And when Egil was ready to depart, Thorfinn and his son escorted them on the road: they being thus
ten or twelve in company. They went with them all that day as a guard against Armod and his house-
carles. But when the tidings were heard how Egil’s band had fought against overwhelming odds in the
wood and conquered, then Armod thought it hopeless to raise shield against Egil: wherefore he with
all his men sat at home. Egil and Thorfinn exchanged gifts at parting, and pledged themselves to
friendship. Then Egil and his men went their way, and no tidings are told of their journey before they
came to Thorstein’s.

There their wounds were healed. Egil stayed there till spring. But Thorstein sent messengers to king
Hacon to bring him the tribute for which Egil had gone to Vermaland. Who, when they came before
the king, told him the tidings of what had been done in Egil’s journey, and brought him the tribute.
The king was now sure that what he had before suspected was true, namely, that earl Arnvid had
caused the slaying of the two companies of messengers sent eastwards by him. The king said that
Thorstein should have leave to dwell in the land, and should be reconciled to him. Then the
messengers returned home; and on coming to Thorstein’s told him that the king was well pleased with
this Vermaland journey, and that Thorstein was now to have reconciliation and friendship with the
king.

King Hacon in the summer went eastwards to Vik: whence he journeyed still eastwards to Vermaland
with a large force. Earl Arnvid fled away; but the king took large fines from those landowners whom
he thought guilty against him according to the report of those who went after the tribute. He set over
the land another earl, taking hostages of him and of the landowners. In this expedition Hacon went far
and wide about western Gautland and subdued it, as is told in his Saga, and is found in the poems
composed about him. It is also told that he went to Denmark, and harried there far and wide. Then was
it that with two ships he disabled twelve ships of the Danes, and gave to Tryggva, son of his brother
Olaf, the name of king and the rule over Vik eastwards.

Egil in the summer made ready his merchant-ship and got thereto a crew. But the long-ship that he had
brought from Denmark in the autumn he gave to Thorstein at parting. Thorstein gave Egil good gifts,
and they pledged them to close friendship. Egil sent messengers to Thord, his wife’s kinsman, at
Aurland, and gave him charge to arrange for those lands that Egil owned in Sogn and Hordaland,
bidding him sell them if there were a buyer. And when Egil was ready for his voyage, they sailed out
along the bay, and then northwards along the Norway coast, and afterwards out into the main. They
had a fairly good breeze, and came from the main into Borgar-firth; and Egil steered his ