and Hauskuld were sent for, and they came thither, and then Gizur the White and Geir the)Tj
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(priest took their oaths; but Gunnar made his award, and spoke with no man about it, and afterwards he)Tj
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("This is my award," he says; "first, I lay it down that the storehouse must be paid for, and the food that)Tj
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(see that thou hast summoned me in scorn and mockery, and for that I award to myself no less a sum)Tj
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(than what the house that was burnt and the stores in it were worth; but if ye think it better that we be)Tj
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(Then all this atonement was made and hands were shaken on it, and Gunnar said to Otkell - )Tj
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("That is wholesome counsel," said Gizur; "and so he shall do.")Tj
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(So Gunnar had the greatest honour from that suit, and afterwards men rode home from the Thing.)Tj
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(There was a man named Runolf, the son of Wolf Aurpriest, he kept house at the Dale, east of)Tj
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(paid the visit. Runolf often sent men to him and put him in mind that he ought to come; and he always)Tj
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(to ride in all the country round, and so fond of each other, that whenever one went before, the other ran)Tj
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(There was an Easterling staying with Otkell, whose name was Audulf; he had set his heart on Signy)Tj
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(It happened next spring that Otkell said that they would ride east to the Dale, to pay Runolf a visit, and)Tj
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(all showed themselves well pleased at that. Skamkell and his two brothers, and Audulf and three men)Tj
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(more, went along with Otkell. Otkell rode one of the dun horses, but the other ran loose by his side.)Tj
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(They shaped their course east towards Markfleet; and now Otkell gallops ahead, and now the horses)Tj
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(race against each other, and they break away from the path up towards the Fleetlithe.)Tj
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(Now, Otkell goes faster than he wished, and it happened that Gunnar had gone away from home out of)Tj
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(his seed field and sows his corn there, and had laid his cloak of fine stuff and his axe down by his aide,)Tj
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(and so he sows the corn a while.)Tj
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(Now, it must be told how Otkell rides faster than he would. He had spurs on his feet, and so he gallops)Tj
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(down over the ploughed field, and neither of them sees the other; and just as Gunnar stands upright,)Tj
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(Otkell rides down upon him, and drives one of the spurs into Gunnar’s ear, and gives him a great gash,)Tj
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(and it bleeds at once much.)Tj
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(Just then Otkell’s companions rode up.)Tj
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("Ye may see, all of you," says Gunnar, "that thou hast drawn my blood, and it is unworthy to go on so.)Tj
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(First thou hast summoned me, but now thou treadest me under foot, and ridest over me.")Tj
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(Skamkell said, "Well it was no worse, master, but thou wast not one whit less wroth at the Thing,)Tj
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(when thou tookest the self-doom and clutchedst thy bill.")Tj
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(Gunnar said, "When we two next meet thou shalt see the bill." After that they part thus, and Skamkell)Tj
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(Gunnar went home, and said never a word to any one about what had happened, and no one thought)Tj
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(that this wound could have come by man’s doing.)Tj
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(It happened, though, one day that he told it to his brother Kolskegg, and Kolskegg said - )Tj
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("This thou shalt tell to more men, so that it may not be said that thou layest blame on dead men; for it)Tj
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(will be gainsaid if witnesses do not know beforehand what has passed between you.")Tj
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(Then Gunnar told it to his neighbours, and there was little talk about it at first.)Tj
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(Otkell comes east to the Dale, and they get a hearty welcome there, and sit there a week.)Tj
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(Skamkell told Runolf all about their meeting with Gunnar, and how it had gone off; and one man had)Tj
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("Why," said Skamkell, "if it were a low-born man it would have been said that he had wept.")Tj
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("Such things are ill spoken," says Runolf, "and when ye two next meet, thou wilt have to own that)Tj
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(there is no voice of weeping in his frame of mind; and it will be well if better men have not to pay for)Tj
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(thy spite. Now it seems to me best when ye wish to go home that I should go with you, for Gunnar will)Tj
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(do me no harm.")Tj
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("I will not have that," says Otkell; "but I will ride across the Fleet lower down.")Tj
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(Runolf gave Otkell good gifts, and said they should not see one another again.)Tj
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(Otkell bade him then to bear his sons in mind if things turned out so.)Tj
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(Gunnar said, "That must be Otkell".)Tj
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(I cannot bear to listen to such speeches of worthless men".)Tj
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("We must not be word-sick," says Gunnar, "but from this day forth thou shalt do no other work than)Tj
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(what thou choosest for thyself.")Tj
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("Shall I say aught of this to Kolskegg thy brother?" asked the shepherd.)Tj
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("Go thou and sleep," says Gunnar; "I will tell Kolskegg.")Tj
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(The lad laid him down and fell asleep at once, but Gunnar took the shepherd’s horse and laid his)Tj
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(saddle on him; he took his shield, and girded him with his sword, Oliver’s gift; he sets his helm on his)Tj
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(head; takes his bill, and something sung loud in it, and his mother, Rannveig, heard it. She went up to)Tj
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(him and said, "Wrathful art thou now, my son, and never saw I thee thus before".)Tj
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(Gunnar goes out, and drives the butt of his spear into the earth, and throws himself into the saddle, and)Tj
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(rides away.)Tj
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(His mother, Rannveig, went into the sitting-room, where there was a great noise of talking.)Tj
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("Ye speak loud," she says, "but yet the bill gave a louder sound when Gunnar went out.")Tj
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(Kolskegg heard what she said, and spoke, "This betokens no small tidings".)Tj
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("That is well," says Hallgerda, "now they will soon prove whether he goes away from them weeping.")Tj
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(Kolskegg takes his weapons and seeks him a horse, and rides after Gunnar as fast as he could.)Tj
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(Gunnar rides across Acretongue, and so to Geilastofna, and thence to Rangriver, and down the stream)Tj
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(to the ford at Hof. There were some women at the milking-post there. Gunnar jumped off his horse and)Tj
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(tied him up. By this time the others were riding up towards him; there were flat stones covered with)Tj
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(mud in the path that led down to the ford.)Tj
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(Gunnar called out to them and said, "Now is the time to guard yourselves; here now is the bill, and)Tj
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(here now ye will put it to the proof whether I shed one tear for all of you".)Tj
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("Do not thou come on," says Gunnar; "thee last of all would I harm; but I will spare no one if I have to)Tj
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(fight to my life.")Tj
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("That I cannot do," says Hallbjorn; "thou wilt strive to kill my brother for all that, and it is a shame if I)Tj
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(Gunnar threw his shield before the blow, but Hallbjorn pierced the shield through. Gunnar thrust the)Tj
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(shield down so hard that it stood fast in the earth,ö but he brandished his sword so quickly that no eye)Tj
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(that it cut it off.)Tj
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(Skamkell ran behind Gunnar’s back and makes a blow at him with a great axe. Gunnar turned short)Tj
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(Then Gunnar sang a song.)Tj
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(Once thou askedst, foolish fellow,)Tj
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(Of this man, this sea-horse racer,)Tj
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(When as fast as feet could foot it)Tj
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(Forth ye fled from farm of mine,)Tj
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(Whether that were rightly summoned?)Tj
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(Now with gore the spear we redden,)Tj
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(Battle-eager and avenge us)Tj
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(Thus on thee, vile source of strife.)Tj
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("How will it now go henceforth?" says Gunnar.)Tj
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("Wilt thou that I tell thee what hath not yet come to pass?" asks Njal. "Thou wilt ride to the Thing, and)Tj
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("I know it," says Njal.)Tj
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("What?" asks Gunnar.)Tj
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("That," says Njal, "which all would be the last to think.")Tj
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(suit comes to an end.")Tj
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("I will give you leave, if ye play him no trick.")Tj
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(They said they would be sure to do what their father said.)Tj
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("I would dare to fight him," says Gunnar; "but I think that was spitefully said.")Tj
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("Shall we look upon the match as made, then?" they asked.)Tj
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("Well, your journey will seem to you better if ye have your way in this; but still I will beg this of you,)Tj
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("It wouldn’t be amiss though," says Skarphedinn; "we are hot-headed on both sides.")Tj
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(So Kolskegg cut the head off the horse.)Tj
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(Hunger huge of cub of wolf.)Tj
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(so that half-year passed away. At the Thing, the summer after, Gunnar met Olaf the peacock, his)Tj
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(He gave him much good counsel beside, and they agreed that there should be the greatest friendship)Tj
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(Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son had a suit to follow up at the Thing against Wolf Uggis’ son. It was a matter)Tj
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(of inheritance, Asgrim took it up in such a way as was seldom his wont; for there was a bar to his suit,)Tj
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(and the bar was this, that he had summoned five neighbours to bear witness, when he ought to have)Tj
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(summoned nine. And now they have this as their bar.)Tj
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("But," says Wolf, "this quarrel is not one between thee and me.")Tj
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("Make thee ready to ride, for we shall ride to a feast at Tongue".)Tj
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("Shall we say anything about it to Njal’s sons?" said Kolskegg.)Tj
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("No," says Gunnar; "they shall fall into no quarrels for me.")Tj
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(They rode three together, Gunnar and his brothers. Gunnar had the bill and his sword, Oliver’s gift; but)Tj
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(go.)Tj
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(he has only two men with him".)Tj
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("How many men shall we need to have to lie in wait for him?" says Starkad.)Tj
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("Weak men shall be as nothing before him," he says; "and it is not safe to have fewer than thirty men.")Tj
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("Where shall we lie in wait?")Tj
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("By Knafahills," he says; "there he will not see us before he comes on us.")Tj
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(fifteen will go hence to Knafahills.")Tj
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(Thorgeir said to Hildigunna, "This hand shall show thee Gunnar dead this very night".)Tj
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(So those four, father and sons, fare away from the Threecorner, and eleven men besides, and they)Tj
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("How many shall we fare in all?" says Egil.)Tj
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("Fifteen, reckoning me," he says.)Tj
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(Kol said, "Now I mean to try my hand on Kolskegg".)Tj
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("Then I think thou meanest to have a good deal on thy hands," says Sigurd.)Tj
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("I will go," he says, "with thy husband, and neither of us two shall come back.")Tj
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(So the Easterling joined himself to their band.)Tj
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(Now we must go back and say that Gunnar rides east over Thurso water, but when he had gone a little)Tj
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(way from the river he grew very drowsy, and bade them lie down and rest there.)Tj
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(They did so. He fell fast asleep, and struggled much as he slumbered.)Tj
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(Then Kolskegg said, "Gunnar dreams now". But Hjort said, "I would like to wake him".)Tj
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("That shall not be," said Kolskegg, "but he shall dream his dream out".)Tj
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(Gunnar lay a very long while, and threw off his shield from him, and he grew very warm. Kolskegg)Tj
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(said, "What hast thou dreamt, kinsman?")Tj
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("That have I dreamt," says Gunnar, "which if I had dreamt it there I would never have ridden with so)Tj
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("Tell us thy dream," says Kolskegg.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar sang a song.)Tj
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(Chief, that chargest foes in fight!)Tj
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(Now I fear that I have ridden)Tj
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(Short of men from Tongue, this harvest;)Tj
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(Raven’s fast I sure shall break.)Tj
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(Lord, that scatters Ocean’s fire!ö)Tj
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(This at least, I long to say,)Tj
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(Kite with wolf shall fight for marrow,)Tj
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(Ill I dreamt with wandering thought.)Tj
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(came so close to me that I could not use my bow against them. Then I took my sword, and I smote)Tj
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(with it with one hand, but thrust at them with my bill with the other. Shield myself then I did not, and)Tj
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(methought then I knew not what shielded me. Then I slew many wolves, and thou, too, Kolskegg; but)Tj
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(Hjort methought they pulled down, and tore open his breast, and one methought had his heart in his)Tj
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(maw; but I grew so wroth that I hewed that wolf asunder just below the brisket, and after that)Tj
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(methought the wolves turned and fled. Now my counsel is, brother Hjort, that thou ridest back west to )Tj
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(Tongue.")Tj
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("I will not do that," says Hjort; "though I know my death is sure, I will stand by thee still.")Tj
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(Then they rode and came east by Knafahills, and Kolskegg said - )Tj
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("Seest thou, kinsman! many spears stand up by the hills, and men with weapons.")Tj
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("It does not take me unawares," says Gunnar, "that my dream comes true.")Tj
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("What is best to be done now?" says Kolskegg; "I guess thou wilt not run away from them.")Tj
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("They shall not have that to jeer about," says Gunnar, "but we will ride on down to the ness by)Tj
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(Rangriver; there is some vantage ground there.")Tj
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(Now they rode on to the ness, and made them ready there, and as they rode on past them Kol called)Tj
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("Whither art thou running to now, Gunnar?")Tj
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(After that Starkad egged on his men, and then they turn down upon them into the ness. Sigurd)Tj
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(Swinehead came first and had a red targe, but in his other hand he held a cutlass. Gunnar sees him and)Tj
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(shoots an arrow at him from his bow; he held the shield up aloft when he saw the arrow flying high,)Tj
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(and the shaft passes through the shield and into his eye, and so came out at the nape of his neck, and)Tj
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(that was the first man slain.)Tj
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(A second arrow Gunnar shot at Ulfhedinn, one of Starkad’s men, and that struck him about the middle)Tj
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(and he fell at the feet of a yeoman, and the yeoman over him. Kolskegg cast a stone and struck the)Tj
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(Then Starkad said, "’Twill never answer our end that he should use his bow, but let us come on well)Tj
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(and stoutly". Then each man egged on the other, and Gunnar guarded himself with his bow and arrows)Tj
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(as long as he could; after that he throws them down, and then he takes his bill and sword and fights)Tj
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(with both hands. There is long the hardest fight, but still Gunnar and Kolskegg slew man after man.)Tj
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(Then Thorgeir Starkad’s son said, "I vowed to bring Hildigunna thy head, Gunnar.")Tj
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(Then Gunnar sang a song - )Tj
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(Thou, that battle-sleet down bringeth,)Tj
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(Scarce I trow thou speakest truth;)Tj
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(She, the girl with golden armlets,)Tj
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(Cannot care for such a gift;)Tj
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(But, O serpent’s hoard despoiler!)Tj
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(If the maid must have my head - )Tj
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(Maid whose wrist Rhine’s fireö wreatheth,)Tj
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(Closer come to crash of spear.)Tj
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("She will not think that so much worth having," says Gunnar; "but still to get it thou wilt have to come )Tj
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(Thorgeir said to his brothers - )Tj
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("Let us run all of us upon him at once; he has no shield and we shall have his life in our hands.")Tj
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(So Bork and Thorkel both ran forward and were quicker than Thorgeir. Bork made a blow at Gunnar,)Tj
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(and Gunnar threw his bill so hard in the way that the sword flew out of Bork’s hand; then he sees)Tj
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(Thorkel standing on his other hand within stroke of sword. Gunnar was standing with his body swayed)Tj
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(a little on one side, and he makes a sweep with his sword, and caught Thorkel on the neck, and off)Tj
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(flew his head.)Tj
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(Kol Egil’s son said, "Let me get at Kolskegg," and turning to Kolskegg he said, "This I have often)Tj
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(said, that we two would be just about an even match in fight".)Tj
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("That we can soon prove," says Kolskegg.)Tj
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(Kol thrust at him with his spear; Kolskegg had just slain a man and had his hands full, and so he could)Tj
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(not throw his shield before the blow, and the thrust came upon his thigh, on the outside of the limb and)Tj
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(went through it.)Tj
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(Kolskegg turned sharp round, and strode towards him, and smote him with his short sword on the)Tj
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(thigh, and cut off his leg, and said, "Did it touch thee or not?")Tj
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("Now," says Kol, "I pay for being bare of my shield.")Tj
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(So he stood a while on his other leg and looked at the stump.)Tj
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("Thou needest not to look at it," said Kolskegg; "’tis even as thou seest, the leg is off.")Tj
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(Then Kol fell down dead.)Tj
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(But when Egil sees this, he runs at Gunnar and makes a cut at him; Gunnar thrusts at him with the bill)Tj
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(and struck him in the middle, and Gunnar hoists him up on the bill and hurls him out into Rangriver.)Tj
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(Then Starkad said, "Wretch that thou art indeed, Thorir Easterling, when thou sittest by; but thy host)Tj
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(and father-in-law Egil is slain.")Tj
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(Then the Easterling sprung up and was very wroth. Hjort had been the death of two men, and the)Tj
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(Easterling leapt on him and smote him full on the breast. Then Hjort fell down dead on the spot.)Tj
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(Gunnar sees this and was swift to smite at the Easterling, and cuts him asunder at the waist.)Tj
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(A little while after Gunnar hurls the bill at Bork, and struck him in the middle, and the bill went)Tj
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(through him and stuck in the ground.)Tj
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(Then Kolskegg cut off Hauk Egil’s son’s head, and Gunnar smites off Otter’s hand at the elbow-joint.)Tj
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(Then Starkad said - )Tj
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("Let us fly now. We have not to do with men!")Tj
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(Gunnar said, "Ye two will think it a sad story if there is naught on you to show that ye have both been)Tj
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(Gunnar and his brothers had then wounded many men who got away from the field, but fourteen lost)Tj
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(their lives, and Hjort the fifteenth.)Tj
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(Gunnar brought Hjort home, laid out on his shield, and he was buried in a cairn there. Many men)Tj
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(grieved for him, for he had many dear friends.)Tj
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(Starkad came home, too, and Hildigunna dressed his wounds and Thorgeir’s, and said, "Ye would)Tj
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(have given a great deal not to have fallen out with Gunnar".)Tj
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("So we would," says Starkad.)Tj
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(Steinvor, at Sandgil, besought Thorgrim the Easterling to take in hand the care of her goods, and not to)Tj
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("My messmate Thorir," said he, "foretold that I should fall by Gunnar’s hand if I stayed here in the)Tj
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(land, and he must have foreseen that when he foreknew his own death.")Tj
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("I will give thee," she says, "Gudruna my daughter to wife, and all my goods into the bargain.")Tj
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("I knew not," he said, "that thou wouldest pay such a long price.")Tj
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(Now Gunnar rides to Bergthorsknoll, and Kolskegg with him. Njal was out of doors and his sons, and)Tj
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(they went to meet Gunnar and gave them a hearty welcome. After that they fell a-talking, and Gunnar)Tj
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(said - )Tj
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("Hither am I come to seek good counsel and help at thy hand.")Tj
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("That is thy due," said Njal.)Tj
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("I have fallen into a great strait," says Gunnar, "and slain many men, and I wish to know what thou)Tj
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(wilt make of the matter?")Tj
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("Many will say this," said Njal, "that thou hast been driven into it much against thy will; but now thou)Tj
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(shalt give me time to take counsel with myself.")Tj
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(Then Njal went away all by himself, and thought over a plan, and came back and said - )Tj
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("Now have I thought over the matter somewhat, and it seems to me as though this must be carried)Tj
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(through - if it be carried through at all - with hardihood and daring. Thorgeir has got my kinswoman)Tj
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(Thorfinna with child, and I will hand over to thee the suit for seduction. Another suit of outlawry)Tj
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(against Starkad I hand over also to thee, for having hewn trees in my wood on the Threecorner ridge.)Tj
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(Both these suits shalt thou take up. Thou shalt fare too to the spot where ye fought, and dig up the)Tj
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(dead, and name witnesses to the wounds, and make all the dead outlaws, for that they came against)Tj
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(thee with that mind to give thee and thy brothers wounds or swift death. But if this be tried at the)Tj
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(Thing, and it be brought up against thee that thou first gave Thorgeir a blow, and so mayest neither)Tj
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(plead thine own cause nor that of others, then I will answer in that matter, and say that I gave thee)Tj
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(back thy rights at the Thingskala-Thing, so that thou shouldest be able to plead thine own suit as well)Tj
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(as that of others, and then there will be an answer to that point. Thou shalt also go to see Tyrfing of)Tj
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(Berianess, and he must hand over to thee a suit against Aunund of Witchwood, who has the blood feud)Tj
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(after his brother Egil.")Tj
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(Then first of all Gunnar rode home; but a few nights after Njal’s sons and Gunnar rode thither where)Tj
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(for assault and treachery, and rode home after that.)Tj
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(That same harvest Valgard the guileful came out to Iceland, and fared home to Hof. Then Thorgeir)Tj
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(went to see Valgard and Mord, and told them what a strait they were in if Gunnar were to be allowed)Tj
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(to make all those men outlaws whom he had slain.)Tj
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(They ride home, and after that they ride to the wedding, and there was a crowd of guests to meet them,)Tj
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(and it went off well. Thorkatla went home with Mord and took the housekeeping in hand but Valgard)Tj
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(the suit was heard of at Lithend; and then Gunnar rides to see Njal, and told him, and asked what he)Tj
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(the Althing to bear witness of the fact, whether they, Kol and his companions, were on the spot, and in)Tj
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(onslaught when Hjort was slain. Thou shalt also summon Thorgeir for the suit of seduction, and)Tj
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(Aunund at the suit of Tyrfing.")Tj
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(Gunnar now did in everything as Njal gave him counsel. This men thought a strange beginning of)Tj
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(suits, and now these matters come before the Thing. Gunnar rides to the Thing, and Njal’s sons and the)Tj
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(Thing, and come with as many men as they could, and told them that this matter would lead to much)Tj
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(Witchwood. But when they come to the Thing, they join them in one company with Gizur the white)Tj
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(and Geir the priest.)Tj
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(Gunnar, and the sons of Sigfus, and Njal’s sons, went altogether in one band, and they marched so)Tj
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(swiftly and closely that men who came in their way had to take heed lest they should get a fall; and)Tj
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(nothing was so often spoken about over the whole Thing as these great lawsuits.)Tj
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(the fight, but he told them all about it, and was just in all he said; he told them, too, what steps he had)Tj
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(taken since.)Tj
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(Then Olaf said, "’Tis worth much to see how close Njal stands by thee in all counsel".)Tj
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(Gunnar said he should never be able to repay that, but then he begged them for help; and they said that)Tj
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(was his due.)Tj
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(Now the suits on both sides came before the court, and each pleads his cause.)Tj
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("Wast thou," answered Njal, "at Thingskala-Thing last autumn?")Tj
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("Surely I was," says Mord.)Tj
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("Heardest thou," asks Njal, "how Gunnar offered him full atonement? Then I gave back Gunnar his)Tj
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(of Hjort at Kol’s door, when it was the Easterling that slew him?")Tj
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("That was right and lawful," says Njal, "when he chose him as the slayer before witnesses.")Tj
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("That was lawful and right, no doubt," says Mord; "but for what did Gunnar summon them all as )Tj
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(outlaws?")Tj
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("Thou needest not to ask about that," says Njal, "when they went out to deal wounds and )Tj
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(manslaughter.")Tj
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("Yes," says Mord, "but neither befell Gunnar.")Tj
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("Gunnar’s brothers," said Njal, "Kolskegg and Hjort, were there, and one of them got his death and the)Tj
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(other a flesh wound.")Tj
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("Thou speakest nothing but what is law," says Mord, "though it is hard to abide by it.")Tj
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(Then Hjallti Skeggis son of Thursodale, stood forth and said - )Tj
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("I have had no share in any of your lawsuits; but I wish to know whether thou wilt do something,)Tj
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(Gunnar, for the sake of my words and friendship.")Tj
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("What askest thou?" says Gunnar.)Tj
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("This," he says, "that ye lay down the whole suit to the award and judgment of good men and true.")Tj
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("If I do so," said Gunnar, "then thou shalt never be against me, whatever men I may have to deal )Tj
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(with.")Tj
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("I will give my word to that," says Hjallti.)Tj
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(After that he tried his best with Gunnar’s adversaries, and brought it about that they were all set at one)Tj
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(again. And after that each side gave the other pledges of peace; but for Thorgeir’s wound came the suit)Tj
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(for seduction, and for the hewing in the wood, Starkad’s wound. Thorgeir’s brothers were atoned for)Tj
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(by half fines, but half fell away for the onslaught on Gunnar. Egil’s staying and Tyrfing’s lawsuit were)Tj
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(set off against each other. For Hjort’s slaying, the slaying of Kol and of the Easterling were to come,)Tj
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(and as for all the rest, they were atoned for with half fines.)Tj
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(Njal was in this award, and Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son, and Hjallti Skeggi’s son.)Tj
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(Njal had much money out at interest with Starkad, and at Sandgil too, and he gave it all to Gunnar to)Tj
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(the suit; and all were agreed in this, that no man was his match in all the South Quarter.)Tj
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(So Gunnar rides home from the Thing and sits there in peace, but still his adversaries envied him much)Tj
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(Now we must tell of Thorgeir Otkell’s son; he grew up to be a tall strong man, true-hearted and)Tj
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(was much beloved by his kinsmen.)Tj
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(Once on a time Thorgeir Starkad’s son had been to see his kinsman Mord.)Tj
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("I can ill brook," he says, "that settlement of matters which we and Gunnar had, but I have bought thy)Tj
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(help so long as we two are above ground; I wish thou wouldest think out some plan and lay it deep;)Tj
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(this is why I say it right out, because I know that thou art Gunnar’s greatest foe, and he too thine. I will)Tj
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(much increase thine honour if thou takest pains in this matter.")Tj
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("It will always seem as though I were greedy of gain, but so it must be. Yet it will be hard to take care)Tj
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(that thou mayest not seem to be a truce-breaker, or peace-breaker, and yet carry out thy point. But now)Tj
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(I have been told that Kolskegg means to try a suit, and regain a fourth part of Moeidsknoll, which was)Tj
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(paid to thy father as an atonement for his son. He has taken up this suit for his mother, but this too is)Tj
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(Gunnar’s counsel, to pay in goods and not to let the land go. We must wait till this comes about, and)Tj
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(then declare that he has broken the settlement made with you. He has also taken a cornfield from)Tj
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(Thorgeir Otkell’s son, and so broken the settlement with him too. Thou shalt go to see Thorgeir)Tj
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(Otkell’s son, and bring him into the matter with thee, and then fall on Gunnar; but if ye fail in aught of)Tj
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(this, and cannot get him hunted down, still ye shall set on him over and over again, I must tell thee that)Tj
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(Njal has ’spaed’ his fortune, and foretold about his life, if he slays more than once in the same stock,)Tj
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(that it would lead him to his death, if it so fell out that he broke the settlement made after the deed.)Tj
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(Therefore shalt thou bring Thorgeir into the suit, because he has already slain his father; and now, if ye)Tj
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(two are together in an affray, thou shalt shield thyself; but he will go boldly on, and then Gunnar will)Tj
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(slay him. Then he has slain twice in the same stock, but thou shalt fly from the fight. And if this is to)Tj
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(drag him to his death he will break the settlement afterwards, and so we may wait till then.")Tj
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(After that Thorgeir goes home and tells his father secretly. Then they agreed among themselves that)Tj
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(they should work out this plot by stealth.)Tj
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(Sometime after Thorgeir Starkad’s son fared to Kirkby to see his namesake, and they went aside to)Tj
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(speak, and talked secretly all day; but at the end Thorgeir Starkad’s son, gave his namesake a spear)Tj
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(inlaid with gold, and rode home afterwards; they made the greatest friendship the one with the other.)Tj
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(At the Thingskala-Thing in the autumn, Kolskegg laid claim to the land at Moeidsknoll, but Gunnar)Tj
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(took witness, and offered ready money, or another piece of land at a lawful price to those under the )Tj
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(Threecorner.)Tj
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(Thorgeir took witness also, that Gunnar was breaking the settlement made between them.)Tj
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(After that the Thing was broken up, and so the next year wore away.)Tj
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(Those namesakes were always meeting, and there was the greatest friendship between them. Kolskegg)Tj
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(spoke to Gunnar and said - )Tj
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("I am told that there is great friendship between those namesakes, and it is the talk of many men that)Tj
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(they will prove untrue, and I would that thou wouldst be ware of thyself.")Tj
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("Death will come to me when it will come," says Gunnar, "wherever I may be, if that is my fate.")Tj
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(Then they left off talking about it.)Tj
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(About autumn, Gunnar gave out that they would work one week there at home, and the next down in)Tj
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(the isles, and so make an end of their haymaking. At the same time, he let it be known that every man)Tj
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(would have to leave the house, save himself and the women.)Tj
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(Thorgeir under Threecorner goes to see his namesake, but as soon as they met they began to talk after)Tj
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(their wont, and Thorgeir Starkad’s son, said - )Tj
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("I would that we could harden our hearts and fall on Gunnar.")Tj
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("Well," says Thorgeir Otkell’s son, "every struggle with Gunnar has had but one end, that few have)Tj
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(gained the day; besides, methinks it sounds ill to be called a peace-breaker.")Tj
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("They have broken the peace, not we," says Thorgeir Starkad’s son. "Gunnar took away from thee thy)Tj
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(cornfield; and he has taken Moeidsknoll from my father and me.")Tj
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(And so they settle it between them to fall on Gunnar; and then Thorgeir said that Gunnar would be all)Tj
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(alone at home in a few nights’ space, "and then thou shalt come to meet me with eleven men, but I will)Tj
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(have as many".)Tj
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(After that Thorgeir rode home.)Tj
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(Now when Kolskegg and the house-carles had been three nights in the isles, Thorgeir Starkad’s son)Tj
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(had news of that, and sends word to his namesake that he should come to meet him on Threecorner )Tj
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(ridge.)Tj
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(After that Thorgeir of the Threecorner busked him with eleven men; he rides up on the ridge and there)Tj
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(waits for his namesake.)Tj
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(And now Gunnar is at home in his house, and those namesakes ride into a wood hard by. There such a)Tj
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(drowsiness came over them that they could do naught else but sleep. So they hung their shields up in)Tj
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(the boughs, and tethered their horses, and laid their weapons by their sides.)Tj
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(Njal was that night up in Thorolfsfell, and could not sleep at all, but went out and in by turns.)Tj
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(Thorhilda asked Njal why he could not sleep?)Tj
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("Many things now flit before my eyes," said he; "I see many fetches of Gunnar’s bitter foes, and what)Tj
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(is very strange is this, they seem to be mad with rage, and yet they fare without plan or purpose.")Tj
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(A little after, a man rode up to the door and got off his horse’s back and went in, and there was come)Tj
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(the shepherd of Thorhilda and her husband.)Tj
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("Didst thou find the sheep?" she asked.)Tj
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("I found what might be more worth," said he.)Tj
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("What was that?" asked Njal.)Tj
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("I found twenty-four men up in the wood yonder; they had tethered their horses, but slept themselves.)Tj
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(Their shields they had hung up in the boughs.")Tj
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(But so closely had he looked at them that he told of all their weapons and war-gear and clothes, and)Tj
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(then Njal knew plainly who each of them must have been, and said to him - )Tj
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("’Twere good hiring if there were many such shepherds; and this shall ever stand to thy good; but still)Tj
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(I will send thee on an errand.")Tj
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(He said at once he would go.)Tj
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("Thou shalt go," says Njal, "to Lithend and tell Gunnar that he must fare to Gritwater, and then send)Tj
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(after men; but I will go to meet with those who are in the wood and scare them away. This thing hath)Tj
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(well come to pass, so that they shall gain nothing by this journey, but lose much.")Tj
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(The shepherd set off and told Gunnar as plainly as he could the whole story. Then Gunnar rode to)Tj
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(Gritwater and summoned men to him.)Tj
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(Now it is to be told of Njal how he rides to meet these namesakes.)Tj
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("Unwarily ye lie here," he says, "or for what end shall this journey have been made? And Gunnar is)Tj
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(not a man to be trifled with. But if the truth must be told then, this is the greatest treason. Ye shall also)Tj
T*
(know this, that Gunnar is gathering force, and he will come here in the twinkling of an eye, and slay)Tj
T*
(you all, unless ye ride away home.")Tj
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(They bestirred them at once, for they were in great fear, and took their weapons, and mounted their)Tj
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(horses and galloped home under the Threecorner.)Tj
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(Njal fared to meet Gunnar and bade him not to break up his company.)Tj
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("But I will go and seek for an atonement; now they will be finely frightened; but for this treason no)Tj
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(less a sum shall be paid when one has to deal with all of them, than shall be paid for the slaying of one)Tj
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(or other of those namesakes, though such a thing should come to pass. This money I will take into my)Tj
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(keeping, and so lay it out that it may be ready to thy hand when thou hast need of it.")Tj
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(Gunnar thanked Njal for his aid, and Njal rode away under the Threecorner, and told those namesakes)Tj
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(that Gunnar would not break up his band of men before he had fought it out with them.)Tj
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(They began to offer terms for themselves, and were full of dread, and bade Njal to come between them)Tj
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(with an offer of atonement.)Tj
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(Njal said that could only be if there were no guile behind. Then they begged him to have a share in the)Tj
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(award, and said they would hold to what he awarded.)Tj
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(Njal said he would make no award unless it were at the Thing, and unless the best men were by; and)Tj
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(they agreed to that.)Tj
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(Then Njal came between them, so that they gave each other pledges of peace and atonement.)Tj
T*
(Njal was to utter the award, and to name as his fellows those whom he chose.)Tj
T*
(A little while after those namesakes met Mord Valgard’s son, and Mord blamed them much for having)Tj
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(laid the matter in Njal’s hands, when he was Gunnar’s great friend. He said that would turn out ill for )Tj
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(them.)Tj
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(Now men ride to the Althing after their wont, and now both sides are at the Thing.)Tj
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(Njal begged for a hearing, and asked all the best men who were come thither, what right at law they)Tj
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(thought Gunnar had against those namesakes for their treason. They said they thought such a man had)Tj
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(great right on his side.)Tj
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(Njal went on to ask, whether he had a right of action against all of them, or whether the leaders had to)Tj
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(answer for them all in the suit?)Tj
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(They say that most of the blame would fall on the leaders, but a great deal still on them all.)Tj
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("Many will say this," said Mord, "that it was not without a cause when Gunnar broke the settlement)Tj
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(made with those namesakes.")Tj
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("That is no breach of settlement," says Njal, "that any man should take the law against another; for)Tj
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(with law shall our land be built up and settled, and with lawlessness wasted and spoiled.")Tj
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(Then Njal tells them that Gunnar had offered land for Moeidsknoll, or other goods.)Tj
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(Then those namesakes thought they had been beguiled by Mord, and scolded him much, and said that)Tj
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(this fine was all his doing.)Tj
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(Njal named twelve men as judges in the suit, and then every man paid a hundred in silver who had)Tj
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(gone out, but each of those namesakes two hundred.)Tj
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(Njal took this money into his keeping, but either side gave the other pledges of peace, and Njal gave)Tj
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(out the terms.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar rode from the Thing west to the Dales, till he came to Hjardarholt, and Olaf the peacock)Tj
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(gave him a hearty welcome. There he sat half a month, and rode far and wide about the Dales, and all)Tj
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("I will give thee three things of price, a gold ring, and a cloak which Moorkjartan the Erse king owned,)Tj
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(and a hound that was given me in Ireland; he is big, and no worse follower than a sturdy man. Besides,)Tj
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(it is part of his nature that he has man’s wit, and he will bay at every man whom he knows is thy foe,)Tj
T*
(but never at thy friends; he can see, too, in any man’s face, whether he means thee well or ill, and he)Tj
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(will lay down his life to be true to thee. This hound’s name is Sam.")Tj
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(be a famous man throughout all the land".)Tj
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(Gunnar thanked him for his gifts and good counsel, and rode home.)Tj
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(Now Gunnar sits at home for some time, and all is quiet.)Tj
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(A little after, those namesakes and Mord met, and they were not at all of one mind. They thought they)Tj
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("Then ye two shall some time after make an attack on Gunnar, but still ye must not seek him at home,)Tj
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(So they settled this plan among them that it should be brought about.)Tj
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(Thorgeir began to turn his steps towards Ormilda, and Gunnar thought that ill, and great dislike arose)Tj
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(So the winter wore away. Now comes the summer, and their secret meetings went on oftener than )Tj
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(But when Gunnar rode up from the isles, Kolskegg rode with him. Gunnar had his bow and his arrows)Tj
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(Gunnar says, "If such tokens took place in other lands, it was called ’wound-drops,’ and Master Oliver)Tj
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("We will gallop up alongside them to the ford," says Gunnar, "and there make ready for them.")Tj
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(Gunnar gave the shield such a sharp twist that the spearhead broke short off at the socket. Gunnar sees)Tj
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(near him with a drawn sword, and Gunnar turns on him in great wrath, and drives the bill through him,)Tj
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(and lifts him up aloft, and casts him out into Rangriver, and he drifts down towards the ford, and stuck)Tj
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(Then Thorgeir Starkad’s son said, "Let us fly now; no victory will be fated to us this time".)Tj
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(So they all turned and fled from the field.)Tj
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("Let us follow them up now," says Kolskegg, "and take thou thy bow and arrows, and thou wilt come)Tj
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(within bow-shot of Thorgeir Starkad’s son.")Tj
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(Then Gunnar sang a song.)Tj
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(Reaver of rich river-treasure,)Tj
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(Plundered will our purses be,)Tj
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(Though to-day we wound no other)Tj
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(Warriors wight in play of spears;)Tj
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(Aye, if I for all these sailors)Tj
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(Lowly lying, fines must pay - )Tj
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(This is why I hold my hand,)Tj
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(Hearken, brother dear, to me.)Tj
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("Our purses will be emptied," says Gunnar, "by the time that these are atoned for who now lie here )Tj
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("Thou wilt never lack money," says Kolskegg; "but Thorgier will never leave off before he compasses)Tj
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(Gunnar sung another song.)Tj
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(Lord of water-skatesö that skim)Tj
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(Sea-king’s fields, more good as he,)Tj
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(Shedding wounds’ red stream, must stand)Tj
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(In my way ere I shall wince.)Tj
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(I, the golden armlets’ warder,)Tj
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(Snakelike twined around my wrist,)Tj
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(Ne’er shall shun a foeman’s faulchion)Tj
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(Flashing bright in din of fight.)Tj
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("He, and a few more as good as he," says Gunnar, "must stand in my path ere I am afraid of them.")Tj
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(After that they ride home and tell the tidings.)Tj
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(Hallgerda was well pleased to hear them, and praised the deed much.)Tj
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(Rannveig said, "May be the deed is good; but somehow," she says, "I feel too downcast about it to)Tj
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(think that good can come of it".)Tj
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(These tidings were spread far and wide, and Thorgeir’s death was a great grief to many a man. Gizur)Tj
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(the white and his men rode to the spot and gave notice of the manslaughter, and called the neighbours)Tj
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(on the inquest to the Thing. Then they rode home west.)Tj
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("Now be ware of thyself! Now hast thou slain twice in the same stock; and so now take heed to thy)Tj
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("Nor do I mean to break it in any way," says Gunnar, "but still I shall need thy help at the Thing.")Tj
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(Then Gunnar rides home. Now the Thing draws near; and each side gather a great company; and it is a)Tj
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(Those two, Gizur the white, and Geir the priest, talked with each other as to who should give notice of)Tj
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(which proved a death wound, so that Thorgeir got his death.)Tj
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("I say on this charge he ought to become a convicted outlaw, not to be fed, not to be forwarded, not to)Tj
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("I say that his goods are forfeited, half to me and half to the men of the Quarter, whose right it is by)Tj
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("I give notice of this charge in the Quarter Court, into which this suit ought by law to come.)Tj
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("I give this lawful notice in the hearing of all men at the Hill of Laws.)Tj
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("I give notice now of this suit, and of full forfeiture and outlawry against Gunnar Hamond’s son.")Tj
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(Thorgeir got his death, on such and such a spot when Gunnar first sprang on Thorgeir with an)Tj
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(After that he gave notice of this declaration as he had done of the first. Then he asked in what Quarter)Tj
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(Court the suit lay, and in what house in the district the defendant dwelt.)Tj
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(When that was over men left the Hill of Laws, and all said that he spoke well.)Tj
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(Gunnar kept himself well in hand and said little or nothing.)Tj
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(Now the Thing wears away till the day when the courts were to be set.)Tj
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(Then Gunnar stood looking south by the court of the men of Rangriver, and his men with him.)Tj
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(Gizur stood looking north, and calls his witnesses, and bade Gunnar to listen to his oath, and to his)Tj
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(declaration of the suit, and to all the steps and proofs which he meant to bring forward. After that he)Tj
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(Then Njal spoke and said - )Tj
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("Now I can no longer sit still and take no part. Let us go to where the neighbours sit on the inquest.")Tj
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(were left to answer the following question in Gunnar’s favour "whether those namesakes had gone out)Tj
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(with that mind to the place of meeting to do Gunnar a mischief if they could?")Tj
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(But all bore witness at once that so it was.)Tj
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(Then Njal called this a lawful defence to the suit, and said he would bring forward proof of it unless)Tj
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(they gave over the suit to arbitration.)Tj
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(Then many chiefs joined in praying for an atonement, and so it was brought about that twelve men)Tj
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(Then either side went and handselled this settlement to the other. Afterwards the award was made, and)Tj
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(But besides, Gunnar was to go abroad and Kolskegg with him, and they were to be away three winters;)Tj
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(kinsmen of those whom he had killed.)Tj
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(that money which he had handed over to him to keep. Njal had laid the money out at interest and paid)Tj
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(Now they ride home. Gunnar and Njal rode both together from the Thing, and then Njal said to Gunnar)Tj
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(- )Tj
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(here will then tread on thy heel; but if thou dost not fare away, and so breakest thy atonement, then)Tj
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(thou wilt be slain here in the land, and that is ill knowing for those who are thy friends.")Tj
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(Gunnar said he had no mind to break the atonement, and he rides home and told them of the )Tj
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(settlement.)Tj
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(Rannveig said it was well that he fared abroad, for then they must find some one else to quarrel.)Tj
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(Thrain Sigfus’ son said to his wife that he meant to fare abroad that summer. She said that was well.)Tj
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(By this time Gunnar’s sons, Hogni and Grani, were grown up; they were men of very different turn of)Tj
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(Gunnar made men bear down the wares of his brother and himself to the ship, and when all Gunnar’s)Tj
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(The day after he gets ready early for his journey to the ship, and told all his people that he would ride)Tj
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("Fair is the Lithe; so fair that it has never seemed to me so fair; the corn fields are white to harvest, and)Tj
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(the home mead is mown; and now I will ride back home, and not fare abroad at all.")Tj
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("I will not go away any whither," says Gunnar, "and so I would thou shouldest do too.")Tj
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("That shall not be," says Kolskegg; "I will never do a base thing in this, nor in anything else which is)Tj
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(left to my good faith; and this is that one thing that could tear us asunder; but tell this to my kinsmen)Tj
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(and to my mother, that I never mean to see Iceland again, for I shall soon learn that thou art dead,)Tj
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(brother, and then there will be nothing left to bring me back.")Tj
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(So they parted there and then. Gunnar rides home to Lithend, but Kolskegg rides to the ship, and goes )Tj
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(Hallgerda was glad to see Gunnar when he came home, but his mother said little or nothing.)Tj
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(Now Gunnar sits at home that fall and winter, and had not many men with him.)Tj
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(Gunnar thought that a good thing at first, and agreed to it, but when it came to the point he would not)Tj
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("Great Rift".ö He summoned Starkad under the Threecorner, and Thorgeir his son; Mord and Valgard)Tj
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(the guileful; Geir the priest and Hjalti Skeggi’s son; Thorbrand and Asbrand, Thorleik’s sons; Eyjulf,)Tj
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(and Aunund his son, Aunund of Witchwood and Thorgrim the Easterling of Sandgil.)Tj
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("I gave my word to Gunnar," said Hjalti, "here at the Thing, when he showed himself most willing to)Tj
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(Then Hjalti went away, but those who were left behind made up their minds to make an onslaught on)Tj
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(that Kolskegg was away, and Thrain and many other of Gunnar’s friends.)Tj
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("Me thinks thou art the best of friends," says Gunnar; "thou makest me aware of what is meant.")Tj
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("Now," says Njal, "I would that Skarphedinn should come to thy house, and my son Hauskuld; they)Tj
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("I will not," says Gunnar, "that thy sons should be slain for my sake, and thou hast a right to look for)Tj
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(other things from me.")Tj
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("All thy care will come to nothing," says Njal; "quarrels will turn thitherward where my sons are as)Tj
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(soon as thou art dead and gone.")Tj
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("That is not unlikely," says Gunnar, "but still it would mislike me that they fell into them for me; but)Tj
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(this one thing I will ask of thee, that ye see after my son Hogni, but I say naught of Grani, for he does)Tj
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(not behave himself much after my mind.")Tj
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(Njal rode home, and gave his word to do that.)Tj
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(from under him, and he dropped his shield, and down he toppled from the roof.)Tj
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(Then he goes to Gizur and his band as they sat on the ground.)Tj
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("Well, is Gunnar at home?")Tj
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("Find that out for yourselves," said Thorgrim; "but this I am sure of, that his bill is at home," and with)Tj
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(Then they made for the buildings. Gunnar shot out arrows at them, and made a stout defence, and they)Tj
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(Gunnar found them out with his arrows there also, and still they could get nothing done.)Tj
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("Let us press on harder; nothing comes of our onslaught.")Tj
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(Gunnar said, "There lies on arrow outside on the wall, and it is one of their shafts; I will shoot at them)Tj
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(But Gunnar caught up the arrow and shot it after them, and struck Eylif Aunund’s son, and he got a)Tj
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("Out came an arm yonder," says Gizur, "and there was a gold ring on it, and took an arrow from the)Tj
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(roof and they would not look outside for shafts if there were enough in doors; and now ye shall make a)Tj
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("Let us burn him house and all," said Mord.)Tj
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("That shall never be," says Gizur, "though I knew that my life lay on it; but it is easy for thee to find)Tj
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(Some ropes lay there on the ground, and they were often used to strengthen the roof. Then Mord said -)Tj
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(end to these rocks and twist them tight with levers, and so pull the roof off the hall.")Tj
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(So they took the ropes and all lent a hand to carry this out, and before Gunnar was aware of it, they)Tj
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(Then Gunnar still shoots with his bow so that they could never come nigh him. Then Mord said again)Tj
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(that they must burn the house over Gunnar’s head. But Gizur said - )Tj
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("I know not why thou wilt speak of that which no one else wishes, and that shall never be.")Tj
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(Gunnar clutches the bill with both hands, and turns on him quickly and drives it through him, and hurls)Tj
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(him down on the ground.)Tj
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(Then up sprung Asbrand his brother. Gunnar thrusts at him with the bill, and he threw his shield before)Tj
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("Does aught lie on it?" she says.)Tj
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("My life lies on it," he said; "for they will never come to close quarters with me if I can keep them off)Tj
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(Then Gunnar sang a song - )Tj
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(Each who hurls the gory javelin)Tj
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(Hath some honour of his own,)Tj
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(Now my helpmeet wimple-hooded)Tj
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(Hurries all my fame to earth.)Tj
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(No one owner of a war-ship)Tj
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(Often asks for little things,)Tj
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(Woman, fond of Frodi’s flour,ö)Tj
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(Wends her hand as she is wont.)Tj
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("Every one has something to boast of," says Gunnar, "and I will ask thee no more for this.")Tj
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("Thou behavest ill," said Rannveig, "and this shame shall long be had in mind.")Tj
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(Gunnar made a stout and bold defence, and now wounds other eight men with such sore wounds that)Tj
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(many lay at death’s door. Gunnar keeps them all off until he fell worn out with toil. Then they)Tj
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(wounded him with many and great wounds, but still he got away out of their hands, and held his own)Tj
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(against them a while longer, but at last it came about that they slew him.)Tj
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(Of this defence of his, Thorkell the Skald of Göta-Elf sang in the verses which follow - )Tj
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(We have heard how south in Iceland)Tj
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(Gunnar guarded well himself,)Tj
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(Boldly battle’s thunder wielding,)Tj
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(Fiercest Iceman on the wave;)Tj
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(Hero of the golden collar,)Tj
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(Sixteen with the sword he wounded;)Tj
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(In the shock that Odin loveth,)Tj
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(Two before him lasted death.)Tj
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(But this is what Thormod Olaf’s son sang - )Tj
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(None that scattered sea’s bright sunbeams,ö)Tj
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(Won more glorious fame than Gunnar,)Tj
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(So runs fame of old in Iceland,)Tj
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(Fitting fame of heathen men;)Tj
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(Lord of fight when helms were crashing,)Tj
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(Lives of foeman twain he took,)Tj
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(Wielding bitter steel he sorely)Tj
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(Wounded twelve, and four besides.)Tj
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(Then Gizur spoke and said: "We have now laid low to earth a mighty chief, and hard work has it been,)Tj
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(and the fame of this defence of his shall last as long as men live in this land".)Tj
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(After that he went to see Rannveig and said, "Wilt thou grant us earth here for two of our men who are)Tj
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("All the more willingly for two," she says, "because I wish with all my heart I had to grant it to all of )Tj
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("It must be forgiven thee," he says, "to speak thus, for thou hast had a great loss.")Tj
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(Then he gave orders that no man should spoil or rob anything there.)Tj
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(After that they went away.)Tj
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(Then Thorgeir Starkad’s son said, "We may not be in our house at home for the sons of Sigfus, unless)Tj
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("This shall be so," says Gizur, and they cast lots, and the lot fell on Geir to stay behind.)Tj
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(After that he came to the Point, and set up his house there; he had a son whose name was Hroald; he)Tj
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(was base born, and his mother’s name was Biartey; he boasted that he had given Gunnar his)Tj
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(death-blow. Hroald was at the Point with his father.)Tj
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(Thorgeir Starkad’s son boasted of another wound which he had given to Gunnar.)Tj
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(Gizur sat at home at Mossfell. Gunnar’s slaying was heard of, and ill spoken of throughout the whole)Tj
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(Chapter 77 - Gunnar sings a song dead)Tj
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(Njal could ill brook Gunnar’s death, nor could the sons of Sigfus brook it either.)Tj
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(They asked whether Njal thought they had any right to give notice of a suit of manslaughter for)Tj
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(Gunnar, or to set the suit on foot.)Tj
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(He said that could not be done, as the man had been outlawed; but said it would be better worth trying)Tj
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(to do something to wound their glory, by slaying some men in vengeance after him.)Tj
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(They cast a cairn over Gunnar, and made him sit upright in the cairn. Rannveig would not hear of his)Tj
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(bill being buried in the cairn, but said he alone should have it as his own, who was ready to avenge)Tj
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(Gunnar. So no one took the bill.)Tj
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(She was so hard on Hallgerda, that she was on the point of killing her; and she said that she had been)Tj
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(the cause of her son’s slaying.)Tj
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(Then Hallgerda fled away to Gritwater, and her son Grani with her, and they shared the goods between)Tj
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(Now this token happened at Lithend, that the neat-herd and the serving-maid were driving cattle by)Tj
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(Gunnar’s cairn. They thought that he was merry, and that he was singing inside the cairn. They went)Tj
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(home and told Rannveig, Gunnar’s mother, of this token, but she bade them go and tell Njal.)Tj
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(Then they went over to Bergthorsknoll and told Njal, but he made them tell it three times over.)Tj
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(After that, he had a long talk all alone with Skarphedinn; and Skarphedinn took his weapons and goes)Tj
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(with them to Lithend.)Tj
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(Rannveig and Hogni gave him a hearty welcome, and were very glad to see him. Rannveig asked him)Tj
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(to stay there some time, and he said he would.)Tj
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(He and Hogni were always together, at home and abroad. Hogni was a brisk, brave man, well-bred and)Tj
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(well-trained in mind and body, but distrustful and slow to believe what he was told, and that was why)Tj
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(they dared not tell him of the token.)Tj
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(Now those two, Skarphedinn and Hogni, were out of doors one evening by Gunnar’s cairn on the)Tj
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(over them. Then all at once they thought they saw the cairn standing open, and lo! Gunnar had turned)Tj
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(himself in the cairn and looked at the moon. They thought they saw four lights burning in the cairn,)Tj
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(and none of them threw a shadow. They saw that Gunnar was merry, and he wore a joyful face. He)Tj
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(sang a song, and so loud, that it might have been heard though they had been farther off.)Tj
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(He that lavished rings in largesse,)Tj
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(When the fight’s red rain-drops fell,)Tj
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(Bright of face, with heart-strings hardy,)Tj
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(Hogni’s father met his fate;)Tj
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(Then his brow with helmet shrouding,)Tj
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(Bearing battle-shield, he spake,)Tj
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("I will die the prop of battle,)Tj
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(Sooner die than yield an inch.)Tj
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(Yes, sooner die than yield an inch".)Tj
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(After that the cairn was shut up again.)Tj
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("Wouldst thou believe these tokens if Njal or I told them to thee?" says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("I would believe them," he says, "if Njal told them, for it is said he never lies.")Tj
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("Such tokens as these mean much," says Skarphedinn, "when he shows himself to us, he who would)Tj
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(sooner die than yield to his foes; and see how he has taught us what we ought to do.")Tj
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("I shall be able to bring nothing to pass," says Hogni, "unless thou wilt stand by me.")Tj
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("Now," says Skarphedinn, "will I bear in mind how Gunnar behaved after the slaying of your kinsman)Tj
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(Sigmund; now I will yield you such help as I may. My father gave his word to Gunnar to do that)Tj
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(whenever thou or thy mother had need of it.")Tj
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(After that they go home to Lithend.)Tj
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("Now we shall set off at once," says Skarphedinn, "this very night; for if they learn that I am here, they)Tj
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("I will fulfil thy counsel," says Hogni.)Tj
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(After that they took their weapons when all men were in their beds. Hogni takes down the bill, and it)Tj
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(gave a sharp ringing sound.)Tj
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(Rannveig sprang up in great wrath and said - )Tj
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("Who touches the bill, when I forbade every one to lay hand on it?")Tj
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("I mean," says Hogni, "to bring it to my father, that he may bear it with him to Valhalla, and have it)Tj
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("Rather shalt thou now bear it," she answered, "and avenge thy father; for the bill has spoken of one)Tj
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(man’s death or more.")Tj
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(Then Hogni went out, and told Skarphedinn all the words that his grandmother had spoken.)Tj
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(After that they fare to the Point, and two ravens flew along with them all the way. They came to the)Tj
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(Point while it was still night. Then they drove the flock before them up to the house, and then Hroald)Tj
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(and Tjorfi ran out and drove the flock up the hollow path, and had their weapons with them.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn sprang up and said, "Thou needest not to stand and think if it be really as it seems. Men)Tj
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(are here.")Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn smites Tjorfi his death-blow. Hroald had a spear in his hand, and Hogni rushes at)Tj
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(him; Hroald thrusts at him, but Hogni hewed asunder the spear-shaft with his bill, and drives the bill)Tj
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(through him.)Tj
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(After that they left them there dead, and turn away thence under the Threecorner.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn jumps up on the house and plucks the grass, and those who were inside the house thought)Tj
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(it was cattle that had come on the roof. Starkad and Thorgeir took their weapons and upper clothing,)Tj
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(and went out and round about the fence of the yard. But when Starkad sees Skarphedinn he was afraid,)Tj
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(and wanted to turn back.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn cut him down by the fence. Then Hogni comes against Thorgeir and slays him with the )Tj
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(bill.)Tj
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(Thence they went to Hof, and Mord was outside in the field, and begged for mercy, and offered them)Tj
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(full atonement.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn told Mord the slaying of those four men, and sang a song.)Tj
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(Four who wielded warlike weapons)Tj
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(We have slain, all men of worth,)Tj
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(Them at once, gold-greedy fellow,)Tj
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(Thou shalt follow on the spot;)Tj
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(Let us press this pinch-purse so,)Tj
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(Pouring fear into his heart;)Tj
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(Wretch! reach out to Gunnar’s son)Tj
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(Right to settle all disputes.)Tj
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("And the like journey," says Skarphedinn, "shalt thou also fare, or hand over to Hogni the right to)Tj
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(Hogni said his mind had been made up not to come to any terms with the slayers of his father; but still)Tj
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(Njal took a share in bringing those who had the blood-feud after Starkad and Thorgeir to take an)Tj
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(atonement, and a district meeting was called together, and men were chosen to make the award, and)Tj
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(every matter was taken into account, even the attack on Gunnar, though he was an outlaw; but such a)Tj
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(fine as was awarded, all that Mord paid; for they did not close their award against him before the other)Tj
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(matter was already settled, and then they set off one award against the other.)Tj
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(Then they were all set at one again, but at the Thing there was great talk, and the end of it was, that)Tj
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(Geir the priest and Hogni were set at one again, and that atonement they held to ever afterwards.)Tj
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(Geir the priest dwelt in the Lithe till his death-day, and he is out of the story.)Tj
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(Njal asked as a wife for Hogni Alfeida the daughter of Weatherlid the Skald, and she was given away)Tj
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(to him. Their son was Ari, who sailed for Shetland, and took him a wife there; from him is come Einar)Tj
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(the Shetlander, one of the briskest and boldest of men.)Tj
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(Hogni kept up his friendship with Njal, and he is now out of the story.)Tj
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("What wilt thou with me?" he asks.)Tj
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("I will get thee a bride, and thou shalt be my knight.")Tj
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(Kolskegg was baptised in Denmark, but still he could not rest there, but fared east to Russia, and was)Tj
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(Chapter 81 - Of Thrain: how he slew Kol)Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and say how Thrain Sigfus’ son came to Norway. They made the land)Tj
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(heard of that, he sent men to them, and would know what men were in the ship. They came back and)Tj
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(told him who the men were. Then the Earl sent for Thrain Sigfus’ son, and he went to see him. The)Tj
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(said - )Tj
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("Lord," said Thrain, "is it your will that I should be with you this winter?")Tj
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(The Earl took to him, and Thrain was there that winter, and was thought much of.)Tj
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("I am not Gunnar, but still I am near akin to him, and I will undertake this voyage.")Tj
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(After that his son Eric began to speak, and said - )Tj
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("Your word, father, is good to many men, but fulfilling it is quite another thing. This is the hardest)Tj
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("Thou art a great man for show, Thrain," said the Earl, "and so have both of you, kinsmen, been,)Tj
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(He thanked him for his goodness, and said he had no longing to go to Iceland just yet.)Tj
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(Now it must be told how Njal’s sons, Grim and Helgi, left Iceland the same summer that Thrain and)Tj
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(down all the Vikings as they tried to board, and Njal’s sons were ever where there was most need.)Tj
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(yield. Just then some one looked seaward, and there they see ships coming from the south round the)Tj
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(Ness, and they were not fewer than ten, and they row hard and steer thitherwards. Along their sides)Tj
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(were shield on shield, but on that ship that came first stood a man by the mast, who was clad in a)Tj
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(silken kirtle, and had a gilded helm, and his hair was both fair and thick; that man had a spear inlaid)Tj
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(with gold in his hand.)Tj
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(He asked, "Who have here such an uneven game?")Tj
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(Helgi tells his name, and said that against them are Gritgard and Snowcolf.)Tj
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("But who are your captains?" he asks.)Tj
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(Helgi answered, "Bard the black, who lives, but the other, who is dead and gone, was called Olaf".)Tj
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("Are ye men from Iceland?" says he.)Tj
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("Sure enough we are," Helgi answers.)Tj
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(He asked whose sons they were, and they told him, then he knew them and said - )Tj
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("Well known names have ye all, father and sons both.")Tj
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("Who art thou?" asks Helgi.)Tj
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("My name is Kari, and I am Solmund’s son.")Tj
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("Whence comest thou?" says Helgi.)Tj
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("From the Southern Isles.")Tj
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("Then thou art welcome," says Helgi, "if thou wilt give us a little help.")Tj
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("I’ll give ye all the help ye need," says Kari; "but what do ye ask?")Tj
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("To fall on them," says Helgi.)Tj
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(Kari says that so it shall be. So they pulled up to them, and then the battle began the second time; but)Tj
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(smites at him with his sword. Kari leaps nimbly backwards over a beam that lay athwart the ship, and)Tj
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(Snowcolf smote the beam so that both edges of the sword were hidden. Then Kari smites at him, and)Tj
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(the sword fell on his shoulder, and the stroke was so mighty that he cleft in twain shoulder, arm, and)Tj
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(all, and Snowcolf got his death there and then. Gritgard hurled a spear at Kari, but Kari saw it and)Tj
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(sprang up aloft, and the spear missed him. Just then Helgi and Grim came up both to meet Kari, and)Tj
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(Helgi springs on Gritgard and thrusts his spear through him, and that was his death blow; after that)Tj
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(they went round the whole ship on both boards, and then men begged for mercy. So they gave them all)Tj
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(Southern Isles from Earl Gilli. Now Kari asks them to go to Hrossey,ö and said the Earl would take to)Tj
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("How came they," says the Earl, "to fall upon thee?")Tj
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("It shall be as thou choosest," says the Earl, "thou hast already taken them so much by the hand.")Tj
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("Thinkest thou it not good to be here?")Tj
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("Good, methinks, it is here," he says.)Tj
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("Then what art thou thinking about?" asks the Earl.)Tj
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("Hast thou any realm to guard in Scotland?" asks Helgi.)Tj
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("So we think," says the Earl, "but what makes thee think about that, or what is the matter with it?")Tj
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("Hast thou the second sight?" said the Earl.)Tj
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("That has been little proved," answers Helgi.)Tj
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("Well," says the Earl, "I will increase thy honour if this be so, otherwise thou shalt smart for it.")Tj
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(sword. After that he took Helgi and Grim into his body-guard, and thanked them for their good help.)Tj
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(They were with the Earl that winter and the summer after, till Kari went sea-roving; then they went)Tj
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(with him, and harried far and wide that summer, and everywhere won the victory. They fought against)Tj
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(Godred, King of Man, and conquered him; and after that they fared back, and had gotten much goods.)Tj
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("My name is Hrapp," says he.)Tj
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("What wilt thou with me?" says Kolbein.)Tj
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("I wish to ask thee to put me across the Iceland main.")Tj
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("Whose son art thou?" asks Kolbein.)Tj
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("I am a son of Aurgunleid, the son of Geirolf the fighter.")Tj
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("What need lies on thee," asked Kolbein, "to drive thee abroad?")Tj
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("I have slain a man," says Hrapp.)Tj
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("What manslaughter was that," says Kolbein, "and what men have the blood-feud?")Tj
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("I guess this," says Kolbein, "that he will have the worst of it who bears thee abroad.")Tj
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("I am the friend of my friend," said Hrapp, "but when ill is done to me I repay it. Nor am I short of)Tj
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(money to lay down for my passage.")Tj
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(Then Kolbein was told, and he bade Hrapp to come and share his mess, and he accepted that.)Tj
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(Now they come off the sea, and lie outside off Agdirness.)Tj
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(Then Kolbein asked where that money was which he had offered to pay for his fare?)Tj
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("It is out in Iceland," answers Hrapp.)Tj
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("Thou wilt beguile more men than me, I fear," says Kolbein; "but now I will forgive thee all the fare.")Tj
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(He fares on and on till he comes to Gudbrand of the Dale. He was the greatest friend of Earl Hacon.)Tj
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(Thrand was the name of Gudbrand’s son, but his daughter’s name was Gudruna.)Tj
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("Methinks, then," says Hrapp, "that all I have heard about thee has been great lies; for it is said that)Tj
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("Well, thou shalt stay here," said Gudbrand.)Tj
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("To what seat wilt thou show me?" says Hrapp.)Tj
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("To one on the lower bench, over against my high seat.")Tj
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(Asvard, his overseer, to go about with her, out of doors and in, and to be with her wherever she went.)Tj
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(Then Asvard went to look for her, and found them both together stretched on the grass in a thicket.)Tj
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(missed him. Hrapp springs on his feet as quick as he can, and caught up his axe. Then Asvard wished)Tj
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(to turn and get away, but Hrapp hewed asunder his backbone.)Tj
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("He shall not learn this from others," says Hrapp, "but I will go home and tell him both these tidings.")Tj
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("Then," she says, "thou will not come away with thy life.")Tj
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("I will run the risk of that," he says.)Tj
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(After that he sees her back to the other women, but he went home. Gudbrand sat in his high seat, and)Tj
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(there were few men in the hall.)Tj
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(Hrapp went in before him, and bore his axe high.)Tj
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("Why is thine axe bloody?" asks Gudbrand.)Tj
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("I made it so by doing a piece of work on thy overseer Asvard’s back," says Hrapp.)Tj
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("That can be no good work," says Gudbrand; "thou must have slain him.")Tj
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("What did ye fall out about?" asks Gudbrand.)Tj
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("Oh!" says Hrapp, "what you would think small cause enough. He wanted to hew off my leg.")Tj
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("What hast thou done first?" asked Gudbrand.)Tj
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("What he had no right to meddle with," says Hrapp.)Tj
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("Still thou wilt tell me what it was.")Tj
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("Well!" said Hrapp, "if thou must know, I lay by thy daughter’s side, and he thought that bad.")Tj
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("Up men!" cried Gudbrand, "and take him. He shall be slain out of hand.")Tj
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("Very little good wilt thou let me reap of my son-in-lawship," says Hrapp, "but thou hast not so many)Tj
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(Then Gudbrand gathers people, and lets the wood be searched; but they find him not, for the wood was)Tj
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(great and thick.)Tj
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(Hrapp fares through the wood till he came to a clearing; there he found a house, and saw a man outside)Tj
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(cleaving wood.)Tj
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(He asked that man for his name, and he said his name was Tofi.)Tj
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(Tofi asked him for his name in turn, and Hrapp told him his true name.)Tj
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(Hrapp asked why the householder had set up his abode so far from other men?)Tj
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("For that here," he says, "I think I am less likely to have brawls with other men.")Tj
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("It is strange how we beat about the bush in out talk," says Hrapp, "but I will first tell thee who I am. I)Tj
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(unless thou wert some man’s outlaw. And now I give thee two choices, either that I will tell where)Tj
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(thou art,ö or that we two have between us, share and share alike, all that is here.")Tj
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("This is even as thou sayest," said the householder; "I seized and carried off this woman who is here)Tj
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(with me, and many men have sought for me.")Tj
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(Then he led Hrapp in with him; there was a small house there, but well built.)Tj
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(The master of the house told his mistress that he had taken Hrapp into his company.)Tj
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("Most men will get ill luck from this man," she says; "but thou wilt have thy way.")Tj
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(Then Gudbrand began to speak, and said - )Tj
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("Much might is given to our gods, when here they have walked of themselves out of the fire!")Tj
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("Who can have done this?" says the Earl.)Tj
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("Killing-Hrapp," they say.)Tj
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("Then he must have burnt down the shrine," says the Earl.)Tj
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(They said they thought he was like enough to have done it.)Tj
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("And where may he be now?" says the Earl.)Tj
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(They said that Thrand had told them that he had laid down in a thicket.)Tj
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(The Earl urges on his men to run after him, but Hrapp was so swift-footed that they never came near)Tj
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(Hrapp runs to where Njal’s sons are.)Tj
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("Help me, like good men and true," he said, "for the Earl will slay me.")Tj
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(Helgi looked at him and said - )Tj
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("Thou lookest like an unlucky man, and the man who will not take thee in will have the best of it.")Tj
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("Would that the worst might befall you from me," says Hrapp.)Tj
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("I am the man," says Helgi, "to avenge me on thee for this as time rolls on.")Tj
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(Then Hrapp turned to Thrain Sigfus’ son, and bade him shelter him.)Tj
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("What hast thou on thy hand?" says Thrain.)Tj
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("I have burnt a shrine under the Earl’s eyes, and slain some men, and now he will be here speedily, for)Tj
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("It hardly beseems me to do this," says Thrain, "when the Earl has done me so much good.")Tj
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("Then," said Hrapp, "here will I take my stand, and here shall I be slain before thine eyes, and then)Tj
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(thou wilt have to abide by every man’s blame.")Tj
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(Then they see the Earl and his band of men coming, and then Thrain took Hrapp under his safeguard,)Tj
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(and let them shove off the boat, and put out to his ship.)Tj
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(Then Thrain said, "Now this will be thy best hiding place, to knock out the bottoms of two casks, and)Tj
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(So it was done, and he got into the casks, and then they were lashed together, and lowered over-board.)Tj
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(Then comes the Earl with his band to Njal’s sons, and asked if Hrapp had come there.)Tj
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(They said that he had come.)Tj
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(The Earl asked whither he had gone thence.)Tj
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(They said they had not kept eyes on him, and could not say.)Tj
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("He," said the Earl, "should have great honour from me who would tell me where Hrapp was.")Tj
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(Then Grim said softly to Helgi - )Tj
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("Why should we not say. What know I whether Thrain will repay us with any good?")Tj
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("We should not tell a whit more for that," says Helgi, "when his life lies at stake.")Tj
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("Maybe," said Grim, "the Earl will turn his vengeance on us, for he is so wroth that some one will)Tj
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("That must not move us," says Helgi, "but still we will pull our ship out, and so away to sea as soon as)Tj
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(ever we get a wind.")Tj
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(So they rowed out under an isle that lay there, and wait there for a fair breeze.)Tj
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(The Earl went about among the sailors, and tried them all, but they, one and all, denied that they knew)Tj
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(After that they took a long-ship and went off to the merchant ship.)Tj
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(Thrain sees the Earl coming, and stands up and greets him kindly. The Earl took his greeting well and)Tj
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("We are seeking for a man whose name is Hrapp, and he is an Icelander. He has done us all kind of ill;)Tj
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("Ye know, Lord," said Thrain, "that I slew your outlaw, and then put my life in peril, and for that I had)Tj
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("More honour shalt thou now have," says the Earl.)Tj
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(Now Thrain thought within himself, and could not make up his mind how the Earl would take it, so he)Tj
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("Show me to Njal’s sons," said the Earl, "and I will force them to tell me the truth.")Tj
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(Then he was told that they had put out of the harbour.)Tj
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("Then there is no help for it," says the Earl, "but still there were two water-casks alongside of Thrain’s)Tj
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(Thrain sees that the Earl means to put off again and said - )Tj
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(Then said the Earl to Thrain - )Tj
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("Give thou up Hrapp, for I am quite sure that thou hast hidden him.")Tj
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("Where shall I have hidden him, Lord?" says Thrain.)Tj
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("Well!" says Thrain, "I would rather not be taken for a liar, far sooner would I that ye should search)Tj
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("Dost thou speak me free now?" says Thrain. "Far from it," says the Earl, "and yet I cannot tell why)Tj
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(Sweyn was there with him, and he said, "A strange turn of mind this to let guiltless men smart for)Tj
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("Let us row out to them again," and they did so.)Tj
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("Where can he have been hidden?" says Sweyn.)Tj
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("There’s not much good in knowing that," says the Earl, "for now he will be away thence; two sacks)Tj
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(Then Thrain began to speak, and said - )Tj
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("Now let us fold Hrapp in the sail.")Tj
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(It was then brailed up to the yard, and they did so.)Tj
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(Then the Earl comes to Thrain and his men, and he was very wroth, and said, "Wilt thou now give up)Tj
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("Then why did ye not seek him there?" says Thrain.)Tj
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("So, I ween, it must be," says Sweyn; "but never yet have I met brisker men than these, and I call it the)Tj
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("Hast thou taken Njal’s sons into thy keeping?")Tj
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("So it is, sure enough," says Kari.)Tj
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("Wilt thou hand Njal’s sons over to me?" asks the Earl.)Tj
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("Wilt thou swear this," says the Earl, "that thou wilt not fall on me with Njal’s sons?")Tj
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("So it ought to be, sure enough," says the Earl, "but I know not whether they will take an atonement.")Tj
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("I will take them," said Helgi, "from his son Eric, but I will have nothing to do with the Earl.")Tj
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(Dungal the king’s son. There they took great spoil. Thence they held on north to Coll, and found Earl)Tj
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(that my sons are slow to take up a quarrel, but ye shall bear that for the sake of gaining time, for there)Tj
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(yourselves into a strait, and have to fight your way out with weapons; but in that there is a long and)Tj
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(weary night in which ye will have to grope your way.")Tj
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(After that they ceased speaking about it; but the matter became the daily talk of many men.)Tj
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(Then they busked them, four of Njal’s sons, and Kari the fifth, and so they fare to Gritwater.)Tj
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(others took his place right and left; for the house-earles were all at home.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn and his men walk up from below, and he went first, then Kari, then Hauskuld, then Grim,)Tj
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(those who stood before them.)Tj
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("May we all be welcome here?" said Skarphedinn.)Tj
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(Hallgerda stood in the porch, and had been talking low to Hrapp, then she spoke out loud - )Tj
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("None of those who are here will say that ye are welcome.")Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn sang a song.)Tj
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(Prop of sea-waves’ fire,ö thy fretting)Tj
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(Cannot cast a weight on us,)Tj
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(Warriors wight; yes, wolf and eagle)Tj
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(Willingly I feed to-day;)Tj
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(Carline thrust into the ingle,)Tj
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(Or a tramping whore, art thou;)Tj
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(Lord of skates that skim the sea-belt,ö)Tj
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(Odin’s mocking cupö I mix.)Tj
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("Thy words," said Skarphedinn, "will not be worth much, for thou art either a hag, only fit to sit in the)Tj
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("These words of thine thou shalt pay for," she says, "ere thou farest home.")Tj
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("Thee am I come to see, Thrain," said Helgi, "and to know if thou will make me any amends for those)Tj
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("I never knew," said Thrain, "that ye two brothers were wont to measure your manhood by money; or,)Tj
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("Many will say," says Helgi, "that thou oughtest to offer us atonement, since thy life was at stake.")Tj
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("Little good luck was there in that," says Helgi, "to break faith with the Earl, and to take to thee )Tj
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("Thinkest thou not that thou hast some amends to seek from me?" says Hrapp, "I will atone thee in a)Tj
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("The only dealings we shall have," says Helgi, "will be those which will not stand thee in good stead.")Tj
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("Don’t bandy words with Hrapp," said Skarphedinn, "but give him a red skin for a grey."ö)Tj
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("Hold thy tongue, Skarphedinn," said Hrapp, "or I will not spare to bring my axe on thy head.")Tj
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("’Twill be proved soon enough, I dare say," says Skarphedinn, "which of us is to scatter gravel over)Tj
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("Away with you home, ye ’Dung-beardlings!’" says Hallgerda, "and so we will call you always from)Tj
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(They did not fare home before all who were there had made themselves guilty of uttering those words,)Tj
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(Then Njal’s sons went away, and fared till they came home; then they told their father.)Tj
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("Did ye call any men to witness of those words?" says Njal.)Tj
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("We called none," says Skarphedinn; "we do not mean to follow that suit up except on the battlefield.")Tj
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("No one will now think," says Bergthora, "that ye have the heart to lift your weapons.")Tj
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("Spare thy tongue, mistress!" says Kari, "in egging on thy sons, for they will be quite eager enough.")Tj
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(Now there was great talk about this quarrel of theirs, and all seemed to know that it would not settle)Tj
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(month were wanting to winter.)Tj
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(how many nights he meant to be away from home.)Tj
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(They all of them had full arms. So they rode east across Markfleet, and found there some gangrel)Tj
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("So it may be," says Runolf; "but so far as I can see, no man has been their match since Gunnar of)Tj
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(Thrain said that was not to be dreaded.)Tj
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(Thrain said that he meant to ride home that evening, but Runolf said that he ought not to ride home; he)Tj
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("That is fear, and I will none of it," answers Thrain.)Tj
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(Now those gangrel women whom they had put across the Fleet came to Bergthorsknoll, and Bergthora)Tj
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(asked whence they came, but they answered, "Away east under Eyjafell".)Tj
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("Then, who put you across Markfleet?" said Bergthora.)Tj
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("Those," said they, "who were the most boastful and bravest clad of men.")Tj
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("Who?" asked Bergthora.)Tj
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("Thrain Sigfus’ son," said they, "and his company, but we thought it best to tell thee that they were so)Tj
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(full-tongued and foul-tongued towards this house, against thy husband and his sons.")Tj
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("Listeners do not often hear good of themselves," says Bergthora. After that they went their way, and)Tj
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(They said that he would be from home four or five nights.)Tj
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(After that Bergthora told her sons and her son-in-law Kari, and they talked long and low about the )Tj
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(matter.)Tj
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(Njal called out to Skarphedinn - )Tj
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("Whither art thou going, kinsman?")Tj
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("On a sheep hunt," he said.)Tj
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("So it was once before," said Njal, "but then ye hunted men.")Tj
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(Skarphedinn laughed at that, and said - )Tj
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("Hear ye what the old man says? He is not without his doubts.")Tj
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("When was it that thou spokest thus before?" asks Kari.)Tj
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("When I slew Sigmund the white," says Skarphedinn, "Gunnar of Lithend’s kinsman.")Tj
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("For what?" asks Kari.)Tj
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("He had slain Thord Freedmanson, my foster-father.")Tj
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(Njal went home, but they fared up into the Redslips, and bided there; thence they could see the others)Tj
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(as soon as ever they rode from the east out of the dale.)Tj
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(There was sunshine that day and bright weather.)Tj
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(Now Thrain and his men ride down out of the Dale along the river bank.)Tj
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(Lambi Sigurd’s son said - )Tj
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("Shields gleam away yonder in the Redslips when the sun shines on them, and there must be some)Tj
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(men lying in wait there.")Tj
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("Then," says Thrain, "we will turn our way lower down the Fleet, and then they will come to meet us)Tj
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(if they have any business with us.")Tj
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(So they turn down the Fleet. "Now they have caught sight of us," said Skarphedinn, "for lo! they turn)Tj
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(their path elsewhither, and now we have no other choice than to run down and meet them.")Tj
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("Many men," said Kari, "would rather not lie in wait if the balance of force were not more on their side)Tj
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(than it is on ours; they are eight, but we are five.")Tj
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(Now they turn down along the Fleet, and see a tongue of ice bridging the stream lower down and mean)Tj
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(Thrain and his men take their stand upon the ice away from the tongue, and Thrain said - )Tj
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("What can these men want? They are five, and we are eight.")Tj
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("I guess," said Lambi Sigurd’s son, "that they would still run the risk though more men stood against )Tj
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(Thrain throws off his cloak, and takes off his helm.)Tj
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("Why so slow, Skarphedinn?" quoth Grim.)Tj
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("I am tying my shoe," he says.)Tj
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("Let us get on ahead," says Kari; "methinks he will not be slower than we.")Tj
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(check his course, but rushes still onwards with a slide. The sheet of ice was very slippery, and so he)Tj
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(went as fast as a bird flies. Thrain was just about to put his helm on his head; and now Skarphedinn)Tj
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(bore down on them, and hews at Thrain with his axe, "the ogress of war," and smote him on the head,)Tj
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(a quick sleight that no one could get a blow at him; he glided away from them at once at full speed.)Tj
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(Tjorvi, indeed, threw his shield before him on the ice, but he leapt over it, and still kept his feet, and)Tj
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(slid quite to the end of the sheet of ice.)Tj
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(There Kari and his brothers came to meet him.)Tj
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("This was done like a man," says Kari.)Tj
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("Your share is still left," says Skarphedinn, and sang a song.)Tj
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(To the strife of swords not slower,)Tj
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(After all, I came than you,)Tj
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(For with ready stroke the sturdy)Tj
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(Squanderer of wealth I felled;)Tj
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(But since Grim’s and Helgi’s sea-stagö)Tj
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(Norway’s Earl erst took and stripped,)Tj
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(Now ’tis time for sea-fire bearersö)Tj
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(Such dishonour to avenge.)Tj
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(And this other song he sang - )Tj
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(Swiftly down I dashed my weapon,)Tj
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(Gashing giant, byrnie-breacher,ö)Tj
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(She, the noisy ogre’s namesake,ö)Tj
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(Soon with flesh the ravens glutted;)Tj
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(Now your words to Hrapp remember,)Tj
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(On broad ice now rouse the storm,)Tj
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(With dull crash war’s eager ogress)Tj
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(Battle’s earliest note hath sung.)Tj
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("That befits us well, and we wilt do it well," says Helgi. Then they turn up towards them. Both Grim)Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn seizes both Gunnar Lambi’s son, and Grani Gunnar’s son, and said - )Tj
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("Here have I caught two whelps! but what shall we do with them?")Tj
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("It is in thy power," says Helgi, "to slay both or either of them, if you wish them dead.")Tj
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("I cannot find it in my heart to do both - help Hogni and slay his brother," says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("I shall not fear them," answers Skarphedinn.)Tj
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(After that they gave peace to Grani Gunnar’s son, and Gunnar Lambi’s son, and Lambi Sigurd’s son,)Tj
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(and Lodinn.)Tj
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(After that they went down to the Fleet where Skarphedinn had leapt over it, and Kari and the others)Tj
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(measured the length of the leap with their spear-shafts, and it was twelve ells \(about eighteen feet,)Tj
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(according to the old Norse measure\).)Tj
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(Then they turned homewards, and Njal asked what tidings.)Tj
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(They told him all just as it had happened, and Njal said - )Tj
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("These are great tidings, and it is more likely that hence will come the death of one of my sons, if not)Tj
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(more evil.")Tj
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(Gunnar Lambi’s son bore the body of Thrain with him to Gritwater, and he was laid in a cairn there.)Tj
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(Kettle of the Mark had to wife Thorgerda, Njal’s daughter, but he was Thrain’s brother, and he thought)Tj
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(any way for Thrain’s slaying?)Tj
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(matter with thy brothers who have to take the price of the atonement, that they may be ready to join in )Tj
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(it.")Tj
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(Kettle said he would do so with all his heart, and Kettle rode home first; a little after, he summoned all)Tj
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(his brothers to Lithend, and then he had a talk with them; and Hogni was on his side all through the)Tj
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(talk; and so it came about that men were chosen to utter the award; and a meeting was agreed on, and)Tj
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(the fair price of a man was awarded for Thrain’s slaying, and they all had a share in the blood-money)Tj
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(who had a lawful right to it. After that pledges of peace and good faith were agreed to, and they were)Tj
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(settled in the most sure and binding way.)Tj
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(Njal paid down all the money out of hand well and bravely; and so things were quiet for a while.)Tj
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(One day Njal rode up into the Mark, and he and Kettle talked together the whole day, Njal rode home)Tj
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(at even, and no man knew of what they had taken counsel.)Tj
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(A little after Kettle fares to Gritwater, and he said to Thorgerda - )Tj
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("Thou shalt have thy choice of this," she says; "and thou shalt give this lad all the help in thy power)Tj
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(Now Hauskuld fares home with Kettle, and is with him some time.)Tj
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(Once on a time Njal rides up into the Mark, and he had a hearty welcome. He was there that night, and)Tj
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(in the evening Njal called out to the lad Hauskuld, and he went up to him at once.)Tj
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(Njal had a ring of gold on his hand, and showed it to the lad. He took hold of the gold, and looked at it,)Tj
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(and put it on his finger.)Tj
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("Wilt thou take the gold as a gift?" said Njal.)Tj
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("That I will," said the lad.)Tj
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("Knowest thou," says Njal, "what brought thy father to his death?")Tj
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("I know," answers the lad, "that Skarphedinn slew him; but we need not keep that in mind, when an)Tj
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("Better answered than asked," said Njal; "and thou wilt live to be a good man and true," he adds.)Tj
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("Methinks thy forecasting," says Hauskuld, "is worth having, for I know that thou art foresighted and )Tj
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(unlying.")Tj
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("Now I will offer to foster thee," said Njal, "if thou wilt take the offer.")Tj
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(He said he would be willing to take both that honour and any other good offer which he might make.)Tj
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(So the end of the matter was, that Hauskuld fared home with Njal as his foster-son.)Tj
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(He suffered no harm to come nigh the lad, and loved him much. Njal’s sons took him about with them,)Tj
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(and did him honour in every way. And so things go on till Hauskuld is full grown. He was both tall)Tj
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(and strong; the fairest of men to look on, and well-haired; blithe of speech, bountiful, well-behaved; as)Tj
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(well trained to arms as the best; fairspoken to all men, and much beloved.)Tj
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(Njal’s sons and Hauskuld were never apart, either in word or deed.)Tj
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(There was a man named Flosi, he was the son of Thord Freyspriest. Flosi had to wife Steinvora,)Tj
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(daughter of Hall of the Side. She was base born, and her mother’s name was Solvora, daughter of)Tj
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(Herjolf the white. Flosi dwelt at Swinefell, and was a mighty chief. He was tall of stature, and strong)Tj
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(withal, the most forward and boldest of men. His brother’s name was Starkad; he was not by the same)Tj
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(mother as Flosi.)Tj
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(The other brothers of Flosi were Thorgeir and Stein, Kolbein and Egil. Hildigunna was the name of the)Tj
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(daughter of Starkad Flosi’s brother. She was a proud, high-spirited maiden, and one of the fairest of)Tj
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(women. She was so skilful with her hands, that few women were equally skilful. She was the grimmest)Tj
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(and hardest-hearted of all women; but still a woman of open hand and heart when any fitting call was)Tj
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(Hall was the name of a man who was called Hall of the Side. He was the son of Thorstein Baudvar’s)Tj
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(son. Hall had to wife Joreida, daughter of Thidrandi the wise. Thorstein was the name of Hall’s)Tj
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(brother, and he was nick-named broadpaunch. His son was Kol, whom Kari slays in Wales. The sons)Tj
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(of Hall of the Side were Thorstein and Egil, Thorwald and Ljot, and Thidrandi, whom, it is said, the)Tj
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(goddesses slew.)Tj
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(There was a man named Thorir, whose surname was Holt-Thorir; his sons were these: Thorgeir)Tj
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(Craggeir, and Thorleif crow, from whom the Wood-dwellers are come, and Thorgrim the big.)Tj
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(There had been a change of rulers in Norway, Earl Hacon was dead and gone, but in his stead was)Tj
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(in Gaulardale.)Tj
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(Along with that was heard that there had been a change of faith in Norway; they had cast off the old)Tj
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(faith, but King Olaf had christened the western lands, Shetland, and the Orkneys, and the Faroe Isles.)Tj
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(Then many men spoke so that Njal heard it, that it was a strange and wicked thing to throw off the old )Tj
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(faith.)Tj
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(Then Njal spoke and said - )Tj
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("It seems to me as though this new faith must be much better, and he will be happy who follows this)Tj
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(rather than the other; and if those men come out hither who preach this faith, then I will back them )Tj
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(well.")Tj
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(He went often alone away from other men and muttered to himself.)Tj
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(That same harvest a ship came out into the firths east to Berufirth, at a spot called Gautawick. The)Tj
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(out hither by King Olaf Tryggvi’s son, to preach the faith. Along with him came that man of Iceland)Tj
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(whose name was Gudleif. Gudleif was a great man-slayer, and one of the strongest of men, and hardy)Tj
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(and forward in everything.)Tj
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(Two brothers dwelt at Beruness; the name of the one was Thorleif, but the other was Kettle. They were)Tj
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(rode to the ship with twenty-nine men, and he fares at once to find Thangbrand, and spoke to him and)Tj
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(asked him - )Tj
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("Trade is rather dull, is it not?")Tj
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(He answered that so it was.)Tj
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("Now will I say my errand," says Hall; "it is, that I wish to ask you all to my house, and run the risk of)Tj
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(Thangbrand thanked him, and fared to Thvattwater that harvest.)Tj
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(sang mass in it, and took much pains with it, for it was a great high day.)Tj
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(Hall spoke to Thangbrand and asked, "In memory of whom keepest thou this day?")Tj
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("In memory of Michael the archangel," says Thangbrand.)Tj
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("What follows that angel?" asks Hall.)Tj
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("Much good," says Thangbrand. "He will weigh all the good that thou doest, and he is so merciful, that)Tj
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(whenever any one pleases him, he makes his good deeds weigh more.")Tj
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("I would like to have him for my friend," says Hall.)Tj
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("That thou mayest well have," says Thangbrand, "only give thyself over to him by God’s help this)Tj
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("I only make this condition," says Hall, "that thou givest thy word for him that he will then become my)Tj
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("That I will promise," says Thangbrand.)Tj
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(Then Hall was baptised, and all his household.)Tj
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(Chapter 97 - Of Thangbrand’s journeys)Tj
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(The spring after Thangbrand set out to preach Christianity, and Hall went with him. But when they)Tj
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(Thence they fared to Hornfirth and turned in as guests at Borgarhaven, west of Heinabergs sand. There)Tj
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(Hilldir the old dwelt,ö and then Hilldir and all his household took upon them the new faith.)Tj
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(Hall’s kinsman, and he took upon him the faith and all his house.)Tj
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(Thence they fared west to Woodcombe, and went in as guests at Kirkby. There dwelt Surt Asbjorn’s)Tj
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(After that they fared out of Woodcombe on to Headbrink. By that time the story of their journey was)Tj
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(spread far and wide. There was a man named Sorcerer-Hedinn who dwelt in Carlinedale. There)Tj
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(heathen men made a bargain with him that he should put Thangbrand to death with all his company.)Tj
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(He fared upon Arnstacksheath, and there made a great sacrifice when Thangbrand was riding from the)Tj
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(east. Then the earth burst asunder under his horse, but he sprang off his horse and saved himself on the)Tj
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(brink of the gulf, but the earth swallowed up the horse and all his harness, and they never saw him )Tj
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(Then Thangbrand praised God.)Tj
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(Gudleif now searches for Sorcerer-Hedinn and finds him on the heath, and chases him down into)Tj
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(Thence they fared to Dyrholms and held a meeting there, and preached the faith there, and there)Tj
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(Ingialld, the son of Thorsteinn Highbankawk, became a Christian.)Tj
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(about it - )Tj
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(He who proved his blade on bucklers,)Tj
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(South went through the land to whet)Tj
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(Brand that oft hath felled his foeman,)Tj
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(’Gainst the forge which foams with song;ö)Tj
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(Mighty wielder of war’s sickle)Tj
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(Made his sword’s avenging edge)Tj
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(Hard on hero’s helm-prop rattle,ö)Tj
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(Skull of Weatherlid the Skald.)Tj
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(Thence Thangbrand fared to Bergthorsknoll, and Njal took the faith and all his house, but Mord and)Tj
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(Valgard went much against it, and thence they fared out across the rivers; so they went on into)Tj
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(Hawkdale and there they baptised Hall,ö and he was then three winters old.)Tj
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(sent word to Wolf Uggi’s son, that he must fare against Thangbrand and slay him, and made this song)Tj
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(on him - )Tj
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(To the wolf in Woden’s harness,)Tj
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(Uggi’s worthy warlike son,)Tj
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(I, steel’s swinger dearly loving,)Tj
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(This my simple bidding send;)Tj
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(That the wolf of Godsö he chaseth, - )Tj
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(Man who snaps at chink of gold - )Tj
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(Wolf who base our Gods blasphemeth,)Tj
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(I the other wolfö will crush.)Tj
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(Wolf sang another song in return - )Tj
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(Swarthy skarf from month that skimmeth)Tj
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(Of the man who speaks in song)Tj
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(Never will I catch, though surely)Tj
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(Wealthy warrior it hath sent;)Tj
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(Tender of the sea-horse snorting,)Tj
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(E’en though ill deeds are on foot,)Tj
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(Still to risk mine eyes are open;)Tj
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(Harmful ’tis to snap at flies.ö)Tj
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("And," says he, "I don’t mean to be made a catspaw by him, but let him take heed lest his tongue)Tj
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(twists a noose for his own neck.")Tj
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(Now those two, Thangbrand and Gudleif, ride out of Hawkdale, and there they came upon a man who)Tj
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("Thou shalt gain by being the brother of Thorgil of Reykiahole, for I will let thee know that they have)Tj
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(Grimsness.")Tj
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("We shall not the less for all that ride to meet him," says Gudleif, and then they turned down to)Tj
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(Hestbeck. Thorwald was then come across the brook, and Gudleif said to Thangbrand - )Tj
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("Here is now Thorwald; let us rush on him now." Thangbrand shot a spear through Thorwald, but)Tj
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(After that they ride up to the Thing, and it was a near thing that the kinsmen of Thorwald had fallen on)Tj
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(Thangbrand, but Njal and the eastfirthers stood by Thangbrand.)Tj
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(Then Hjallti Skeggi’s son sang this rhyme at the Hill of Laws - )Tj
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(Ever will I Gods blaspheme)Tj
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(Freyja methinks a dog does seem,)Tj
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(Freyja a dog? Aye! let them be)Tj
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(Both dogs together Odin and she.ö)Tj
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(Hjallti fared abroad that summer and Gizur the white with him, but Thangbrand’s ship was wrecked)Tj
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(away east at Bulandsness, and the ship’s name was "Bison".)Tj
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(Thangbrand and his messmate fared right through the west country, and Steinvora, the mother of Ref)Tj
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(the Skald, came against him; she preached the heathen faith to Thangbrand and made him a long)Tj
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(speech. Thangbrand held his peace while she spoke, but made a long speech after her, and turned all)Tj
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(that she had said the wrong way against her.)Tj
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("Hast thou heard," she said, "how Thor challenged Christ to single combat, and how he did not dare to)Tj
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(fight with Thor?")Tj
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("I have heard tell," says Thangbrand, "that Thor was naught but dust and ashes, if God had not willed)Tj
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(that he should live.")Tj
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("Knowest thou," she says, "who it was that shattered thy ship?")Tj
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("What hast thou to say about that?" he asks.)Tj
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("That I will tell thee," she says.)Tj
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(He that giant’s offspringö slayeth)Tj
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(Broke the new-field’s bison stout,ö)Tj
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(Thus the Gods, bell’s warderö grieving.)Tj
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(Crushed the falcon of the strand;ö)Tj
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(To the courser of the causewayö)Tj
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(Little good was Christ I ween,)Tj
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(When Thor shattered ships to pieces)Tj
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(Gylfi’s hartö no God could help.)Tj
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(And again she sang another song - )Tj
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(Thangbrand’s vessel from her moorings,)Tj
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(Sea-king’s steed, Thor wrathful tore,)Tj
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(Shook and shattered all her timbers,)Tj
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(Hurled her broadside on the beach;)Tj
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(Ne’er again shall Viking’s snow-shoe,ö)Tj
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(On the briny billows glide,)Tj
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(For a storm by Thor awakened,)Tj
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(Dashed the bark to splinters small.)Tj
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(After that Thangbrand and Steinvora parted, and they fared west to Bardastrand.)Tj
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(Gest Oddleif’s son dwelt at Hagi on Bardastrand, He was one of the wisest of men, so that he foresaw)Tj
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(such great things as these were said, that he feared neither fire nor sword, and the heathen men were)Tj
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(heathen men spoke against it.)Tj
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("Well," says Thangbrand, "I will give you the means whereby ye shall prove whether my faith is)Tj
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(better. We will hallow two fires. The heathen men shall hallow one and I the other, but a third shall he)Tj
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(unhallowed; and if the Baresark is afraid of the one that I hallow, but treads both the others, then ye)Tj
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("That is well-spoken," says Gest, "and I will agree to this for myself and my household.")Tj
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(And when Gest had so spoken, then many more agreed to it.)Tj
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(Then it was said that the Baresark was coming up to the homestead, and then the fires were made and)Tj
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(burned strong. Then men took their arms and sprang up on the benches, and so waited.)Tj
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(The Baresark rushed in with his weapons. He comes into the room, and treads at once the fire which)Tj
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(the heathen men had hallowed, and so comes to the fire that Thangbrand had hallowed, and dares not)Tj
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(to tread it, but said that he was on fire all over. He hews with his sword at the bench, but strikes a)Tj
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(cross-beam as he brandished the weapon aloft. Thangbrand smote the arm of the Baresark with his)Tj
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(crucifix, and so mighty a token followed that the sword fell from the Baresark’s hand.)Tj
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(Then Thangbrand thrusts a sword into his breast, and Gudleif smote him on the arm and hewed it off.)Tj
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(Then many went up and slew the Baresark.)Tj
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(After that Thangbrand asked if they would take the faith now?)Tj
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(Gest said he had only spoken what he meant to keep to.)Tj
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(Then Thangbrand baptised Gest and all his house and many others. Then Thangbrand took counsel)Tj
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(with Gest whether he should go any further west among the firths, but Gest set his face against that,)Tj
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(and said they were a hard race of men there, and ill to deal with, "but if it be foredoomed that this faith)Tj
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(shall make its way, then it will be taken as law at the Althing, and then all the chiefs out of the districts)Tj
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(will be there".)Tj
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("I did all that I could at the Thing," says Thangbrand, "and it was very uphill work.")Tj
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("Still thou hast done most of the work," says Gest, "though it may be fated that others shall make)Tj
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(Christianity law; but it is here as the saying runs, ’No tree falls at the first stroke’.")Tj
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(After that Gest gave Thangbrand good gifts, and he fared back south. Thangbrand fared to the)Tj
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(Southlander’s Quarter, and so to the Eastfirths. He turned in as a guest at Bergthorsknoll, and Njal)Tj
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(gave him good gifts. Thence he rode east to Alftafirth to meet Hall of the Side. He caused his ship to)Tj
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(be mended, and heathen man called it "Iron-basket". On board that ship Thangbrand fared abroad, and)Tj
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(Gudleif with him.)Tj
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(That same summer Hjallti Skeggi’s son was outlawed at the Thing for blasphemy against the Gods.)Tj
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(dungeons, and meant to slay them.)Tj
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(Then they, Gizur the white and Hjallti, came up and offered to lay themselves in pledge for those men,)Tj
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(and fare out to Iceland and preach the faith. The king took this well, and they got them all set free )Tj
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(again.)Tj
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(Then Gizur and Hjallti busked their ship for Iceland, and were soon "boun". They made the land at)Tj
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(Hjallti stayed behind at Reydarmull, for he had heard that he had been made an outlaw for blasphemy,)Tj
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(men had drawn up their men in array to meet them, and it was a near thing that the whole body of the)Tj
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(Thing had come to blows, but still it did not go so far.)Tj
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(There was a man named Thorgeir who dwelt at Lightwater; he was the son of Tjorfi, the son of)Tj
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(Thorkel the long, the son of Kettle Longneck. His mother’s name was Thoruna, and she was the)Tj
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(daughter of Thorstein, the son of Sigmund, the son of Bard of the Nip. Gudrida was the name of his)Tj
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(wife; she was a daughter of Thorkel the black of Hleidrargarth. His brother was Worm wallet-back, the)Tj
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(father of Hlenni the old of Saurby.)Tj
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(The Christian men set up their booths, and Gizur the white and Hjallti were in the booths of the men)Tj
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(from Mossfell. The day after both sides went to the Hill of Laws, and each, the Christian men as well)Tj
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(an uproar on the Hill of Laws that no man could hear the other’s voice.)Tj
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(After that men went away, and all thought things looked like the greatest entanglement. The Christian)Tj
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(men chose as their Speaker Hall of the Side, but Hall went to Thorgeir, the priest of Lightwater, who)Tj
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(was the old Speaker of the law, and gave him three marks of silver to utter what the law should be, but)Tj
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(still that was most hazardous counsel, since he was an heathen.)Tj
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(Thorgeir lay all that day on the ground, and spread a cloak over his head, so that no man spoke with)Tj
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(and spoke thus - )Tj
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("It seems to me as though our matters were come to a dead lock, if we are not all to have one and the)Tj
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(same law; for if there be a sundering of the laws, then there will be a sundering of the peace, and we)Tj
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(They all say they would.)Tj
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(He said he wished to take an oath of them, and pledges that they would hold to them, and they all said)Tj
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("This is the beginning of our laws," he said, "that all men shall be Christian here in the land, and)Tj
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(children to perish, and not eat horseflesh. It shall be outlawry if such things are proved openly against)Tj
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(any man; but if these things are done by stealth, then it shall be blameless.")Tj
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(But all this heathendom was all done away with within a few years’ space, so that those things were)Tj
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(not allowed to be done either by stealth or openly.)Tj
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(Thorgeir then uttered the law as to keeping the Lord’s day and fast days, Yuletide and Easter, and all)Tj
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(the greatest highdays and holidays.)Tj
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(The heathen men thought they had been greatly cheated; but still the true faith was brought into the)Tj
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(After that men fare home from the Thing.)Tj
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(Chapter 102 - The wedding of Hauskuld, the priest of )Tj
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(Whiteness)Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and say that Njal spoke thus to Hauskuld, his foster-son, and said - )Tj
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("I would seek thee a match.")Tj
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("There is a woman called Hildigunna," answers Njal, "and she is the daughter of Starkad, the son of)Tj
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(Thord Freyspriest. She is the best match I know of.")Tj
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("See thou to it, foster-father," said Hauskuld; "that shall be my choice which thou choosest.")Tj
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("Then we will look thitherward," says Njal.)Tj
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(A little while after, Njal called on men to go along with him. Then the sons of Sigfus, and Njal’s sons,)Tj
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(There they got a hearty welcome.)Tj
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(The day after, Njal and Flosi went to talk alone, and the speech of Njal ended thus, that he said - )Tj
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("This is my errand here, that we have set out on a wooing-journey, to ask for thy kinswoman )Tj
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(Hildigunna.")Tj
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("At whose hand?" says Flosi.)Tj
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("At the hand of Hauskuld my foster-son," says Njal.)Tj
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("Such things are well meant," says Flosi, "but still ye run each of you great risk, the one from the)Tj
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("Good I am able to say of him," says Njal; "and besides, I will lay down as much money as will seem)Tj
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("We will call her hither," says Flosi, "and know how she looks on the man.")Tj
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(Then Hildigunna was called, and she came thither.)Tj
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(Flosi told her of the wooing, but she said she was a proud-hearted woman.)Tj
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("And I know not how things will turn out between me and men of like spirit; but this, too, is not the)Tj
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(least of my dislike, that this man has no priesthood or leadership over men, but thou hast always said)Tj
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(Now things go on till another Thing comes. Njal rode to the Thing, and at first all is quiet until Njal)Tj
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(Then Njal begged for a hearing, and spoke thus - )Tj
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(Thrain Sigfus’ son. But for all that we settled the matter; and now I have taken Hauskuld into my)Tj
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(Hauskuld.")Tj
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(others had a share in it.)Tj
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(in goods and ill to deal with.)Tj
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(son, and Lambi Sigurd’s son.)Tj
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(was Hallstein, and the other’s Hallgrim. They were the most unruly of men, and they were ever with)Tj
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("What proud fellow was that," says Lyting, "of whom thou speakest?")Tj
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("Hauskuld Njal’s son rode here by the yard," she says.)Tj
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("He rides often here by the farmyard," said Lyting, "and I can’t say that it does not try my temper; and)Tj
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("That I will not do," says Hauskuld, "for then I should repay Njal, my foster father, evil for good, and)Tj
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(mayst thou and thy feasts never thrive henceforth.")Tj
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(With that he sprang up away from the board, and made them catch his horses, and rode home.)Tj
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(Then Lyting said to Grani Gunnar’s son - )Tj
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("No," says Grani, "I will not fall on Njal’s son, and so break the atonement which good men and true)Tj
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(have made.")Tj
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(With like words spoke each man of them, and so, too, spoke all the sons of Sigfus; and they took that)Tj
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(Then Lyting said, when they had gone away - )Tj
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("All men know that I have taken no atonement for my brother-in-law Thrain, and I shall never be)Tj
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(After that he called on his two brothers to go with him, and three house-carles as well. They went on)Tj
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(them. They jump up all of them with their arms, and fall on him. Hauskuld guarded himself well, so)Tj
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(that for a long while they could not get the better of him; but the end of it was at last that he wounded)Tj
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(Lyting on the arm, and slew two of his serving-men, and then fell himself. They gave Hauskuld)Tj
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(sixteen wounds, but they hewed not off the head from his body. They fared away into the wood east of)Tj
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(Rangriver, and hid themselves there.)Tj
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(That same evening, Rodny’s shepherd found Hauskuld dead, and went home and told Rodny of her)Tj
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("Was he surely dead?" she asks; "was his head off?")Tj
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("It was not," he says.)Tj
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("I shall know if I see," she says; "so take thou my horse and driving gear.")Tj
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(He did so, and got all things ready, and then they went thither where Hauskuld lay.)Tj
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(She looked at the wounds, and said - )Tj
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("’Tis even as I thought, that he could not be quite dead, and Njal no doubt can cure greater wounds.")Tj
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("But why art thou come hither so early?")Tj
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("Rise thou up," said Rodny, "from thy bed by my rival’s side, and come out, and she too, and thy sons,)Tj
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(to see thy son Hauskuld.")Tj
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(They rose and went out.)Tj
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("Let us take our weapons," said Skarphedinn, "and have them with us.")Tj
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(Njal said naught at that, and they ran in and came out again armed.)Tj
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(She goes first till they come to the sheepcote; she goes in and bade them follow her. Then she lit a)Tj
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("Here, Njal, is thy son Hauskuld, and he hath gotten many wounds upon him, and now he will need )Tj
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("I see death marks on him," said Njal, "but no signs of life; but why hast thou not closed his eyes and)Tj
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(nostrils? see, his nostrils are still open!")Tj
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("That duty I meant for Skarphedinn," she says.)Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn went to close his eyes and nostrils, and said to his father - )Tj
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("Who, sayest thou, hath slain him?")Tj
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("Lyting of Samstede and his brothers must have slain him," says Njal.)Tj
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(Then Rodny said, "Into thy hands, Skarphedinn, I leave it to take vengeance for thy brother, and I)Tj
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(ween that thou wilt take it well, though he be not lawfully begotten, and that thou wilt not be slow to)Tj
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(take it".)Tj
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("Wonderfully do ye men behave," said Bergthora, "when ye slay men for small cause, but talk and)Tj
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(tarry over such wrongs as this until no vengeance at all is taken; and now tidings of this will soon)Tj
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(come to Hauskuld, the Priest of Whiteness, and he will be offering you atonement, and you will grant)Tj
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(him that, but now is the time to act about it, if ye seek for vengeance.")Tj
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("Our mother eggs us on now with a just goading," said Skarphedinn, and sang a song.)Tj
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(Well we know the warrior’s temper,ö)Tj
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(One and all, well, father thine,)Tj
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(But atonement to the mother,)Tj
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(Snake-land’s stemö and thee were base;)Tj
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(He that hoardeth ocean’s fireö)Tj
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(Hearing this will leave his home;)Tj
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(Wound of weapon us hath smitten,)Tj
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(Worse the lot of those that wait!)Tj
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(After that they all ran out of the sheepcote, but Rodny went indoors with Njal, and was there the rest of)Tj
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(Chapter 104 - The slaying of Lyting’s brothers)Tj
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(Now we must speak of Skarphedinn and his brothers, how they bend their course up to Rangriver.)Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn said - )Tj
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("Stand we here and listen, and let us go stilly, for I hear the voices of men up along the river’s bank.)Tj
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(But will ye, Helgi and Grim, deal with Lyting single-handed, or with both his brothers?")Tj
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(They said they would sooner deal with Lyting alone.)Tj
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("Still," says Skarphedinn, "there is more game in him, and methinks it were ill if he gets away, but I)Tj
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(trust myself best for not letting him escape.")Tj
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("We will take such steps," says Helgi, "if we get a chance at him, that he shall not slip through our )Tj
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(fingers.")Tj
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(Then they went thitherward, Where they heard the voices of men, and see where Lyting and his)Tj
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(Skarphedinn leaps over the stream at once, and alights on the sandy brink on the other side. There)Tj
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(upon it stands Hallgrim and his brother. Skarphedinn smites at Hallgrim’s thigh, so that he cut the leg)Tj
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(clean off, but he grasps Hallstein with his left hand. Lyting thrust at Skarphedinn, but Helgi came up)Tj
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(then and threw his shield before the spear, and caught the blow on it. Lyting took up a stone and hurled)Tj
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(it at Skarphedinn, and he lost his hold on Hallstein. Hallstein sprang up the sandy bank, but could get)Tj
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(up it in no other way than by crawling on his hands and knees. Skarphedinn made a side blow at him)Tj
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(with his axe, "the ogress of war," and hews asunder his backbone. Now Lyting turns and flies, but)Tj
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(Helgi and Grim both went after him, and each gave him a wound, but still Lyting got across the river)Tj
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(away from them, and so to the horses, and gallops till he comes to Ossaby.)Tj
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(Hauskuld was at home, and meets him at once. Lyting told him of these deeds.)Tj
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("Such things were to be looked for by thee," says Hauskuld. "Thou hast behaved like a madman, and)Tj
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(here the truth of the old saw will be proved: ’but a short while is hand fain of blow’. Methinks what)Tj
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(thou hast got to look to now is whether thou wilt be able to save thy life or not.")Tj
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("Sure enough," says Lyting, "I had hard work to get away, but still I wish now that thou wouldest get)Tj
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(me atoned with Njal and his sons, so that I might keep my farm.")Tj
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("So it shall be," says Hauskuld.)Tj
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(After that Hauskuld made them saddle his horse, and rode to Bergthorsknoll with five men. Njal’s sons)Tj
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(were then come home and had laid them down to sleep.)Tj
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(Hauskuld went at once to see Njal, and they began to talk.)Tj
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("Hither am I come," said Hauskuld to Njal, "to beg a boon on behalf of Lyting, my uncle. He has done)Tj
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(great wickedness against you and yours, broken his atonement and slain thy son.")Tj
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("Lyting will perhaps think," said Njal, "that he has already paid a heavy fine in the loss of his brothers,)Tj
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(but if I grant him any terms, I shall let him reap the good of my love for thee, and I will tell thee before)Tj
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(I utter the award of atonement, that Lyting’s brothers shall fall as outlaws. Nor shall Lyting have any)Tj
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(atonement for his wounds, but on the other hand, he shall pay the full blood-fine for Hauskuld.")Tj
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("My wish," said Hauskuld, "is, that thou shouldest make thine own terms.")Tj
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("Well," says Njal, "then I will utter the award at once if thou wilt.")Tj
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("Wilt thou," says Hauskuld, "that thy sons should be by?")Tj
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("Then we should be no nearer an atonement than we were before," says Njal, "but they will keep to the)Tj
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(atonement which I utter.")Tj
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(Then Hauskuld said, "Let us close the matter then, and handsel him peace on behalf of thy sons".)Tj
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("So it shall be," says Njal. "My will then is that he pays two hundred in silver for the slaying of)Tj
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(Hauskuld, but he may still dwell at Samstede; and yet I think it were wiser if he sold his land and)Tj
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(changed his abode; but not for this quarrel; neither I nor my sons will break our pledges of peace to)Tj
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(him: but methinks it may be that some one may rise up in this country against whom he may have to)Tj
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(be on his guard. Yet, lest it should seem that I make a man an outcast from his native place, I allow)Tj
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(him to be here in this neighbourhood, but in that case he alone is answerable for what may happen.")Tj
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(After that Hauskuld fared home, and Njal’s sons woke up as he went, and asked their father who had)Tj
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(come, but he told them that his foster-son Hauskuld had been there.)Tj
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("He must have come to ask a boon for Lyting then," said Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("So it was," says Njal)Tj
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("Ill was it then," says Grim.)Tj
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("Hauskuld could not have thrown his shield before him," says Njal, "if thou hadst slain him, as it was)Tj
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(meant thou shouldst.")Tj
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("Let us throw no blame on our father," says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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(Now it is to be said that this atonement was kept between them afterwards.)Tj
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(That event happened three winters after at the Thingskala-Thing that Amund the blind was at the)Tj
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("Is Lyting of Samstede here?" he asked.)Tj
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("What dost thou want?" says Lyting.)Tj
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("I want to know," says Amund, "what atonement thou wilt pay me for my father, I am base-born, and I)Tj
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("None at all," says Lyting.)Tj
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("I cannot see," says Amund, "how thou canst have right before God, when thou hast stricken me so)Tj
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("Thou mayest not be blamed for this," says Njal, "for such things are settled by a higher power; but it)Tj
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(Amund had.")Tj
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(After that Njal offered an atonement to Lyting’s kinsmen. Hauskuld the Priest of Whiteness had a)Tj
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(the fines fell away for the sake of the claim which he seemed to have on Lyting.)Tj
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(Valgard the guileful came back to Iceland that summer; he was then still heathen. He fared to Hof to)Tj
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("Here I have ridden far and wide all over the neighbourhood, and methinks I do not know it for the)Tj
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("I shall never be able to get that done," says Mord.)Tj
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(between you, and they trust thee no worse than their own selves. So wilt thou be able to avenge thyself)Tj
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(on Skarphedinn for that he took thy money from thee after Gunnar’s death; and in this wise, further on,)Tj
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(thou wilt be able to seize the leadership when they are all dead and gone.")Tj
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(This plan they settled between them should be brought to pass; and Mord said - )Tj
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("I would, father, that thou wouldst take on thee the new faith. Thou art an old man.")Tj
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("I will not do that," says Valgard. "I would rather that thou shouldst cast off the faith, and see what)Tj
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(much of them.)Tj
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(any good counsel unless the other had a share in it.)Tj
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(It happened one day that Mord came to Bergthorsknoll, and Mord said to Njal’s sons - )Tj
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("I have made up my mind to give a feast yonder, and I mean to drink in my heirship after my father,)Tj
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(A little after Njal’s sons and Hauskuld were to have their yearly feasts, and they were the first to bid)Tj
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(because they thought thee too untried, I can tell thee also that they envy thee the priesthood,)Tj
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(Skarphedinn took it up as his own at the Thing when thou camest not to the Thing at the summoning)Tj
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(of the Fifth Court, and Skarphedinn never means to let it go.")Tj
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("That is not true," says Hauskuld, "for I got it back at the Folkmote last harvest.")Tj
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("Then that was Njal’s doing," says Mord. "They broke, too, the atonement about Lyting.")Tj
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("I do not mean to lay that at their door," says Hauskuld.)Tj
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("Well," says Mord, "thou canst not deny that when ye two, Skarphedinn and thou, were going east)Tj
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(or they me, then would I far rather suffer death at their hands than work them any harm. But as for)Tj
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(thee, thou art all the worse a man for having spoken this.")Tj
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(treachery against him when ye two fared to Markfleet. But still, methinks that was no less treachery)Tj
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(when he bade you to a feast at his house, and stowed you away in an outhouse that was farthest from)Tj
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(the house, and wood was then heaped round the outhouse all night, and he meant to burn you all)Tj
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(inside; but it so happened that Hogni Gunnar’s son came that night, and naught came of their)Tj
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(onslaught, for they were afraid of him. After that he followed you on your way and great band of men)Tj
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(with him, then he meant to make another onslaught on you, and set Grani Gunnar’s son, and Gunnar)Tj
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(Lambi’s son to kill thee; but their hearts failed them, and they dared not to fall on thee.")Tj
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(for a while.)Tj
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(Next harvest Hauskuld fared east to Swinefell to a feast, and Flosi gave him a hearty welcome.)Tj
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(Hildigunna was there too. Then Flosi spoke to Hauskuld and said - )Tj
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("Hildigunna tells me that there is great coldness with you and Njal’s sons, and methinks that is ill, and)Tj
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(I will beg thee not to ride west, but I will get thee a homestead in Skaptarfell, and I will send my)Tj
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(brother, Thorgeir, to dwell at Ossaby.")Tj
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("Then some will say," says Hauskuld, "that I am flying thence for fear’s sake, and that I will not have )Tj
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("Then it is more likely that great trouble will arise," says Flosi.)Tj
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("Ill is that then," says Hauskuld, "for I would rather fall unatoned, than that many should reap ill for)Tj
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(Hauskuld busked him to ride home a few nights after, but Flosi gave him a scarlet cloak, and it was)Tj
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(Hauskuld rode home to Ossaby, and now all is quiet for a while.)Tj
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(Hauskuld was so much beloved that few men were his foes, but the same ill-will went on between him)Tj
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(Njal had taken as his foster-child, Thord, the son of Kari. He had also fostered Thorhall, the son of)Tj
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(Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son. Thorhall was a strong man, and hardy both in body and mind, he had learnt)Tj
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(Next spring was an early spring, and men are busy sowing their corn.)Tj
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("I will let thee have thy way in this," says Skarphedinn, "if thou wilt fare with us, and have some hand)Tj
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("That I am ready to do," says Mord, and so they bound that fast with promises, and he was to come)Tj
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(Bergthora asked Njal - )Tj
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("What are they talking about out of doors?")Tj
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("I am not in their counsels," says Njal, "but I was seldom left out of them when their plans were good.")Tj
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(Skarphedinn did not lie down to rest that evening, nor his brothers, nor Kari.)Tj
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(That same night, when it was well-nigh spent, came Mord Valgard’s son, and Njal’s sons and Kari)Tj
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(The weather was good, and the sun just risen.)Tj
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(Whiteness)Tj
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(About that time Hauskuld, the Priest of Whiteness, awoke; he put on his clothes, and threw over him)Tj
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(his cloak, Flosi’s gift. He took his corn-sieve, and had his sword in his other hand, and walks towards)Tj
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("Don’t try to turn on thy heel, Whiteness priest," and hews at him, and the blow came on his head, and)Tj
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("God help me, and forgive you!")Tj
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(Then they all ran up to him and gave him wounds.)Tj
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(After that Mord said - )Tj
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("A plan comes into my mind.")Tj
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("What is that?" says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("Do so by all means," says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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(Those brothers fared home, and Kari with them, and when they came home they told Njal the tidings.)Tj
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("Sorrowful tidings are these," says Njal, "and such are ill to hear, for sooth to say this grief touches me)Tj
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("What will come after?" says Skarphedinn.)Tj
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("My death," says Njal, "and the death of my wife and of all my sons.")Tj
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("What dost thou foretell for me?" says Kari.)Tj
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("They will have hard work to go against thy good fortune, for thou wilt be more than a match for all of )Tj
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(This one thing touched Njal so nearly that he could never speak of it without shedding tears.)Tj
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(Hildigunna woke up and found that Hauskuld was away out of his bed.)Tj
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("Hard have been my dreams," she said, "and not good; but go and search for him, Hauskuld.")Tj
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(So they searched for him about the homestead and found him not.)Tj
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("It were a manly deed," she says, "if one man had been at it.")Tj
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("Art thou willing, then," says Thorgerda, "that Mord should give notice of the suit for the slaying?")Tj
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(some left their homesteads, but some he put to death, and some gave up their priesthoods for his sake,)Tj
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(a chief away there east. It had been foretold that if he could ride three summers running to the Thing,)Tj
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(and come safe and sound home, that then he would be the greatest chief in all his family, and the)Tj
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(oldest man. He had then ridden one summer to the Thing, and now he meant to ride the second time.)Tj
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(Flosi sent word to Kol Thorstein’s son, and Glum the son of Hilldir the old, the son of Gerleif, the son)Tj
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(of Aunund wallet-back, and to Modolf Kettle’s son, and they all rode to meet Flosi.)Tj
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(Asbjorn’s son. Then Flosi sent after Kolbein Egil’s son, his brother’s son, and he came to him there.)Tj
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(Thence he rode to Headbrink. There dwelt Thorgrim the showy, the son of Thorkel the fair. Flosi)Tj
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(begged him to ride to the Althing with him, and he said yea to the journey, and spoke thus to Flosi - )Tj
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("Often hast thou been more glad, master, than thou art now, but thou hast some right to be so.")Tj
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("Of a truth," said Flosi, "that hath now come on my hands, which I would give all my goods that it had)Tj
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(never happened. Ill seed has been sown, and so an ill crop will spring from it.")Tj
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(Thence he rode over Arnstacksheath, and so to Solheim that evening. There dwelt Lodmund Wolf’s)Tj
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(son, but he was a great friend of Flosi, and there he stayed that night, and next morning Lodmund rode)Tj
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(with him into the Dale.)Tj
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(There dwelt Runolf, the son of Wolf Aurpriest.)Tj
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(Flosi said to Runolf - )Tj
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("Here we shall have true stories as to the slaying of Hauskuld, the Priest of Whiteness. Thou art a)Tj
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("There is no good in mincing the matter," said Runolf, "but we must say outright that he has been slain)Tj
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(for less than no cause; and his death is a great grief to all men. No one thinks it so much a loss as Njal,)Tj
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(his foster-father.")Tj
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("Then they will be ill off for help from men," says Flosi; "and they will find no one to speak up for )Tj
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("So it will be," says Runolf, "unless it be otherwise foredoomed.")Tj
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("What has been done in the suit?" says Flosi.)Tj
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("Now the neighbours have been summoned on the inquest," says Runolf, "and due notice given of the)Tj
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("Who took that step?" asks Flosi.)Tj
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("Mord Valgard’s son," says Runolf.)Tj
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("How far is that to be trusted?" says Flosi.)Tj
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("He is of my kin," says Runolf; "but still, if I tell the truth of him, I must say that more men reap ill)Tj
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(than good from him. But this one thing I will ask of thee, Flosi, that thou givest rest to thy wrath, and)Tj
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(takest the matter up in such a way as may lead to the least trouble. For Njal will make a good offer,)Tj
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(and so will others of the best men.")Tj
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("Ride thou then to the Thing, Runolf," said Flosi, "and thy words shall have much weight with me,)Tj
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(unless things turn out worse than they should.")Tj
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(After that they cease speaking about it, and Runolf promised to go to the Thing.)Tj
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(Runolf sent word to Hatr the wise, his kinsman, and he rode thither at once.)Tj
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(Thence Flosi rode to Ossaby.)Tj
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(Hildigunna was out of doors, and said, "Now shall all the men of my household be out of doors when)Tj
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(Flosi rides into the yard; but the women shall sweep the house and deck it with hangings, and make)Tj
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(ready the high-seat for Flosi.")Tj
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(Then Flosi rode into the town, and Hildigunna turned to him and said - )Tj
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("Come in safe and sound and happy kinsman, and my heart is fain at thy coming hither.")Tj
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("Here," says Flosi, "we will break our fast, and then we will ride on.")Tj
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(Then their horses were tethered, and Flosi went into the sitting-room and sat him down, and spurned)Tj
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(the high-seat away from him on the dais, and said - )Tj
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("I am neither king nor earl, and there is no need to make a high-seat for me to sit on, nor is there any)Tj
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(Hildigunna was standing close by, and said - )Tj
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("It is ill if it mislikes thee, for this we did with a whole heart.")Tj
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("If thy heart is whole towards me, then what I do will praise itself if it be well done, but it will blame)Tj
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("There is nothing new in that, we will go nearer yet ere we have done.")Tj
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(She sat her down by Flosi, and they talked long and low. After that the board was laid, and Flosi and)Tj
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(After that Flosi sat down to the board and bade men eat.)Tj
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(Then Hildigunna came into the room and went before Flosi, and threw her hair off her eyes and wept.)Tj
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("Heavy-hearted art thou now, kinswoman," said Flosi, "when thou weepest, but still it is well that thou)Tj
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("What vengeance or help shall I have of thee?" she says.)Tj
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("I will follow up thy suit," said Flosi, "to the utmost limit of the law, or strive for that atonement which)Tj
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(good men and true shall say that we ought to have as full amends.")Tj
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("Hauskuld would avenge thee," she said, "if he had the blood-feud after thee.")Tj
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("Thou lackest not grimness," answered Flosi, "and what thou wantest is plain.")Tj
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("Arnor Ornolf’s son, of Forswaterwood," said Hildigunna, "had done less wrong towards Thord Frey’s)Tj
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(priest thy father; and yet thy brothers Kolbein and Egil slew him at Skaptarfells-Thing.")Tj
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(Then Hildigunna went back into the hall and unlocked her chest, and then she took out the cloak,)Tj
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(Flosi’s gift, and in it Hauskuld had been slain, and there she had kept it, blood and all. Then she went)Tj
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(back into the sitting room with the cloak; she went up silently to Flosi. Flosi had just then eaten his)Tj
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(full, and the board was cleared. Hildigunna threw the cloak over Flosi, and the gore rattled down all)Tj
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(over him.)Tj
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(Then she spoke and said - )Tj
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("This cloak, Flosi, thou gavest to Hauskuld, and now I will give it back to thee; he was slain in it, and I)Tj
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(call God and all good men to witness, that I adjure thee, by all the might of thy Christ, and by thy)Tj
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(manhood and bravery, to take vengeance for all those wounds which he had on his dead body, or else)Tj
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(to be called every man’s dastard.")Tj
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(Flosi threw the cloak off him and hurled it into her lap, and said - )Tj
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("Thou art the greatest hell-hag, and thou wishest that we should take that course which will be the)Tj
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(Flosi was so stirred at this, that sometimes he was bloodred in the face, and sometimes ashy pale as)Tj
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(withered grass, and sometimes blue as death.)Tj
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(Flosi and his men rode away; he rode to Holtford, and there waits for the sons of Sigfus and other of)Tj
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(his men.)Tj
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(and very bountiful to his friends.)Tj
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(Flosi greeted him well, and said to him, "Great trouble hath now come on me and my brothers-in-law,)Tj
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(Njal and his sons, and other great matters which stand in the way.")Tj
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("I thought," said Flosi, "when I gave away my brother’s daughter to thee, that thou gavest me thy word)Tj
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(Kettle of the Mark, and Lambi his brother, Thorkell and Mord, the sons of Sigfus, Sigmund their)Tj
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(brother, and Lambi Sigurd’s son, and Gunnar Lambi’s son, and Grani Gunnar’s son, and Vebrand)Tj
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(Hamond’s son.)Tj
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(Flosi stood up to meet them, and greeted them gladly. So they went down to the river. Flosi had the)Tj
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(whole story from them about the slaying, and there was no difference between them and Kettle of the)Tj
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(Mark’s story.)Tj
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(Flosi spoke to Kettle of the Mark, and said - )Tj
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("This now I ask of thee; how tightly are your hearts knit as to this suit, thou and the other sons of )Tj
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(Sigfus?")Tj
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("My wish is," said Kettle, "that there should be peace between us, but yet I have sworn an oath not to)Tj
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(part from this suit till it has been brought somehow to an end, and to lay my life on it.")Tj
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("Thou art a good man and true," said Flosi, "and it is well to have such men with one.")Tj
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(Then Grani Gunnar’s son and Lambi Sigurd’s son both spoke together, and said - )Tj
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("We wish for outlawry and death.")Tj
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("It is not given us," said Flosi, "both to share and choose, we must take what we can get.")Tj
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(many will become poor who before had great goods, but some of you will lose both goods and life.")Tj
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(Mord took the wedding kindly, but handed the matter over to Gizur the white, and bade him talk about)Tj
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(Mord had to wife Thorkatla, Gizur the white’s daughter.)Tj
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(They two, Mord and Flosi, rode both together to the Thing, and talked the whole day, and no man)Tj
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("What plan have ye laid down for yourselves, thou and thy brothers and Kari?")Tj
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("Little reck we of dreams in most matters," said Skarphedinn; "but if thou must know, we shall ride to)Tj
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(Tongue to Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son, and thence to the Thing; but what meanest thou to do about thine)Tj
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(own journey, father?")Tj
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(long as I live. I ween that many men will have good words to say of me, and so I shall stand you in)Tj
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(good stead, and do you no harm.")Tj
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(he was clad in a coat of russet, and asked how long he meant to wear that?)Tj
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("I shall have thrown it off," he said, "when I have to follow up the blood-feud for my foster father.")Tj
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("There will ever be most good in thee," said Njal, "when there is most need of it.")Tj
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(led Hjallti in and sate him down by Njal’s aide; but Thorleif and his brother sat on the other bench and)Tj
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(Asgrim sate him down on a stool before Njal, and asked - )Tj
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("What says thy heart about our matter?")Tj
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("It speaks rather heavily," says Njal, "for I am afraid that we shall have no lucky men with us in the)Tj
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(suit; but I would, friend, that thou shouldest send after all the men who belong to thy Thing, and ride)Tj
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(to the Althing with me.")Tj
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("I have always meant to do that," says Asgrim; "and this I will promise thee at the same time - that I)Tj
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("Many have said that before," says Snorri, "and I will not be angry at such words.")Tj
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("Of whom speakest thou this?" says Flosi.)Tj
T*
("Mord Valgard’s son," said Thorhall, "fared to Hauslkuld’s slaying with Njal’s sons, and wounded)Tj
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(Then Njal stood up and said - )Tj
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(Flosi answered them well in all things, but still did not give his word.)Tj
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(Then Hall of the Side said to Flosi - )Tj
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("Wilt thou now keep thy word, and grant me my boon which thou hast already promised me, when I)Tj
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(Then Flosi said - )Tj
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("Now will I name my daysmen [arbitrators] - First, I name Hall, my father-in-law; Auzur from)Tj
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(wise; and Runolf of the Dale; and it is scarce worth while to say that these are the fittest men out of all)Tj
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(my company.")Tj
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(Now he bade Njal to name his daysmen, and then Njal stood up, and said - )Tj
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("First of these I name, Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son; and Hjallti Skeggi’s son; Gizur the white; Einar of)Tj
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(Thvera; Snorri the priest; and Gudmund the powerful.")Tj
0 -2.2 TD
(After that Njal and Flosi, and the sons of Sigfus shook hands, and Njal pledged his hand on behalf of)Tj
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(one might say that the whole body of men at the Thing was glad at that.)Tj
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(Then men were sent after Snorri and Gudmund, for they were in their booths.)Tj
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(Then it was given out that the judges in this award would sit in the Court of Laws, but all the others)Tj
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(over, now I will beg you all that we may have no stumbling-blocks in these suits, so that they may not)Tj
T*
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("Neither of them," says Snorri, "for those banishments are often ill fulfilled, and men have been slain)Tj
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(They all spoke well of his words.)Tj
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(They said that they would change it in nothing.)Tj
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("This too shall be added," he said, "that all the money shall be paid down here at the Thing.")Tj
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T*
("Methinks that can hardly be, for they will not have enough money to pay their fines.")Tj
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("I know what Snorri wishes," said Gudmund the powerful, "he wants that all we daysmen should give)Tj
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(all the other daysmen agreed to that.)Tj
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(After that they went away, and settled between them that Hall should utter the award at the Court of )Tj
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(Laws.)Tj
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(So the bell was rung, and all men went to the Court of Laws, and Hall of the Side stood up and spoke - )Tj
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("In this suit, in which we have come to an award, we have been all well agreed, and we have awarded)Tj
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(six hundred in silver, and half this sum we the daysmen will pay, but it must all be paid up here at the)Tj
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(Thing. But it is my prayer to all the people that each man will give something for God’s sake.")Tj
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(Njal thanked them for their award, but Skarphedinn stood by, and held his peace, and smiled )Tj
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(Then Njal took a silken scarf and a pair of boots and laid them on the top of the heap.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn stroked his brow, and smiled scornfully. So they all go to the Court of Laws.)Tj
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(Hall went to meet Flosi and said - )Tj
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("Go thou now to the Court of Laws, for now all the money has been bravely paid down, and it has)Tj
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(Then Flosi bade the sons of Sigfus to go up with him, and they all went out of their booths. They came)Tj
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(from the east, but Njal went from the west to the Court of Laws, and the sons with him.)Tj
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(Skarphedinn went to the middle bench and stood there.)Tj
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(Flosi went into the Court of Laws to look closely at his money, and said - )Tj
T*
("This money is both great and good, and well paid down, as was to be looked for.")Tj
T*
(After that he took up the scarf, and waved it, and asked - )Tj
T*
("Who may have given this?")Tj
T*
(But no man answered him.)Tj
T*
(A second time he waved the scarf, and asked - )Tj
T*
("Who may have given this?" and laughed, but no man answered him.)Tj
T*
(Then Flosi said - )Tj
T*
("How is it that none of you knows who has owned this gear, or is it that none dares to tell me?")Tj
T*
("Who?" said Skarphedinn, "dost thou think, has given it?")Tj
T*
("If thou must know," said Flosi, "then I will tell thee; I think that thy father the ’Beardless Carle’ must)Tj
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(have given it, for many know not who look at him whether he is more a man than a woman.")Tj
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("Such words are ill-spoken," said Skarphedinn, "to make game of him, an old man, and no man of any)Tj
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(worth has ever done so before. Ye may know, too, that he is a man, for he has had sons by his wife,)Tj
T*
(and few of our kinsfolk have fallen unatoned by our house, so that we have not had vengeance for )Tj
T*
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(Then Skarphedinn took to himself the silken scarf, but threw a pair of blue breeks to Flosi, and said he)Tj
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("Why," said Flosi, "should I need these more?")Tj
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("Because," said Skarphedinn, "thou art the sweetheart of the Swinefell’s goblin, if, as men say, he does)Tj
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(Then Flosi spurned the money, and said he would not touch a penny of it, and then he said he would)Tj
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(Then Flosi would neither give nor take peace, and he said to the sons of Sigfus - )Tj
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("Go we now home; one fate shall befall us all.")Tj
T*
(Then they went home to their booth, and Hall said - )Tj
T*
("Here most unlucky men have a share in this suit.")Tj
T*
(Njal and his sons went home to their booth, and Njal said - )Tj
T*
("Now comes to pass what my heart told me long ago, that this suit would fall heavy on us.")Tj
T*
("Not so," says Skarphedinn; "they can never pursue us by the laws of the land.")Tj
T*
("Then that will happen," says Njal, "which will be worse for all of us.")Tj
T*
(Those men who had given the money spoke about it, and said that they should take it back; but)Tj
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(Gudmund the powerful said - )Tj
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("That shame I will never choose for myself, to take back what I have given away, either here or )Tj
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("That is well spoken," they said; and then no one would take it back.)Tj
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(Then Snorri the priest said, "My counsel is, that Gizur the white and Hjallti Skeggi’s son keep the)Tj
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T*
(touch this money".)Tj
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(Hjallti took half the money and kept it safe, but Gizur took the rest.)Tj
T*
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(Flosi summoned all his men up to the "Great Rift," and went thither himself.)Tj
T*
(So when all his men were come, there were one hundred and twenty of them.)Tj
T*
(Then Flosi spake thus to the sons of Sigfus - )Tj
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("In what way shall I stand by you in this quarrel, which will be most to your minds?")Tj
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("Nothing will please us," said Gunnar Lambi’s son, "until those brothers, Njal’s sons, are all slain.")Tj
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(by us in this quarrel.")Tj
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(But they all said they would stand by him.)Tj
T*
(Then Flosi said - )Tj
T*
("Come now all to me, and swear an oath that no man will shrink from this quarrel.")Tj
T*
(Then all went up to Flosi and swore oaths to him; and then Flosi said - )Tj
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("We will all of us shake hands on this, that he shall have forfeited life and land who quits this quarrel)Tj
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T*
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T*
(Sigfus’ son, and Hroar from Hromundstede.)Tj
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(Then Flosi said to the sons of Sigfus - )Tj
T*
("Choose ye now a leader, whomsoever ye think best fitted; for some one man must needs be chief over)Tj
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(Then Kettle of the Mark answered - )Tj
T*
("If the choice is to be left with us brothers, then we will soon choose that this duty should fall on thee;)Tj
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(there are many things which lead to this. Thou art a man of great birth, and a mighty chief, stout of)Tj
T*
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T*
(needful in the quarrel.")Tj
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("It is most fitting," said Flosi, "that I should agree to undertake this as your prayer asks; and now I will)Tj
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(lay down the course which we shall follow, and my counsel is, that each man ride home from the)Tj
T*
(Thing and look after his household during the summer, so long as men’s haymaking lasts. I, too, will)Tj
T*
(ride home, and be at home this summer; but when that Lord’s day comes on which winter is eight)Tj
T*
(weeks off, then I will let them sing me a mass at home, and afterwards ride west across Loomnips)Tj
T*
(Sand; each of our men shall have two horses. I will not swell our company beyond those which have)Tj
T*
(now taken the oath, for we have enough and to spare if all keep true tryst. I will ride all the Lord’s day)Tj
T*
(and the night as well, but at even on the second day of the week, I shall ride up to Threecorner ridge)Tj
T*
(about mid-even. There shall ye then be all come who have sworn an oath in this matter. But if there be)Tj
T*
(any one who has not come, and who has joined us in this quarrel, then that man shall lose nothing save)Tj
T*
(his life, if we may have our way.")Tj
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("How does that hang together," said Kettle, "that thou canst ride from home on the Lord’s day, and)Tj
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T*
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(Then they all went to their booths.)Tj
T*
(After that Flosi made them saddle his horses, and they waited for no man, and rode home.)Tj
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(Flosi would not stay to meet Hall his father-in-law, for he knew of a surety that Hall would set his face)Tj
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(against all strong deeds.)Tj
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(Njal rode home from the Thing and his sons. They were at home that summer. Njal asked Kari his)Tj
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("I will not ride east," answered Kari, "for one fate shall befall me and thy sons.")Tj
T*
(Njal thanked him, and said that was only what was likely from him. There were nearly thirty fighting)Tj
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(men in Njal’s house, reckoning the house-carles.)Tj
0 -2.2 TD
(One day it happened that Rodny Hauskuld’s daughter, the mother of Hauskuld Njal’s son, came to the)Tj
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(Springs. Her brother Ingialld greeted her well, but she would not take his greeting, but yet bade him go)Tj
T*
(out with her. Ingialld did so, and went out with her; and so they walked away from the farmyard both)Tj
T*
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("Is it true that thou hast sworn an oath to fall on Njal, and slay him and his sons?")Tj
T*
("True it is," said he.)Tj
T*
("A very great dastard art thou," she says, "thou, whom Njal hath thrice saved from outlawry.")Tj
T*
("Still it hath come to this," says Ingialld, "that my life lies on it if I do not this.")Tj
T*
("Not so," says she, "thou shalt live all the same, and be called a better man, if thou betrayest not him to)Tj
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(whom thou oughtest to behave best.")Tj
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(Then she took a linen hood out of her bag, it was clotted with blood all over, and torn and tattered, and)Tj
0 -1.2 TD
(said, "This hood, Hauskuld Njal’s son, and thy sister’s son, had on his head when they slew him;)Tj
T*
(methinks, then, it is ill owing to stand by those from whom this mischief sprang".)Tj
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("Well!" answers Ingialld, "so it shall be that I will not be against Njal whatever follows after, but still I)Tj
0 -1.2 TD
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("Now mightest thou," said Rodny, "yield Njal and his sons great help, if thou tellest him all these )Tj
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(plans.")Tj
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("That I will not do," says Ingialld, "for then I am every man’s dastard, if I tell what was trusted to me)Tj
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(in good faith; but it is a manly deed to sunder myself from this quarrel when I know that there is a sure)Tj
T*
(looking for of vengeance; but tell Njal and his sons to beware of themselves all this summer, for that)Tj
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(Then she fared to Bergthorsknoll, and told Njal all this talk; and Njal thanked her, and said she had)Tj
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(She fared home, but he told this to his sons.)Tj
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(There was a carline at Bergthorsknoll, whose name was Saevuna. She was wise in many things, and)Tj
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(foresighted; but she was then very old, and Njal’s sons called her an old dotard, when she talked so)Tj
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(and wished it might never thrive, "wretch that it was!")Tj
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(Skarphedinn laughed at her, and asked why she was so angry with the vetch stack.)Tj
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("This stack of vetches," said the carline, "will be taken and lighted with fire when Njal my master is)Tj
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(burnt, house and all, and Bergthora my foster-child. Take it away to the water, or burn it up as quick as)Tj
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("We will not do that," says Skarphedinn, "for something else will be got to light a fire with, if that)Tj
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(were foredoomed, though this stack were not here.")Tj
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(The carline babbled the whole summer about the vetch-stack that it should be got indoors, but)Tj
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(something always hindered it.)Tj
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(At Reykium on Skeid dwelt one Runolf Thorstein’s son. His son’s name was Hildiglum. He went out)Tj
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(on the night of the Lord’s day, when nine weeks were still to winter; he heard a great crash, so that he)Tj
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(thought both heaven and earth shook. Then he looked into the west "airt," and he thought he saw)Tj
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(thereabouts a ring of fiery hue, and within the ring a man on a gray horse. He passed quickly by him,)Tj
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(and rode hard. He had a flaming firebrand in his hand, and he rode so close to him that he could see)Tj
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(him plainly. He was as black as pitch, and he sung this song with a mighty voice - )Tj
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(Here I ride swift steed,)Tj
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(His flank flecked with rime,)Tj
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(Rain from his mane drips,)Tj
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(Horse mighty for harm;)Tj
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(Flames flare at each end,)Tj
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(Gall glows in the midst,)Tj
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(So fares it with Flosi’s redes)Tj
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(As this flaming brand flies;)Tj
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(And so fares it with Flosi’s redes)Tj
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(As this flaming brand flies.)Tj
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(Then he thought he hurled the firebrand east towards the fells before him, and such a blaze of fire leapt)Tj
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(up to meet it that he could not see the fells for the blaze. It seemed as though that man rode east among)Tj
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(the flames and vanished there.)Tj
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(After that he went to his bed, and was senseless a long time, but at last he came to himself. He bore in)Tj
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(mind all that had happened, and told his father, but he bade him tell it to Hjallti Skeggi’s son. So he)Tj
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(went and told Hjallti, but he said he had seen "’the Wolfs ride,’ and that comes ever before great )Tj
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(Flosi busked him from the east when two months were still to winter, and summoned to him all his)Tj
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(men who had promised him help and company. Each of them had two horses and good weapons, and)Tj
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(they all came to Swinefell, and were there that night.)Tj
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(Flosi made them say prayers betimes on the Lord’s day, and afterwards they sate down to meat. He)Tj
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(spoke to his household, and told them what work each was to do while he was away. After that he)Tj
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(went to his horses.)Tj
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(Flosi and his men rode first west on the Sand.ö Flosi bade them not to ride too hard at first; but said)Tj
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(they would do well enough at that pace, and he bade all to wait for the others if any of them had need)Tj
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(to stop. They rode west to Woodcombe, and came to Kirkby. Flosi there bade all men to come into the)Tj
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(church, and pray to God, and men did so.)Tj
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(After that they mounted their horses, and rode on the fell, and so to Fishwaters, and rode a little to the)Tj
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(west of the lakes, and so struck down west on to the Sand.ö Then they left Eyjafell Jokul on their left)Tj
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(hand, and so came down into Godaland, and so on to Markfleet, and came about nonesö on the second)Tj
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(day of the week to Threecorner ridge, and waited till mid-even. Then all had came thither save Ingialld)Tj
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(of the Springs.)Tj
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(The sons of Sigfus spoke much ill of him, but Flosi bade them not blame Ingialld when he was not by,)Tj
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("but we will pay him for this hereafter".)Tj
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(Chapter 126 - Of portents at Bergthorsknoll)Tj
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(Now we must take up the story, and turn to Bergthorsknoll, and say that Grim and Helgi go to Holar.)Tj
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(They had children out at foster there, and they told their mother that they should not come home that)Tj
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(evening. They were in Holar all the day, and there came some poor women and said they had come)Tj
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(from far. Those brothers asked them for tidings, and they said they had no tidings to tell, "but still we)Tj
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(might tell you one bit of news".)Tj
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(They asked what that might be, and bade them not hide it. They said so it should be.)Tj
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("We came down out of Fleetlithe, and we saw all the sons of Sigfus riding fully armed - they made for)Tj
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(Threecorner ridge, and were fifteen in company. We saw, too, Grani Gunnar’s son and Gunnar)Tj
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(Lambi’s son, and they were five in all. They took the same road, and one may say now that the whole)Tj
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(country-side is faring and flitting about.")Tj
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("Then," said Helgi Njal’s son, "Flosi must have come from the east, and they must have all gone to)Tj
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(meet him, and we two, Grim, should be where Skarphedinn is.")Tj
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(Grim said so it ought to be, and they fared home.)Tj
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(That same evening Bergthora spoke to her household, and said, "Now shall ye choose your meat)Tj
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(to-night, so that each may have what he likes best; for this evening is the last that I shall set meat)Tj
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("That shall not be," they said.)Tj
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("It will be though," she says, "and I could tell you much more if I would, but this shall be a token, that)Tj
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(After that she set meat on the board, and Njal said, "Wondrously now it seems to me. Methinks I see)Tj
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(all round the room, and it seems as though the gable wall were thrown down, but the whole board and)Tj
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(the meat on it is one gore of blood.")Tj
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(All thought this strange but Skarphedinn, he bade men not be downcast, nor to utter other unseemly)Tj
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("For it befits us surely more than other men to bear us well, and it is only what is looked for from us.")Tj
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(Grim and Helgi came home ere the board was cleared, and men were much struck at that. Njal asked)Tj
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(why they had returned so quickly, but they told what they had heard.)Tj
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(Njal bade no man go to sleep, but to beware of themselves.)Tj
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(Chapter 127 - The onslaught on Bergthorsknoll)Tj
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(Now Flosi speaks to his men - )Tj
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("Now we will ride to Bergthorsknoll, and come thither before supper-time.")Tj
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(They do so. There was a dell in the knoll, and they rode thither, and tethered their horses there, and)Tj
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(stayed there till the evening was far spent.)Tj
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(Then Flosi said, "Now we will go straight up to the house, and keep close, and walk slow, and see)Tj
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(what counsel they will take".)Tj
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(Njal stood out of doors, and his sons, and Kari and all the serving-men, and they stood in array to meet)Tj
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(them in the yard, and they were near thirty of them.)Tj
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(Flosi halted and said - "Now we shall see what counsel they take, for it seems to me, if they stand out)Tj
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(of doors to meet us, as though we should never get the mastery over them".)Tj
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("Then is our journey bad," says Grani Gunnar’s son, "if we are not to dare to fall on them.")Tj
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("Nor shall that be," says Flosi; "for we will fall on them though they stand out of doors; but we shall)Tj
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(pay that penalty, that many will not go away to tell which side won the day.")Tj
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(Njal said to his men, "See ye now what a great band of men they have".)Tj
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("They have both a great and well-knit band," says Skarphedinn; "but this is why they make a halt now,)Tj
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(because they think it will be a hard struggle to master us.")Tj
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("That cannot be why they halt," says Njal; "and my will is that our men go indoors, for they had hard)Tj
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("This is not to be settled in that wise," says Skarphedinn, "for those chiefs fell on Gunnar’s house, who)Tj
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(were so noble-minded, that they would rather turn back than burn him, house and all; but these will)Tj
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(fall on us at once with fire, if they cannot get at us in any other way, for they will leave no stone)Tj
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(unturned to get the better of us; and no doubt they think, as is not unlikely, that it will be their deaths if)Tj
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(earth.")Tj
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("Now," said Njal, "as often it happens, my sons, ye set my counsel at naught, and show me no honour,)Tj
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("Let us do," said Helgi, "as our father wills; that will be best for us.")Tj
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("I am not so sure of that," says Skarphedinn, "for now he is ’fey’; but still I may well humour my)Tj
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(Then he said to Kari, "Let us stand by one another well, brother-in-law, so that neither parts from the )Tj
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("That I have made up my mind to do," says Kari; "but if it should be otherwise doomed, - well! then it)Tj
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("Avenge us, and we will avenge thee," says Skarphedinn, "if we live after thee.")Tj
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(Kari said so it should be.)Tj
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(Then they all went in, and stood in array at the door.)Tj
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("Now are they all ’fey,’" said Flosi, "since they have gone indoors, and we will go right up to them as)Tj
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(quickly as we can, and throng as close as we can before the door, and give heed that none of them,)Tj
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(neither Kari nor Njal’s sons, get away; for that were our bane.")Tj
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(So Flosi and his men came up to the house, and set men to watch round the house, if there were any)Tj
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(secret doors in it. But Flosi went up to the front of the house with his men.)Tj
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(Then Hroald Auzur’s son ran up to where Skarphedinn stood, and thrust at him. Skarphedinn hewed)Tj
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(the spearhead off the shaft as he held it, and made another stroke at him, and the axe fell on the top of)Tj
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(the shield, and dashed back the whole shield on Hroald’s body, but the upper horn of the axe caught)Tj
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("Little chance had that one with thee, Skarphedinn," said Kari, "and thou art our boldest.")Tj
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("I’m not so sure of that," says Skarphedinn, and he drew up his lips and smiled.)Tj
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(Kari, and Grim, and Helgi, threw out many spears, and wounded many men; but Flosi and his men)Tj
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(could do nothing.)Tj
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(At last Flosi said, "We have already gotten great manscathe in our men; many are wounded, and he)Tj
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(slain whom we would choose last of all. It is now clear that we shall never master them with weapons;)Tj
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(many now there be who are not so forward in fight as they boasted, and yet they were those who)Tj
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(goaded us on most. I say this most to Grani Gunnar’s son, and Gunnar Lambi’s son, who were the)Tj
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(least willing to spare their foes. But still we shall have to take to some other plan for ourselves, and)Tj
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(now there are but two choices left, and neither of them good. One is to turn away, and that is our)Tj
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(Now they took fire, and made a great pile before the doors. Then Skarphedinn said.)Tj
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("What, lads! are ye lighting a fire, or are ye taking to cooking?")Tj
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("So it shall be," answered Grani Gunnar’s son; "and thou shalt not need to be better done.")Tj
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("Thou repayest me," said Skarphedinn, "as one may look for from the man that thou art. I avenged thy)Tj
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(Then the women threw whey on the fire, and quenched it as fast as they lit it. Some, too, brought)Tj
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(Then Kol Thorstein’s son said to Flosi - )Tj
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("A plan comes into my mind; I have seen a loft over the hall among the crosstrees, and we will put the)Tj
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(fire in there, and light it with the vetch-stack that stands just above the house.")Tj
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(Then they took the vetch-stack and set fire to it, and they who were inside were not aware of it till the)Tj
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(whole hall was ablaze over their heads.)Tj
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(Then Flosi and his men made a great pile before each of the doors, and then the women folk who were)Tj
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(inside began to weep and to wail.)Tj
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(Njal spoke to them and said, "Keep up your hearts, nor utter shrieks, for this is but a passing storm,)Tj
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(and it will be long before ye have another such; and put your faith in God, and believe that He is so)Tj
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(merciful that He will not let us burn both in this world and the next.")Tj
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(Such words of comfort had he for them all, and others still more strong.)Tj
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(Now the whole house began to blaze. Then Njal went to the door and said - )Tj
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("Is Flosi so near that he can hear my voice?")Tj
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(Flosi said that he could hear it.)Tj
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("Wilt thou," said Njal, "take an atonement from my sons, or allow any men to go out?")Tj
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("I will not," answers Flosi, "take any atonement from thy sons, and now our dealings shall come to an)Tj
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(end once for all, and I will not stir from this spot till they are all dead; but I will allow the women and)Tj
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(children and house-carles to go out.")Tj
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(Then Njal went into the house, and said to the folk - )Tj
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("Now all those must go out to whom leave is given, and so go thou out Thorhalla Asgrim’s daughter,)Tj
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("This is another parting between me and Helgi than I thought of a while ago; but still I will egg on my)Tj
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("Go, and good go with thee," said Njal, "for thou art a brave woman.")Tj
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(After that she went out and much folk with her.)Tj
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(Then Astrid of Deepback said to Helgi Njal’s son - )Tj
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("Come thou out with me, and I will throw a woman’s cloak over thee, and tire thy head with a )Tj
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(He spoke against it at first, but at last he did so at the prayer of others.)Tj
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(So Astrid wrapped the kerchief round Helgi’s head, but Thorhilda, Skarphedinn’s wife, threw the)Tj
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(But when Helgi came out Flosi said - )Tj
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("That is a tall woman and broad across the shoulders that went yonder, take her and hold her.")Tj
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(But when Helgi heard that, he cast away the cloak. He had got his sword under his arm, and hewed at a)Tj
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(Then Flosi went to the door and called out to Njal, and said he would speak with him and Bergthora.)Tj
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(Now Njal does so, and Flosi said - )Tj
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("I will offer thee, master Njal, leave to go out, for it is unworthy that thou shouldst burn indoors.")Tj
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("I will not go out," said Njal, "for I am an old man, and little fitted to avenge my sons, but I will not)Tj
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(Then Flosi said to Bergthora - )Tj
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("Come thou out, housewife, for I will for no sake burn thee indoors.")Tj
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("I was given away to Njal young," said Bergthora, "and I have promised him this, that we would both)Tj
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(After that they both went back into the house.)Tj
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("What counsel shall we now take?" said Bergthora.)Tj
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("We will go to our bed," says Njal, "and lay us down; I have long been eager for rest.")Tj
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(Then she said to the boy Thord, Kari’s son - )Tj
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("Thee will I take out, and thou shalt not burn in here.")Tj
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("Thou hast promised me this, grandmother," says the boy, "that we should never part so long as I)Tj
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(Then she bore the boy to her bed, and Njal spoke to his steward and said - )Tj
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("Now shalt thou see where we lay us down, and how I lay us out, for I mean not to stir an inch hence,)Tj
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(He said he would do so.)Tj
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("Great grief hath been sent on us, when we have had to share such ill-luck together.")Tj
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(Skarphedinn saw how his father laid him down, and how he laid himself out, and then he said - )Tj
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("Our father goes early to bed, and that is what was to be looked for, for he is an old man.")Tj
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(Then Skarphedinn, and Kari, and Grim, caught the brands as fast as they dropped down, and hurled)Tj
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(all as they flew, and sent them back again.)Tj
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(Then Flosi bade them cease shooting, "for all feats of arms will go hard with us when we deal with)Tj
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(So they do that, and shoot no more.)Tj
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(Then the great beams out of the roof began to fall, and Skarphedinn said - )Tj
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("Now must my father be dead, and I have neither heard groan nor cough from him.")Tj
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(Then they went to the end of the hall, and there had fallen down a cross-beam inside which was much)Tj
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(Then Modolf Kettle’s son sang a song.)Tj
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(But one prop of Njal’s house liveth,)Tj
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(Brisk flew fire through thy dwelling,)Tj
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("Can Skarphedinn, think ye, have sung this song dead or alive?" said Grani Gunnar’s son.)Tj
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(Then Flosi went hastily to his horse and all his men.)Tj
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(Then Flosi said to Geirmund - )Tj
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("Is Ingialld, thinkest thou, at home, at the Springs?")Tj
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("Where met ye two?" says Kari.)Tj
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("Good luck go with thy hand," says Kari.)Tj
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(After that the whole band broke up.)Tj
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(Flosi and his men saw all these tidings from where they were on the fell; and Flosi said - )Tj
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("Now we will take our horses and ride away, for now it will be some good.")Tj
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(Flosi sent at once men out to get in stores, so that nothing might fall short.)Tj
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(Flosi never spoke about the deed, but no fear was found in him, and he was at home the whole winter)Tj
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(Hjallti asked Kari under what part of the house Njal might be lying, but Kari showed them to the spot,)Tj
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(and there was a great heap of ashes to dig away. There they found the hide underneath, and it was as)Tj
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(They all said they thought so too.)Tj
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(Then they sought for Skarphedinn, and the men of the household showed them to the spot where Flosi)Tj
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(and his men heard the song sung, and there the roof had fallen down by the gable, and there Hjallti)Tj
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("Thorgeir Craggeir," says Kari, "he whom I now think to be the greatest man in all their family.")Tj
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(Asgrim said that was great strength.)Tj
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("What strength shall we have from thee?" says Kari.)Tj
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("All that I can give," says Asgrim, "and I will lay down my life on it.")Tj
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("So do," says Kari.)Tj
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(me on the other, then he will undertake the duty.’")Tj
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(Bender of the bow of battle,)Tj
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(Sleep will not my eyelids seal,)Tj
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(Still my murdered messmates’ bidding)Tj
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(Haunts my mind the livelong night;)Tj
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(Burned last autumn guileless Njal,)Tj
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(Burned him house and home together,)Tj
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(Mindful am I of my hurt.)Tj
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("Call me Kettle of the Mark.")Tj
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(Kettle came thither, and Flosi said, "I will tell thee my dream".)Tj
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("I am ready to hear it," says Kettle.)Tj
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("I dreamt," says Flosi, "that methought I stood below Loom-nip, and went out and looked up to the)Tj
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(and named them by name. First he called Grim the Red my kinsman, and Arni Kol’s son. Then)Tj
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(methought something strange followed, methought he called Eyjolf Bolverk’s son, and Ljot son of)Tj
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(Hall of the Side, and some six men more. Then he held his peace awhile. After that he called five men)Tj
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(of our band, and among them were the sons of Sigfus, thy brothers; then he called other six men, and)Tj
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(among them were Lambi, and Modolf, and Glum. Then he called three men. Last of all he called)Tj
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(Gunnar Lambi’s son, and Kol Thorstein’s son. After that he came up to me; I asked him ’what news’.)Tj
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(He said he had tidings enough to tell. Then I asked him for his name, but he called himself Irongrim. I)Tj
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(asked him whither he was going; he said he had to fare to the Althing. ’What shalt thou do there?’ I)Tj
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(High shall lift his head on earth,)Tj
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(Here amid the dust low rolling)Tj
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(Battered brainpans men shall see:)Tj
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(Now upon the hills in hurly)Tj
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(Buds the blue steel’s harvest bright;)Tj
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(Soon the bloody dew of battle)Tj
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(Thigh-deep through the ranks shall rise.’)Tj
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(Then they fared from home to Knappvale, but the evening after to Broadwater, and then to Calffell,)Tj
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(thence by Bjornness to Hornfirth, thence to Staffell in Lon, and then to Thvattwater to Hall of the Side.)Tj
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(Flosi had to wife Steinvora, his daughter.)Tj
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(Hall gave them a very hearty welcome, and Flosi said to Hall - )Tj
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("I will ask thee, father-in-law, that thou wouldst ride to the Thing with me with all thy Thingmen.")Tj
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("Now," answered Hall, "it has turned out as the saw says, ’but a short while is hand fain of blow’; and)Tj
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("What counsel dost thou give me," said Flosi, "in the strait in which I now am?")Tj
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("Thou shalt fare," said Hall, "north, right up to Weaponfirth, and ask all the chiefs for aid, and thou)Tj
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(wilt yet need it all before the Thing is over.")Tj
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(Flosi stayed there three nights, and rested him, and fared thence east to Geitahellna, and so to)Tj
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(Berufirth; there they were the night. Thence they fared east to Broaddale in Haydale. There Hallbjorn)Tj
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(Hallbjorn asked how far north among the firths Flosi meant to go. He said he meant to go as far as)Tj
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(Weaponfirth. Then Flosi took a purse of money from his belt, and said he would give it to Hallbjorn.)Tj
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(He took the money, but yet said he had no claim on Flosi for gifts, but still I would be glad to know in)Tj
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(what thou wilt that I repay thee.)Tj
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("I have no need of money," says Flosi, "but I wish thou wouldst ride to the Thing with me, and stand)Tj
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(by me in my quarrel, but still I have no ties or kinship to tell towards thee.")Tj
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("I will grant thee that," said Hallbjorn, "to ride to the Thing with thee, and to stand by thee in thy)Tj
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(quarrel as I would by my brother.")Tj
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(Flosi thanked him, and Hallbjorn asked much about the Burning, but they told him all about it at )Tj
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(that he gave his word that his son Thorir should ride with all their Thingmen, and yield him such help)Tj
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(Flosi thanked him and fared away to Bersastede. There Holmstein son of Bersi the wise dwelt, and he)Tj
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(But next morning Flosi raised the question with Saurli that he should ride to the Althing with him, and)Tj
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(bid him money for it.)Tj
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("I cannot tell about that," says Saurli, "so long as I do not know on which side my father-in-law)Tj
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(Gudmund the powerful stands, for I mean to stand by him on whichever side he stands.")Tj
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("Oh!" said Flosi, "I see by thy answer that a woman rules in this house.")Tj
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(Then Flosi stood up and bade his men take their upper clothing and weapons, and then they fared)Tj
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(away, and got no help there. So they fared below Lagarfleet and over the heath to Njardwick; there)Tj
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(two brothers dwelt, Thorkel the allwise, and Thorwalld his brother; they were sons of Kettle, the son)Tj
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(of Thidrandi the wise, the son of Kettle rumble, son of Thorir Thidrandi. The mother of Thorkel the)Tj
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(allwise and Thorwalld was Yngvillda, daughter of Thorkel the wise. Flosi got a hearty welcome there;)Tj
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(he told those brothers plainly of his errand, and asked for their help; but they put him off until he gave)Tj
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(Their mother Yngvillda was by when they gave their words to ride to the Althing, and wept. Thorkel)Tj
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(asked why she wept; and she answered - )Tj
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("I dreamt that thy brother Thorwalld was clad in a red kirtle, and methought it was so tight as though it)Tj
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(twisted round them; methought it ill to see when I knew he was so uncomfortable, but I could do)Tj
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(naught for him.")Tj
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(They laughed and told her she had lost her wits, and said her babble should not stand in the way of)Tj
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(their ride to the Thing.)Tj
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(Flosi thanked them kindly, and fared thence to Weaponfirth and came to Hof. There dwelt Bjarni)Tj
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(Broddhelgi’s son. Bjarni took Flosi by both hands, and Flosi bade Bjarni money for his help.)Tj
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("Never," says Bjarni, "have I sold my manhood or help for bribes, but now that thou art in need of)Tj
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(help, I will do thee a good turn for friendship’s sake, and ride to the Thing with thee, and stand by thee)Tj
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(as I would by my brother.")Tj
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("Then thou hast thrown a great load of debt on my hands," said Flosi, "but still I looked for as much)Tj
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(from thee.")Tj
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(Thence Flosi and his men fared to Crosswick. Thorkel Geiti’s son was a great friend of his. Flosi told)Tj
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(him his errand, and Thorkel said it was but his duty to stand by him in every way in his power, and not)Tj
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(Flosi fared up Fleetdale, and thence south on the fell across Oxenlava and down Swinehorndale, and)Tj
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("My counsel," said Hall, "is this, that thou goest home to thy house, and the sons of Sigfus with thee,)Tj
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(the Thing, ride all together, and do not scatter your band. Then let the sons of Sigfus go to see their)Tj
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(wives on the way. I too will ride to the Thing, and Ljot my son with all our Thingmen, and stand by)Tj
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(thee with such force as I can gather to me.")Tj
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(Flosi thanked him, and Hall gave him good gifts at parting.)Tj
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(Then Flosi went away from Thvattwater, and nothing is to be told of his journey till he comes home to)Tj
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(they and Gizur talked of Njal’s burning, that Gizur said it was very great luck that Kari had got away.)Tj
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(Then a song came into Kari’s mouth.)Tj
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(I who whetted helmet-hewer,ö)Tj
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(I who oft have burnished brand,)Tj
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(From the fray went all unwilling)Tj
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(When Njal’s rooftree crackling roared;)Tj
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(Out I leapt when bands of spearmen)Tj
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(Lighted there a blaze of flame!)Tj
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(Listen men unto my moaning,)Tj
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(Mark the telling of my grief.)Tj
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(Kari says that he will ride home; and Gizur said "I will now make a clean breast of my counsel to thee.)Tj
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(Thou shalt not ride home, but still thou shalt ride away, and east under Eyjafell, to see Thorgeir)Tj
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(Craggeir, and Thorleif crow. They shall ride from the east with thee. They are the next of kin in the)Tj
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(abide, for he loves her as the very eyes in his head.")Tj
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(Kari thanked him for his counsel. Kari spoke nothing of help to him, for he thought he would show)Tj
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(himself his good friend in this as in other things.)Tj
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(Thence Kari rode east over the rivers, and so to Fleetlithe, and east across Markfleet, and so on to)Tj
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(Kari said it was no wonder that he, who had to answer for so much, should ask for help for himself.)Tj
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("Thou behavest now as he [Gizur] thought," said Kari; "for thou art a bad bargain in every way; thou)Tj
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(to her father.")Tj
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(She busked her at once, and said she had long been "boun" to part from Mord. Then he changed his)Tj
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(Mord said he would lay his whole heart on it to do this well and manfully.)Tj
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(before five witnesses" - here he named them all by name - "I give this lawful notice, I give notice of a)Tj
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(therefrom on such and such a spot, when Flosi Thord’s son first rushed on Helgi Njal’s son with an)Tj
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(Then Mord named his witnesses again "to bear witness," said he, "that I summon these nine)Tj
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(neighbours who dwell nearest the spot" - here he named them all by name - "to ride to the Althing, and)Tj
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(to sit on the inquest to find whether Flosi Thord’s son rushed with an assault laid down by law on)Tj
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(utter all those words which ye are bound to find by law, and which I shall call on you to utter before)Tj
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(the court, and which belong to this suit; I call upon you by a lawful summons - I call on you so that ye)Tj
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(may yourselves hear - I call on you in the suit which Thorgeir Thorir’s son has handed over to me.")Tj
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(Again Mord named his witnesses, "to bear witness, that I summon these nine neighbours who dwell)Tj
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(nearest to the spot to ride to the Althing, and to sit on an inquest to find whether Flosi Thord’s son)Tj
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(wounded Helgi Njal’s son with a brain, or body, or marrow wound, which proved a death wound, and)Tj
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(from which Helgi got his death, on that spot where Flosi Thord’s son first rushed on Helgi Njal’s son)Tj
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(with an assault laid down by law. I call on you to utter all those words which ye are bound to find by)Tj
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(law, and which I shall call on you to utter before the court, and which belong to this suit I call upon)Tj
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(you by a lawful summons - I call on you so that ye may yourselves hear - I call on you in the suit)Tj
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(which Thorgeir Thorir’s son has handed over to me.")Tj
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(Then Mord said - )Tj
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("Now is the suit set on foot as ye asked, and now I will pray thee, Thorgeir Craggeir, to come to me)Tj
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(when thou ridest to the Thing, and then let us both ride together, each with our band, and keep as close)Tj
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(as we can together, for my band shall be ready by the very beginning of the Thing, and I will be true to)Tj
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(you in all things.")Tj
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(They showed themselves well pleased at that, and this was fast bound by oaths, that no man should)Tj
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(sunder himself from another till Kari willed it, and that each of them should lay down his life for the)Tj
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(other’s life. Now they parted with friendship, and settled to meet again at the Thing.)Tj
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(Now Thorgeir rides back east, but Kari rides west over the rivers till he came to Tongue, to Asgrim’s)Tj
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(house. He welcomed them wonderfully well, and Kari told Asgrim all Gizur the white’s plan, and of)Tj
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(the setting on foot of the suit.)Tj
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("I looked for as much from him," says Asgrim, "that he would behave well, and now he has shown it.")Tj
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(Then Asgrim went on - )Tj
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("What heardest thou from the east of Flosi?")Tj
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("He went east all the way to Weaponfirth," answers Kari, "and nearly all the chiefs have promised to)Tj
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(ride with him to the Althing, and to help him. They look, too, for help from the Reykdalesmen, and the)Tj
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(men of Lightwater, and the Axefirthers.")Tj
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(Then they talked much about it, and so the time passes away up to the Althing.)Tj
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(Thorhall Asgrim’s son took such a hurt in his leg that the foot above the ankle was as big and swollen)Tj
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(as a woman’s thigh, and he could not walk save with a staff. He was a man tall in growth, and strong)Tj
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(and powerful, dark of hue in hair and skin, measured and guarded in his speech, and yet hot and hasty)Tj
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(Now the time comes that men should ride from home to the Thing, Asgrim said to Kari - )Tj
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("Thou shalt ride at the very beginning of the Thing, and fit up our booths, and my son Thorhall with)Tj
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(him at this Thing. With you two, twenty men more shall ride.")Tj
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(After that they made ready for their journey, and then they rode to the Thing, and set up their booths,)Tj
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(and fitted them out well.)Tj
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(Flosi rode from the east and those hundred and twenty men who had been at the Burning with him.)Tj
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(They rode till they came to Fleetlithe. Then the sons of Sigfus looked after their homesteads and)Tj
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(tarried there that day, but at even they rode west over Thurso-water, and slept there that night. But next)Tj
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(morning early they saddled their horses and rode off on their way.)Tj
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(Then Flosi said to his men - )Tj
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("Now will we ride to Tongue to Asgrim to breakfast, and trample down his pride a little.")Tj
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(They said that were well done. They rode till they had a short way to Tongue. Asgrim stood out of)Tj
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(doors, and some men with him. They see the band as soon as ever they could do so from the house.)Tj
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(Then Asgrim’s men said - )Tj
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("There must be Thorgeir Craggeir.")Tj
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("Not he," said Asgrim. "I think so all the more because these men fare with laughter and wantonness;)Tj
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(but such kinsmen of Njal as Thorgeir is would not smile before some vengeance is taken for the)Tj
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(Burning, and I will make another guess, and maybe ye will think that unlikely. My meaning is, that it)Tj
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(must be Flosi and the Burners with him, and they must mean to humble us with insults, and we will)Tj
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(now go indoors all of us.")Tj
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(Flosi rode into the "town," and bade men alight from their horses and go in. They did so, and Flosi and)Tj
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(his men went into the hall, Asgrim sate on the cross-bench on the dais. Flosi looked at the benches and)Tj
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(- )Tj
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(Flosi sat down to the board, and all his men; but they laid their arms up against the wainscot. They sat)Tj
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(on the stools who found no room on the benches; but four men stood with weapons just before where)Tj
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(Flosi sat while they ate.)Tj
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(Asgrim kept his peace during the meat, but was as red to look on as blood.)Tj
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(But when they were full, some women cleared away the boards, while others brought in water to wash)Tj
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(their hands. Flosi was in no greater hurry than if he had been at home. There lay a pole-axe in the)Tj
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(corner of the dais. Asgrim caught it up with both hands, and ran up to the rail at the edge of the dais,)Tj
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(sprang up at once, and got hold of the axe above Asgrim’s hands, and turned the edge at once on)Tj
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(Asgrim; for Glum was very strong. Then many more men ran up and seized Asgrim, but Flosi said that)Tj
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(no man was to do Asgrim any harm, "for we put him to too hard a trial, and he only did what he ought,)Tj
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(Then Flosi said to Asgrim, "Here, now, we shall part safe and sound, and meet at the Thing, and there)Tj
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("So it will be," says Asgrim; "and I would wish that, ere this Thing be over, ye should have to take in)Tj
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(some of your sails.")Tj
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(Flosi answered him never a word, and then they went out, and mounted their horses, and rode away.)Tj
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(They rode till they came to Laugarwater, and were there that night; but next morning they rode on to)Tj
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(Baitvale, and baited their horses there, and there many bands rode to meet them. There was Hall of the)Tj
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(Asgrim. Many praised him for that, and said such things were bravely done.)Tj
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(Then Hall said, "I look on this in another way than ye do, for methinks it was a foolish prank; they)Tj
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(were sure to bear in mind their griefs, even though they were not reminded of them anew; but those)Tj
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(men who try others so heavily must look for all evil".)Tj
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(It was seen from Hall’s way that he thought this deed far too strong. They rode thence all together, till)Tj
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(they came to the Upper Field, and there they set their men in array, and rode down on the Thing.)Tj
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(Flosi had made them fit out Byrgir’s booth ere he rode to the Thing; but the Eastfirthers rode to their)Tj
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(Thorgeir Craggeir rode from the east with much people. His brothers were with him, Thorleif crow)Tj
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(and Thorgrim the big. They came to Hof, to Mord Valgard’s son’s house, and bided there till he was)Tj
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(ready. Mord had gathered every man who could bear arms, and they could see nothing about him but)Tj
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(that he was most steadfast in everything, and now they rode until they came west across the rivers.)Tj
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(Then they waited for Hjallti Skeggi’s son. He came after they had waited a short while, and they)Tj
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(greeted him well, and rode afterwards all together till they came to Reykia in Bishop’s-tongue, and)Tj
T*
(bided there for Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son, and he came to meet them there. Then they rode west across)Tj
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(Bridgewater. Then Asgrim told them all that had passed between him and Flosi; and Thorgeir said - )Tj
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("I would that we might try their bravery ere the Thing closes.")Tj
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(They rode until they came to Baitvale. There Gizur the white came to meet them with a very great)Tj
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(company, and they fell to talking together. Then they rode to the Upper Field, and drew up all their)Tj
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(men in array there, and so rode to the Thing.)Tj
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(Flosi and his men all took to their arms, and it was within an ace that they would fall to blows. But)Tj
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(Asgrim and his friends and their followers would have no hand in it, and rode to their booths; and now)Tj
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(There was a man named Eyjolf. He was the son of Bolverk, the son of Eyjolf the guileful, of Otterdale.)Tj
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(Eyjolf was a man of great rank, and best skilled in law of all men, so that some said he was the third)Tj
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(best lawyer in Iceland. He was the fairest in face of all men, tall and strong, and there was the making)Tj
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(One day Flosi went to the booth of Bjarni Broddhelgi’s son. Bjarni took him by both hands, and sat)Tj
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("What counsel shall we now take?")Tj
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("I think," answered Bjarni, "that it is now hard to say what to do, but the wisest thing seems to me to)Tj
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(Flosi, whether there be any very good lawyer in your band; for now there are but two courses left; one)Tj
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(to ask if they will take an atonement, and that is not a bad choice, but the other is to defend the suit at)Tj
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(law, if there be any defence to it, though that will seem to be a bold course; and this is why I think this)Tj
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(last ought to be chosen, because ye have hitherto fared high and mightily, and it is unseemly now to)Tj
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(take a lower course.")Tj
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("As to thy asking about lawyers," said Flosi, "I will answer thee at once that there is no such man in)Tj
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(our band; nor do I know where to look for one except it be Thorkel Geiti’s son, thy kinsman.")Tj
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("We must not reckon on him," said Bjarni, "for though he knows something of law, he is far too wary,)Tj
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(and no man need hope to have him as his shield; but he will back thee as well as any man who backs)Tj
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(thee best, for he has a stout heart; besides, I must tell thee that it will be that man’s bane who)Tj
T*
(undertakes the defence in this suit for the Burning, but I have no mind that this should befall my)Tj
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(kinsman Thorkel, so ye must turn your eyes elsewhither.")Tj
0 -2.2 TD
(Flosi said he knew nothing about who were the best lawyers.)Tj
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("There is a man named Eyjolf," said Bjarni; "he is Bolverk’s son, and he is the best lawyer in the)Tj
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(Westfirther’s Quarter; but you will need to give him much money if you are to bring him into the suit,)Tj
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(but still we must not stop at that. We must also go with our arms to all law business, and be most wary)Tj
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(of ourselves, but not meddle with them before we are forced to fight for our lives. And now I will go)Tj
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(with thee, and set out at once on our begging for help, for now methinks the peace will be kept but a)Tj
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(little while longer.")Tj
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(After that they go out of the booth, and to the booths of the Axefirthers. Then Bjarni talks with Lyting)Tj
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(and Bleing, and Hroi Arnstein’s son, and he got speedily whatever he asked of them. Then they fared)Tj
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(to see Kol, the son of Killing-Skuti, and Eyvind Thorkel’s son, the son of Askel the priest, and asked)Tj
T*
(them for their help; but they stood out a long while, but the end of it was that they took three marks of)Tj
T*
(silver for it, and so went into the suit with them.)Tj
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(Then they went to the booths of the men of Lightwater, and stayed there some time. Flosi begged the)Tj
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(men of Lightwater for help, but they were stubborn and hard to win over, and then Flosi said, with)Tj
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(much wrath, "Ye are ill-behaved! ye are grasping and wrongful at home in your own country, and ye)Tj
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(will not help men at the Thing, though they need it. No doubt you will be held up to reproach at the)Tj
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(Thing, and very great blame will be laid on you if ye bare not in mind that scorn and those biting)Tj
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(words which Skarphedinn hurled at you men of Lightwater.")Tj
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(Then Bjarni said to Flosi - )Tj
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("Well done! well done! Thou art a mighty chief, and a bold outspoken man, and reckest little what)Tj
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(thou sayest to men.")Tj
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(After that they fared away west across the river, and so to the Hladbooth. They saw many men outside)Tj
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(before the booth. There was one man who had a scarlet cloak over his shoulders, and a gold band)Tj
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(round his head, and an axe studded with silver in his hand.)Tj
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("This is just right," said Bjarni, "here now is the man I spoke of, Eyjolf Bolverk’s son, if thou wilt see)Tj
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(him, Flosi.")Tj
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(Then they went to meet Eyjolf, and hailed him. Eyjolf knew Bjarni at once, and greeted him well.)Tj
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(Bjarni took Eyjolf by the hand, and led him up into the "Great Rift". Flosi’s and Bjarni’s men followed)Tj
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(after, and Eyjolf’s men went also with him. They bade them stay upon the lower brink of the Rift, and)Tj
T*
(look about them, but Flosi, and Bjarni, and Eyjolf went on till they came to where the path leads down)Tj
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(from the upper brink of the Rift.)Tj
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(Flosi said it was a good spot to sit down there, for they could see around them far and wide. Then they)Tj
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(sat them down there. They were four of them together, and no more.)Tj
0 -2.2 TD
(Then Bjarni spoke to Eyjolf, and said - )Tj
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("Thee, friend, have we come to see, for we much need thy help in every way.")Tj
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("Now," said Eyjolf, "there is good choice of men here at the Thing, and ye will not find it hard to fall)Tj
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(on those who will be a much greater strength to you than I can be.")Tj
0 -2.2 TD
("Not so," said Bjarni, "Thou hast many things which show that there is no greater man than thou at the)Tj
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(Thing; first of all, that thou art so well-born, as all those men are who are sprung from Ragnar)Tj
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(hairybreeks; thy forefathers, too, have always stood first in great suits, both here at the Thing, and at)Tj
T*
(home in their own country, and they have always had the best of it; we think, therefore, it is likely that)Tj
T*
(thou wilt be lucky in winning suits, like thy kinsfolk.")Tj
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("Thou speakest well, Bjarni," said Eyjolf; "but I think that I have small share in all this that thou )Tj
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(sayest.")Tj
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(Then Flosi said - )Tj
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("There is no need beating about the bush as to what we have in mind. We wish to ask for thy help,)Tj
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(Eyjolf, and that thou wilt stand by us in our suits, and go to the court with us, and undertake the)Tj
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(defence, if there be any, and plead it for us, and stand by us in all things that may happen at this )Tj
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(Thing.")Tj
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(Eyjolf jumped up in wrath, and said that no man had any right to think that he could make a catspaw of)Tj
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("I see, too, now," he says, "what has led you to utter all those fair words with which ye began to speak)Tj
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(to me.")Tj
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(Then Hallbjorn the strong caught hold of him and sate him down by his side, between him and Bjarni,)Tj
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(and said - )Tj
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("No tree falls at the first stroke, friend, but sit here awhile by us.")Tj
T*
(Then Flosi drew a gold ring off his arm.)Tj
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("This ring will I give thee, Eyjolf, for thy help and friendship, and so show thee that I will not befool)Tj
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(thee. It will be best for thee to take the ring, for there is no man here at the Thing to whom I have ever)Tj
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(given such a gift.")Tj
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(The ring was such a good one, and so well made, that it was worth twelve hundred yards of russet )Tj
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(stuff.)Tj
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(Hallbjorn drew the ring on Eyjolf’s arm; and Eyjolf said - )Tj
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("It is now most fitting that I should take the ring, since thou behavest so handsomely; and now thou)Tj
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(mayest make up thy mind that I will undertake the defence, and do all things needful.")Tj
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("Now," said Bjarni, "ye behave handsomely on both sides, and here are men well fitted to be)Tj
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("Pray, was this ring bought or given?")Tj
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(Eyjolf was put out about it, and had never a word to say. Then Snorri said - )Tj
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("I see plainly that thou must have taken it as a gift, and may this ring not be thy death!")Tj
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(Eyjolf jumped up and went away, and would not speak about it; and Snorri said, as Eyjolf arose - )Tj
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(Bolverk’s son must be meant to defend the suit at law, and that the ring must have been given him for )Tj
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(that.")Tj
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(They were all agreed that it must be so. Then Gizur spoke to them - )Tj
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("Now has Mord Valgard’s son, my son-in-law, undertaken a suit, which all must think most hard, to)Tj
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(After that Gizur picked out all the wisest men of their company to go with him as his backers. There)Tj
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(Then Gizur the white said - )Tj
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("Now will we first go to the booth of Skapti Thorod’s son," and they do so. Gizur the white went first,)Tj
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("Now shalt thou first raise the question of help with Skapti, but I will throw in what I think good.")Tj
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("We are come hither," said Asgrim, "for this sake, Skapti, to seek help and aid at thy hand.")Tj
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("I was thought to be hard to win the last time," said Skapti, "when I would not take the burden of your)Tj
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("It is quite another matter now," said Gizur. "Now the feud is for master Njal and mistress Bergthora,)Tj
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(who were burnt in their own house without a cause, and for Njal’s three sons, and many other worthy)Tj
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("Now there is no need to bear such things in mind," said Gizur the white, "for he is dead who said that,)Tj
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(and thou wilt surely grant me this, though thou wouldst not do it for other men’s sake.")Tj
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("This quarrel," says Skapti, "is no business of thine, except thou choosest to be entangled in it along)Tj
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(Then Gizur was very wrath, and said - )Tj
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("Few," said Asgrim, "bring forward the better if they know the worse, but many would say that I slew)Tj
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(reproaches on us; and I only wish before this Thing is out that thou mayest get from this suit the)Tj
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(greatest disgrace, and that there may be none to make thy shame good.")Tj
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(Then Gizur and his men stood up all of them, and went out, and so on to the booth of Snorri the priest.)Tj
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(Snorri sat on the cross-bench in his booth; they went into the booth, and he knew the men at once, and)Tj
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(stood up to meet them, and bade them all welcome, and made room for them to sit by him.)Tj
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(After that, they asked one another the news of the day.)Tj
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(Then Asgrim spoke to Snorri, and said - )Tj
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("For that am I and my kinsman Gizur come hither, to ask thee for thy help.")Tj
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("Thou speakest of what thou mayest always be forgiven for asking, for help in the blood-feud after)Tj
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T*
(bear that in mind; but as yet I know not of what ye think ye stand most in need.")Tj
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("We stand most in need," answers Asgrim, "of brisk lads and good weapons, if we fight them here at)Tj
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(they will seek to pay you off with shame for manscathe, and with dishonour for loss of kin.")Tj
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(It was easy to see that he goaded them on in everything.)Tj
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(Then Gizur the white said - )Tj
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(do what I have now promised.")Tj
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(Gizur thanked him kindly, and said that what he had said was just what they all needed, and then they)Tj
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("Whither shall we go now?" said Gizur.)Tj
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("To the Northlanders’ booth," said Asgrim.)Tj
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(Then they fared thither.)Tj
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(And when they came into the booth then they saw where Gudmund the powerful sate and talked with)Tj
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(Einer Conal’s son, his foster-child; he was a wise man.)Tj
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(Then they asked what tidings, and Asgrim said - )Tj
T*
("There is no need to mutter what I have to say. We wish, Gudmund, to ask for thy steadfast help.")Tj
T*
("Have ye seen any other chiefs before?" said Gudmund.)Tj
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("Last time I behaved badly and meanly to you. Then I was stubborn, but now ye shall drive your)Tj
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(you to the court with all my Thingmen, and stand by you in all such things as I can, and fight for you)Tj
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(though this be needed, and lay down my life for your lives. I will also pay Skapti out in this way, that)Tj
T*
(Thorstein gapemouth his son shall be in the battle on our side, for he will not dare to do aught else than)Tj
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(They thanked him, and talked with him long and low afterwards, so that no other men could hear.)Tj
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(Then Gudmund bade them not to go before the knees of any other chiefs, for he said that would be )Tj
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(Then they went all of them home to their booths, and all this was at first with few men’s knowledge.)Tj
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(So now the Thing goes on.)Tj
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(It was one day that men went to the Hill of Laws, and the chiefs were so placed that Asgrim)Tj
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(Mord Valgard’s son stood next to Gizur his father-in-law; he was of all men the readiest-tongued.)Tj
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(Gizur told him that he ought to give notice of the suit for manslaughter, and bade him speak up, so that)Tj
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(Then Mord took witness and said - "I take witness to this that I give notice of an assault laid down by)Tj
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(or a marrow wound, which proved a death-wound, and from which Helgi got his death. I say that in)Tj
T*
(this suit he ought to be made a guilty man, an outlaw, not to be fed, not to be forwarded, not to be)Tj
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(helped or harboured in any need. I say that all his goods are forfeited, half to me, and half to the men)Tj
T*
(of the Quarter, who have a right by law to take his forfeited goods. I give notice of this suit for)Tj
T*
(manslaughter in the Quarter Court into which this suit ought by law to come. I give notice of this)Tj
T*
(lawful notice; I give notice in the hearing of all men on the Hill of Laws; I give notice of this suit to be)Tj
T*
(pleaded this summer, and of full outlawry against Flosi Thord’s son; I give notice of a suit which)Tj
T*
(Thorgeir Thorir’s son has handed over to me.")Tj
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(Then a great shout was uttered at the Hill of Laws, that Mord spoke well and boldly.)Tj
T*
(Then Mord begun to speak a second time.)Tj
T*
("I take you to witness to this," says he, "that I give notice of a suit against Flosi Thord’s son, I give)Tj
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T*
(a death-wound, and from which Helgi got his death on that spot where Flosi Thord’s son had first)Tj
T*
(rushed on Helgi Njal’s son with an assault laid down by law. I say that thou, Flosi, ought to be made in)Tj
T*
(this suit a guilty man, an outlaw, not to be fed, not to be forwarded, not to he helped or harboured in)Tj
T*
(any need. I say that all thy goods are forfeited, half to me and half to the men of the Quarter, who have)Tj
T*
(a right by law to take the goods which have been forfeited by thee. I give notice of this suit in the)Tj
T*
(Quarter Court into which it ought by law to come; I give notice of this lawful notice; I give notice of it)Tj
T*
(in the hearing of all men on the Hill of Laws; I give notice of this suit to be pleaded this summer, and)Tj
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(After that Mord sat him down.)Tj
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(Flosi listened carefully, but said never a word the while.)Tj
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(Then Thorgeir Craggeir stood up and took witness, and said - "I take witness to this, that I give notice)Tj
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(this suit he ought to be made a guilty man, an outlaw, not to be fed, not to be forwarded, not to be)Tj
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T*
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T*
(son.")Tj
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(Kari Solmund’s son declared his suits against Kol Thorstein’s son, and Gunnar Lambi’s son, and)Tj
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(Grani Gunnar’s son, and it was the common talk of men that he spoke wondrous well.)Tj
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(Thorleif crow declared his suit against all the sons of Sigfus, but Thorgrim the big, his brother, against)Tj
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(Modolf Kettle’s son, and Lambi Sigurd’s son, and Hroar Hamond’s son, brother of Leidolf the strong.)Tj
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(Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son declared his suit against Leidolf and Thorstein Geirleif’s son. Arni Kol’s son,)Tj
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(and Grim the red.)Tj
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(And they all spoke well.)Tj
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(After that other men gave notice of their suits, and it was far on in the day that it went on so.)Tj
T*
(Then men fared home to their booths.)Tj
T*
(Eyjolf Bolverk’s son went to his booth with Flosi; they passed east around the booth, and Flosi said to)Tj
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(Eyjolf - )Tj
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("See’st thou any defence in these suits?")Tj
T*
("None," says Eyjolf.)Tj
T*
("What counsel is now to be taken?" says Flosi.)Tj
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("I will give thee a piece of advice," said Eyjolf. "Now thou shalt hand over thy priesthood to thy)Tj
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(brother Thorgeir, but declare that thou hast joined the Thing of Askel the priest the son of Thorkettle,)Tj
T*
(north away in Reykiardale; but if they do not know this, then may be that this will harm them, for they)Tj
T*
(will be sure to plead their suit in the Eastfirther’s court, but they ought to plead it in the Northlanders’)Tj
T*
(court, and they will overlook that, and it is a Fifth Court matter against them if they plead their suit in)Tj
T*
(another court than that in which they ought, and then we will take that suit up, but not until we have no)Tj
T*
(other choice left.")Tj
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("May be," said Flosi, "that we shall get the worth of the ring.")Tj
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("I don’t know that," says Eyjolf; "but I will stand by thee at law, so that men shall say that there never)Tj
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(A little while after Thorgeir came, and then he took on him Flosi’s leadership and priesthood.)Tj
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(By that time Askel was come thither too, and then Flosi declared that he had joined his Thing, and this)Tj
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(Now all is quiet till the day when the courts were to go out to try suits.)Tj
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(Now the time passes away till the courts were to go out to try suits. Both sides then made them ready)Tj
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(Then Thorhall Asgrim’s son said - )Tj
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(Asgrim and the others looked at him, and his face was as though it were all blood, but great teardrops)Tj
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(gushed out of his eyes. He bade them bring him his spear, that had been a gift to him from)Tj
T*
(Skarphedinn, and it was the greatest treasure.)Tj
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(Asgrim said as they went away - )Tj
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("Our kinsman Thorhall was not easy in his mind as we left him behind in the booth, and I know not)Tj
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(Then Asgrim said again - )Tj
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("Now we will go to Mord Valgard’s son, and think of naught else but the suit, for there is more sport)Tj
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(Then Asgrim sent a man to Gizur the white, and Hjallti Skeggi’s son, and Gudmund the powerful.)Tj
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(Now they all came together, and went straight to the court of Eastfirthers. They went to the court from)Tj
T*
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(Again Mord took witness.)Tj
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("I take witness to this, that now are all the first steps and proofs brought forward which belong to the)Tj
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("Here is that neighbour who held Mord at the font when he was baptised, but another is his second)Tj
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(Then Asgrim said to Mord - )Tj
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("The day is not yet their own, though they think now that they have gained a great step; but now some)Tj
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T*
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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T*
("Can this be law?")Tj
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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("They know not yet of what to boast ere we have seen my son Thorhall. Njal told me that he had so)Tj
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0 -2.2 TD
(Then a man was sent to Thorhall to tell him how things stood, and of Flosi’s and Eyjolf’s boasting,)Tj
0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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0 -2.2 TD
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0 -1.2 TD
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("That shall not be," says Asgrim, "but let us turn on them now.")Tj
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(Then there was a mighty cry all over the host, and then they shouted their war-cries.)Tj
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(Flosi and his friends then turned against their foes, and both sides egged on their men fast.)Tj
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(Kari Solmund’s son turned now thither where Arni Kol’s son and Hallbjorn the strong were in front,)Tj
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(again, and turned away from the fight there and then. Then Thorgeir met Thorwalld Kettle rumble’s)Tj
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(son, and hewed at him at once with the axe, "the ogress of war," which Skarphedinn had owned.)Tj
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(Thorwalld threw his shield before him, and Thorgeir hewed the shield and cleft it from top to bottom,)Tj
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(Now it must be told how Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son, and Thorhall his son, Hjallti Skeggi’s son, and)Tj
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(Gizur the white, made an onslaught where Flosi and the sons of Sigfus, and the other Burners were;)Tj
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(then there was a very hard fight, and the end of it was that they pressed on so hard, that Flosi and his)Tj
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(men gave way before them. Gudmund the powerful, and Mord Valgard’s son, and Thorgeir Craggeir,)Tj
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(made their onslaught where the Axefirthers and Eastfirthers, and the men of Reykdale stood, and there)Tj
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(too there was a very hard fight.)Tj
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(gone straight through him. Then he cut at Kari and aimed at his leg, but Kari drew back his leg and)Tj
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(forward and threw his shield before Bjarni. Kari cleft the shield in twain, and the point of the sword)Tj
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(caught his thigh, and ripped up the whole leg down to the ankle. That man fell there and then, and was)Tj
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(ever after a cripple so long as he lived.)Tj
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(Then Kari clutched his spear with both hands, and turned on Bjarni and thrust at him; he saw he had)Tj
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(no other chance but to throw himself down side-long away from the blow, but as soon as ever Bjarni)Tj
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(found his feet, away he fell back out of the fight.)Tj
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(Thorgeir Craggeir and Gizur the white fell on there where Holmstein the son of Bersi the wise, and)Tj
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(Thorkel Geiti’s son were leaders, and the end of the struggle was, that Holmstein and Thorkel gave)Tj
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(Thorwalld Tjorfi’s son of Lightwater got a great wound; he was shot in the forearm, and men thought)Tj
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(that Halldor Gudmund the powerful’s son had hurled the spear, but he bore that wound about with him)Tj
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(all his life long, and got no atonement for it.)Tj
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(Now there was a mighty throng. But though we hear tell of some of the deeds that were done, still)Tj
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(there are far many more of which men have handed down no stories.)Tj
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(Flosi had told them that they should make for the stronghold in the Great Rift if they were worsted,)Tj
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("for there," said he, "they will only be able to attack us on one side". But the band which Hall of the)Tj
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(Side and his son Ljot led, had fallen away out of the fight before the onslaught of that father and son,)Tj
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(Asgrim and Thorhall. They turned down east of Axewater, and Hall said - )Tj
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("This is a sad state of things when the whole host of men at the Thing fight, and I would, kinsman)Tj
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(Ljot, that we begged us help even though that be brought against us by some men, and that we part)Tj
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(them. Thou shalt wait for me at the foot of the bridge, and I will go to the booths and beg for help.")Tj
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("If I see," said Ljot, "that Flosi and his men need help from our men, then I will at once run up and aid )Tj
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("Thou wilt do in that as thou pleasest," says Hall, "but I pray thee to wait for me here.")Tj
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(Now flight breaks out in Flosi’s band, and they all fly west across Axewater; but Asgrim and Gizur the)Tj
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(white went after them and all their host. Flosi and his men turned down between the river and the)Tj
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(Outwork booth. Snorri the priest had drawn up his men there in array, so thick that they could not pass)Tj
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(that way, and Snorri the priest called out then to Flosi - )Tj
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("Thou askest not this," answered Flosi, "because thou dost not know it already; but whose fault is it)Tj
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("It is not my fault," says Snorri, "but it is quite true that I know whose fault it is, and I will tell thee if)Tj
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(thou wilt; it is the fault of Thorwalld cropbeard and Kol.")Tj
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(They were both then dead, but they had been the worst men in all Flosi’s band.)Tj
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(Again Snorri said to his men - )Tj
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("Now do both, cut at them and thrust at them, and drive them away hence, they will then hold out but a)Tj
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(short while here, if the others attack them from below; but then ye shall not go after them, but let both)Tj
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(sides shift for themselves.")Tj
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(The son of Skapti Thorod’s son was Thorstein gapemouth, as was written before, he was in the battle)Tj
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(with Gudmund the powerful, his father-in-law, and as soon as Skapti knew that, he went to the booth)Tj
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(of Snorri the priest, and meant to beg for help to part them; but just before he had got as far as the door)Tj
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(of Snorri’s booth, there the battle was hottest of all. Asgrim and his friends and his men were just)Tj
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(coming up thither, and then Thorhall said to his father Asgrim - )Tj
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("See there now is Skapti Thorod’s son, father.")Tj
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("I see him, kinsman," said Asgrim, and then he shot a spear at Skapti, and struck him just below where)Tj
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(the calf was fattest, and so through both his legs. Skapti fell at the blow, and could not get up again,)Tj
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(and the only counsel they could take who were by, was to drag Skapti flat on his face into the booth of)Tj
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(a turf-cutter.)Tj
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(Then Asgrim and his men came up so fast that Flosi and his men gave way before them south along)Tj
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(the river to the booths of the men of Modruvale. There there was a man outside one booth whose name)Tj
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(was Solvi; he was boiling broth in a great kettle, and had just then taken the meat out, and the broth)Tj
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(was boiling as hotly as it could.)Tj
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(Solvi cast his eyes on the Eastfirthers us they fled, and they were then just over against him, and then)Tj
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(fast as any one of them, and very great lies have been told about him when men say that he is all heart,)Tj
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(but now no one ran faster than he".)Tj
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(Hallbjorn the strong was near by them, and said - )Tj
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("Thou shalt not have it to say that we are all cowards.")Tj
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(broth-kettle. Solvi died at once; but then a rush was made at Hallbjorn himself, and he had to turn and )Tj
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(fly.)Tj
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(Flosi threw a spear at Bruni Haflidi’s son, and caught him at the waist, and that was his bane; he was)Tj
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(one of Gudmund the powerful’s band.)Tj
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(Solmund’s son - )Tj
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("Look, yonder now is Eyjolf Bolverk’s son, if thou hast a mind to pay him off for the ring.")Tj
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(Then there was a little lull in the battle, and then Snorri the priest came up with his band, and Skapti)Tj
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(fight.)Tj
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(Then Hall threw in his people with theirs, and was for parting them there and then, and so a truce was)Tj
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("Here there have been hard happenings in lawsuits and loss of life at the Thing, and now I will show)Tj
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("Though all others take an atonement in their quarrels, yet will I take no atonement in my quarrel; for)Tj
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(In the same way spoke Thorgeir Craggeir.)Tj
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(Then Skapti Thorod’s son stood up and said - )Tj
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("Better had it been for thee, Kari, not to have run away from thy father-in-law and thy brothers-in-law,)Tj
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(than now to sneak out of this atonement.")Tj
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(Then Kari sang these verses - )Tj
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(Warrior wight that weapon wieldest)Tj
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(Spare thy speering why we fled,)Tj
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(Oft for less falls hail of battle,)Tj
T*
(Forth we fled to wreak revenge;)Tj
T*
(Who was he, faint-hearted foeman,)Tj
T*
(Who, when tongues of steel sung high,)Tj
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(Stole beneath the booth for shelter,)Tj
T*
(While his beard blushed red for shame?)Tj
T*
(Many fetters Skapti fettered)Tj
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(When the men, the Gods of fight,)Tj
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(From the fray fared all unwilling)Tj
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(Where the skald scarce held his shield;)Tj
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(Then the suttlers dragged the lawyer)Tj
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(Stout in scolding to their booth,)Tj
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(Laid him low amongst the riffraff,)Tj
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(How his heart then quaked for fear.)Tj
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(Men who skim the main on sea stag)Tj
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(Well in this ye showed your sense,)Tj
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(Making game about the Burning,)Tj
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(Mocking Helgi, Grim, and Njal;)Tj
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(Now the moor round rocky Swinestye,ö)Tj
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(As men run and shake their shields,)Tj
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(With another grunt shall rattle)Tj
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(When this Thing is past and gone.)Tj
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(Then there was great laughter. Snorri the priest smiled, and sang this between his teeth, but so that)Tj
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(Skill hath Skapti us to tell)Tj
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(Whether Asgrim’s shaft flew well;)Tj
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(Holmstein hurried swift to flight,)Tj
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(Thorstein turned him soon to fight.)Tj
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(Now men burst out in great fits of laughter.)Tj
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(Then Hall of the Side said - )Tj
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("All men know what a grief I have suffered in the loss of my son Ljot; many will think that he would)Tj
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(be valued dearest of all those men who have fallen here; but I will do this for the sake of an atonement)Tj
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(- I will put no price on my son, and yet will come forward and grant both pledges and peace to those)Tj
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(who are my adversaries. I beg thee, Snorri the priest, and other of the best men, to bring this about,)Tj
T*
(that there may be an atonement between us.")Tj
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(Now he sits him down, and a great hum in his favour followed, and all praised his gentleness and )Tj
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(good-will.)Tj
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(Then Snorri the priest stood up and made a long and clever speech, and begged Asgrim and the others)Tj
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(who took the lead in the quarrel to look towards an atonement.)Tj
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(Then Asgrim said - )Tj
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("I made up my mind when Flosi made an inroad on my house that I would never be atoned with him;)Tj
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(but now Snorri the priest, I will take an atonement from him for thy word’s sake and other of our )Tj
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(friends.")Tj
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(In the same way spoke Thorleif crow and Thorgrim the big, that they were willing to be atoned, and)Tj
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(they urged in every way their brother Thorgeir Craggeir to take an atonement also; but he hung back,)Tj
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(and says he would never part from Kari.)Tj
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(Then Gizur the white said - )Tj
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("Now Flosi must see that he must make his choice, whether he will be atoned on the understanding)Tj
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(Flosi says he will take that atonement; "and methinks it is so much the better," he says, "that I have)Tj
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(Then Gudmund the powerful said - )Tj
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("I will offer to hansel peace on my behalf for the slayings that have happened here at the Thing, on the)Tj
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(understanding that the suit for the Burning is not to fall to the ground.")Tj
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(Valgard’s son.)Tj
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(In this way the atonement came about, and then hands were shaken on it, and twelve men were to utter)Tj
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(the award; and Snorri the priest was the chief man in the award, and others with him. Then the)Tj
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(manslaughters were set off the one against the other, and those men who were over and above were)Tj
T*
(paid for in fines. They also made an award in the suit about the Burning.)Tj
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(to be set off against that of Hauskuld the Whiteness priest. Both Grim and Helgi were to be paid for)Tj
T*
(with double fines; and one full man-fine should be paid for each of those who had been burnt in the )Tj
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(house.)Tj
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(No atonement was taken for the slaying of Thord Kari’s son.)Tj
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(It was also in the award that Flosi and all the Burners should go abroad into banishment, and none of)Tj
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(them was to sail the same summer unless he chose; but if he did not sail abroad by the time that three)Tj
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(winters were spent, then he and all the Burners were to become thorough outlaws. And it was also said)Tj
T*
(that their outlawry might be proclaimed either at the Harvest-Thing or Spring-Thing, whichever men)Tj
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(chose; and Flosi was to stay abroad three winters.)Tj
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(As for Gunnar Lambi’s son, and Grani Gunnar’s son. Glum Hilldir’s son, and Kol Thorstein’s son,)Tj
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(they were never to be allowed to come back.)Tj
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(Then Flosi was asked if he would wish to have a price put upon his wound, but he said he would not)Tj
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(take bribes for his hurt.)Tj
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(Eyjolf Bolverk’s son had no fine awarded for him, for his unfairness and wrongfulness.)Tj
T*
(And now the settlement and atonement was handselled, and was well kept afterwards.)Tj
T*
(Asgrim and his friends gave Snorri the priest good gifts, and he had great honour from these suits.)Tj
T*
(Skapti got a fine for his hurt.)Tj
T*
(Gizur the white, and Hjallti Skeggi’s son, and Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son, asked Gudmund the powerful)Tj
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(Thorgeir Craggeir asked Kari to go along with him, but yet first of all they rode with Gudmund right)Tj
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(up to the fells north. Kari gave Gudmund a golden brooch, but Thorgeir gave him a silver belt, and)Tj
T*
(each was the greatest treasure. So they parted with the utmost friendship, and Gudmund is out of this )Tj
T*
(story.)Tj
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(Kari and Thorgeir rode south from the fell, and down to the Rapes,ö and so to Thurso-water.)Tj
T*
(Flosi, and the Burners along with him, rode east to Fleetlithe, and he allowed the sons of Sigfus to)Tj
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T*
(the powerful, and so the Burners thought that Kari and his friend must mean to stay in the north)Tj
T*
(country; and then the sons of Sigfus asked leave to go east under Eyjafell to get in their money, for)Tj
T*
(they had money out on call at Headbrink. Flosi gave them leave to do that, but still bade them be ware)Tj
T*
(of themselves, and be as short a time about it as they could.)Tj
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(Then Flosi rode up by Godaland, and so north of Eyjafell Jokul, and did not draw bridle before he)Tj
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(came home east to Swinefell.)Tj
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(Now it must be said that Hall of the Side had suffered his son to fall without a fine, and did that for the)Tj
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T*
(money so paid was not less than eight hundred in silver, but that was four times the price of a man; but)Tj
T*
(all the others who had been with Flosi got no fines paid for their hurts, and were very ill pleased at it.)Tj
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(Those two, Kari Solmund’s and Thorgeir Craggeir, rode that day east across Markfleet, and so on east)Tj
T*
(to Selialandsmull. They found there some women. The wives knew them, and said to them - )Tj
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("Ye two are less wanton than the sons of Sigfus yonder, but still ye fare unwarily.")Tj
T*
("Why do ye talk thus of the sons of Sigfus, or what do ye know about them?")Tj
T*
("They were last night," they said, "at Raufarfell, and meant to get to Myrdale to-night, but still we)Tj
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(thought they must have some fear of you, for they asked when he would be likely to come home.")Tj
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(Then Kari and Thorgeir went on their way and spurred their horses.)Tj
T*
("What shall we lay down for ourselves to do now," said Thorgeir, "or what is most to thy mind? Wilt)Tj
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(thou that we ride on their track?")Tj
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("I will not hinder this," answers Kari, "nor will I say what ought to be done, for it may often be that)Tj
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(those live Long who are slain with words alone;ö but I well know what thou meanest to take on)Tj
T*
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("Slain is this one," said Thorgeir; and down the man fell at once, and was dead.)Tj
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(Now Thorgeir turns against Leidolf the strong, and each hewed at the other at the same moment, and)Tj
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("Thither to Holt," he said.)Tj
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(They said they were sure he went on a good errand.)Tj
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(take it; but that Kari would take no atonement.)Tj
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("There are few men like Kari," said Flosi, "and I would that my mind were shapen altogether like his.")Tj
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(Hall and Kol stayed there some while, and afterwards they rode west at the time agreed on to the)Tj
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(Flosi went quickly into all these terms.)Tj
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(Thorgeir neither gave up the banishment nor the outlawry.)Tj
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(Now Flosi and Hall rode home east, and then Hall said to Flosi - )Tj
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("Keep this atonement well, son-in-law, both as to going abroad and the pilgrimage to Rome,ö and the)Tj
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(Flosi said it should be so.)Tj
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("Thou hast no need to ride away," says Thorgeir, "for it was laid down in our atonement that thou)Tj
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(After that Kari rode away. He had two horses and his weapons and outer clothing, and some ready)Tj
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(Now Kari rode west by Selialandsmull and up along Markfleet, and so on up into Thorsmark. There)Tj
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(Bjorn was a man who was always boasting and praising himself, but his housewife thought that bad.)Tj
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(He was sharpsighted and swift of foot.)Tj
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(Kari was there some while in hiding, and few men knew of it.)Tj
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(Now Flosi spoke to the Burners, his companions - )Tj
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("It will no longer serve our turn to sit still, for now we shall have to think of our going abroad and of)Tj
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(They bade him see to all that. Then Flosi said - )Tj
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(from Drontheim, but he wants to take to him a wife here, and he will not get the match made unless he)Tj
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(settles himself down here. We will buy the ship of him, for we shall have many men and little freight.)Tj
T*
(The ship is big and will take us all.")Tj
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(Then they ceased talking of it.)Tj
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(Flosi made over the land at Borgarhaven to the Easterling, but shook hands on the bargain for the ship.)Tj
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(yourselves as ye may. Thou, too, Kettle of the Mark, shalt bear in mind that dream which I told thee,)Tj
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(and which thou prayedst me to hide; for many are those in thy company who were then called.")Tj
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(Now they spoke no more about it.)Tj
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(After that the sons of Sigfus busked them and those men with them who were meant to go with them.)Tj
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(They were eight in all, and then they rode away, and ere they went they kissed Flosi, and he bade them)Tj
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(farewell, and said he and some of those who rode away would not see each other more. But they)Tj
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(would not let themselves be hindered. They rode now on their way, and Flosi said that they should)Tj
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(After that they rode to Skaptartongue, and so on the fell, and north of Eyjafell Jokul, and down into)Tj
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(Godaland, and so down into the woods in Thorsmark.)Tj
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(Bjorn of the Mark caught sight of them coming, and went at once to meet them.)Tj
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(Then they greeted each other well, and the sons of Sigfus asked after Kari Solmund’s son.)Tj
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("I met Kari," said Bjorn, "and that is now very long since; he rode hence north on Goose-sand, and)Tj
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(Grani Gunnar’s son said - )Tj
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(With that they parted.)Tj
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(Now the sons of Sigfus rode to their homes, and their households were glad to see them. They were)Tj
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(Kari stayed there six nights after that.)Tj
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("We shall ride east across the fell and down into Skaptartongue, and fare stealthily over Flosi’s)Tj
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("This is a very riskful journey," said Bjorn, "and few would have the heart to take it save thou and I.")Tj
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("If thou backest Kari ill," said his housewife, "know this, that thou shalt never come afterwards into)Tj
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(Now they rode that day east on the fell to the north of the Jokul, but never on the highway, and so)Tj
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("Are there not but two things to be done," said Bjorn; "one to ride away from them north under the)Tj
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(They believed this, for they knew that Bjorn had money out at call there.)Tj
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(After that they rode east on the fell, and did not stop before they came to Skaptartongue, and so rode)Tj
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(sword and smote at Modolf; but Modolf made a cut at him too, and Kari’s sword fell on Modolf’s hilt,)Tj
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(and glanced off it on to Modolph’s wrist, and took the arm off, and down it fell, and the sword too.)Tj
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(Then Kari’s sword passed on into Modolf’s side, and between his ribs, and so Modolf fell down and)Tj
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(Grani Gunnar’s son snatched up a spear and hurled it at Kari, but Kari thrust down his shield so hard)Tj
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(him, and the spear came on the shield and passed right through it, and into Grani’s thigh just below the)Tj
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(spear before his fellows drew him off it, and carried him away on their shields, and laid him down in a )Tj
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(Then Thorstein Geirleif’s son rushed at Kari, and thought to take him in flank, but Kari caught sight of)Tj
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(anywhere.)Tj
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(Kari and Bjorn hooted and shouted after them as they galloped off. So they rode east to Woodcombe,)Tj
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(and did not draw bridle till they came to Swinefell.)Tj
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(Flosi was not at home when they came thither, and that was why no hue and cry was made thence after )Tj
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(Kari.)Tj
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(This journey of theirs was thought most shameful by all men.)Tj
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(Kari rode to Skal, and gave notice of these manslayings as done by his hand; there, too, he told them)Tj
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(him to the house if he were to live.)Tj
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(now in his power to make as many of the Sidemen as he chose bite the dust; to which they said it was)Tj
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(a bad look out.)Tj
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(Then Kari and Bjorn ride away from the house.)Tj
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(Then Kari asked Bjorn - )Tj
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("What counsel shall we take now? Now I will try what thy wit is worth.")Tj
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("Dost thou think now," answered Bjorn, "that much lies on our being as wise as ever we can?")Tj
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("Ay," said Kari, "I think so surely.")Tj
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("Then our counsel is soon taken," says Bjorn. "We will cheat them all as though they were giants; and)Tj
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(now we will make as though we were riding north on the fell, but as soon as ever we are out of sight)Tj
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(behind the brae, we will turn down along Skaptarwater, and hide us there where we think handiest, so)Tj
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("So will we do," said Kari; "and this I had meant to do all along.")Tj
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("And so you may put it to the proof," said Bjorn, "that I am no more of an everyday body in wit than I)Tj
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(Now Kari and his companion rode as they had purposed down along Skaptarwater, till they came)Tj
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(Then Kari went away under a jutting crag, and Bjorn said - )Tj
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("Where shall I stand now?")Tj
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("Well!" answers Kari, "now there are two choices before thee; one is, that thou standest at my back)Tj
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(another thing is, that I well know what game they will think there is in me, and so they will ride after)Tj
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(me, two or three of them, and then I should be of no use or help to thee after all. No! I will rather stand)Tj
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(Then they had not long to wait ere horses with pack-saddles were driven by them over the moor, and)Tj
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(with them went three men.)Tj
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(Then Kari said - )Tj
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("These men see us not.")Tj
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("Then let us suffer them to ride on," said Bjorn.)Tj
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(So those three rode on past them; but the six others then came riding right up to them, and they all)Tj
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(First, Glum Hilldir’s son rushed at them, and thrust at Kari with a spear; Kari turned short round on his)Tj
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(Then Vebrand and Asbrand the sons of Thorbrand ran up to Kari, but Kari flew at Vebrand and thrust)Tj
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(In this bout both Kari and Bjorn were wounded.)Tj
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(Then Kettle of the Mark rushed at Kari, and thrust at him with his spear. Kari threw up his leg, and the)Tj
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(- )Tj
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(Kettle answers never a word, but rode away after his companions, and told those the tidings who did)Tj
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(not know them already.)Tj
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(They told also these tidings to the men of the Hundred, and they gathered together at once a great force)Tj
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(Now we must tell of Bjorn and Kari that they ride down on the Sand, and lead their horses under the)Tj
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(made such a near guess, that he rode away thence at the very time that they gave over seeking for him.)Tj
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(He rode by night up through the Hundred, and after that he took to the fell; and so on all the same way)Tj
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(as they had followed when they rode east, and did not stop till they came to Midmark.)Tj
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(Then Bjorn said to Kari - )Tj
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(to thee.")Tj
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("So it shall be; never fear," says Kari.)Tj
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("Our troubles have rather grown greater, old lass!")Tj
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("Bare is back," he answers, "without brother behind it, and Bjorn behaved well to me. He wounded)Tj
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(three men, and, besides, he is wounded himself, and he stuck as close to me as he could in everything.")Tj
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(They were three nights there, and after that they rode to Holt to Thorgeir, and told him alone these)Tj
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(Thorgeir thanked him, and it was quite plain that he was glad at what he heard. He asked Kari what)Tj
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(now was undone which he meant to do.)Tj
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("I mean," answers Kari, "to kill Gunnar Lambi’s son and Kol Thorstein’s son, if I can get a chance.)Tj
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(Then we have slain fifteen men, reckoning those five whom we two slew together. But one boon I will)Tj
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(now ask of thee.")Tj
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(Thorgeir said he would grant him whatever he asked.)Tj
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("I wish, then, that thou wilt take under thy safeguard this man whose name is Bjorn, and who has been)Tj
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(stocked here close by thee, and so hold thy hand over him that no vengeance may befall him; but all)Tj
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(this will be an easy matter for thee who art such a chief.")Tj
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("So it shall be," says Thorgeir.)Tj
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(Then he gave Bjorn a ready-stocked farm at Asolfskal, but he took the farm in the Mark into his own)Tj
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(Bjorn was thought to be much more of a man than he had been before.)Tj
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(Then Kari rode away, and did not draw rein till he came west to Tongue to Asgrim Ellidagrim’s son.)Tj
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(He gave Kari a most hearty welcome, and Kari told him of all the tidings that had happened in these )Tj
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(slayings.)Tj
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(Asgrim was well pleased at them, and asked what Kari meant to do next.)Tj
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("I mean," said Kari, "to fare abroad after them, and so dog their footsteps and slay them, if I can get at )Tj
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("Take them all," said the Earl.)Tj
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(Have the Princes heard how sturdy)Tj
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(Seahorse racers sought revenge?)Tj
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(High the shield’s broad orb aloft,)Tj
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("There is no man like Kari for dash and daring.")Tj
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(It was so settled that Earl Sigurd was to come with all his host to Dublin by Palm Sunday.)Tj
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(This wonder lasted all till day, and a man had died on board every ship.)Tj
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(Then they slept again the day after.)Tj
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(The Earl came with all his host on Palm Sunday to Dublin, and there too was come Brodir with all his )Tj
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(Friday King Brian would fall but win the day; but if they fought before, they would all fall who were)Tj
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(Brodir was on one wing of the battle, but King Sigtrygg on the other.)Tj
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(But in mid battle was Kerthialfad, and before him the banners were borne.)Tj
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(THE WOOF OF WAR.)Tj
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(For warriors’ fall,)Tj
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(Lo! weft in loom)Tj
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(Now fight foreboding,)Tj
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(’Neath friends’ swift fingers,)Tj
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(Our gray woof waxeth)Tj
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(Our warp bloodred,)Tj
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(Our weft corseblue.)Tj
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(This woof is y-woven)Tj
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(Our loom ironbound,)Tj
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(This war-woof we work;)Tj
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(So weave we, weird sisters,)Tj
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(Our warwinning woof.)Tj
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(Now War-winner walketh)Tj
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(To weave in her turn.)Tj
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(Now Swordswinger steppeth,)Tj
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(Now Swiftstroke, now Storm;)Tj
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(When they speed the shuttle)Tj
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(How spear-heads shall flash!)Tj
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(Shields crash, and helmgnawerö)Tj
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(On harness bite hard!)Tj
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(Wind we, wind swiftly)Tj
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(Our warwinning woof.)Tj
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(Woof erst for king youthful)Tj
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(Foredoomed as his own,)Tj
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(Forth now we will ride,)Tj
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(Then through the ranks rushing)Tj
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(Be busy where friends)Tj
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(Blows blithe give and take.)Tj
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(Wind we, wind swiftly)Tj
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(Our warwinning woof,)Tj
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(After that let us steadfastly)Tj
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(Stand by the brave king;)Tj
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(Then men shall mark mournful)Tj
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(Their shields red with gore,)Tj
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(How Swordstroke and Spearthrust)Tj
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(Stood stout by the prince.)Tj
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(Wind we, wind swiftly)Tj
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(Our warwinning woof;)Tj
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(To banners rush on,)Tj
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(Mind, maidens, we spare not)Tj
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(One life in the fray!)Tj
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(We corse-choosing sisters)Tj
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(Have charge of the slain.)Tj
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(Now new-coming nations)Tj
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(That island shall rule.)Tj
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(Who on outlying headlands)Tj
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(Abode ere the fight;)Tj
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(I say that King mighty)Tj
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(To death now is done,)Tj
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(Now low before spearpoint)Tj
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(That Earl bows his head.)Tj
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(Soon over all Ersemen)Tj
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(Sharp sorrow shall fall,)Tj
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(That woe to those warriors)Tj
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(Shall wane nevermore;)Tj
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(Our woof now is woven.)Tj
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(Now battle-field waste,)Tj
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(O’er land and o’er water)Tj
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(War tidings shall leap.)Tj
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(Now surely ’tis gruesome)Tj
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(To gaze all around,)Tj
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(When bloodred through heaven)Tj
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(Drives cloudrack o’er head;)Tj
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(Air soon shall be deep hued)Tj
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(When this our spaedom)Tj
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(Comes speedy to pass.)Tj
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(So cheerily chant we)Tj
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(Charms for the young king,)Tj
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(Come maidens lift loudly)Tj
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(His warwinning lay;)Tj
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(Let him who now listens)Tj
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(Learn well with his ears,)Tj
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(And gladden brave swordsmen)Tj
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(With bursts of war’s song.)Tj
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(Now mount we our horses,)Tj
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(Now bare we our brands,)Tj
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(Now haste we hard, maidens,)Tj
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(Hence far, far away.)Tj
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(Now Daurrud goes away from the slit, and home; but they got on their steeds and rode six to the south,)Tj
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(At Swinefell, in Iceland, blood came on the priest’s stole on Good Friday, so that he had to put it off.)Tj
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(I have been where warriors wrestled,)Tj
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(High in Erin sang the sword,)Tj
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(Boss to boss met many bucklers.)Tj
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(Brian fell, but kept his kingdom)Tj
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(Ere he lost one drop of blood.)Tj
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(Then they sailed north to Beruwick, and laid up their ship, and fared up into Whitherne in Scotland,)Tj
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(and were with Earl Malcolm that year.)Tj
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(Flosi never uttered any wrathful words against Kari.)Tj
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(Thence Flosi fared south across the sea and began his pilgrimage, and went on south, and did not stop)Tj
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(Now he sailed out to Iceland, and ran into Hornfirth, and thence fared home to Swinefell. He had then)Tj
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T*
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(These were the children of Kari Solmund’s son and Helga Njal’s daughter - Thorgerda and Ragneida,)Tj
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(Valgerda, and Thord who was burnt in Njal’s house. But the children of Hildigunna and Kari were)Tj
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(The son of Burning-Flosi was Kolbein, who has been the most famous man of any of that stock.)Tj
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(And here we end the saga of Burnt Njal.)Tj
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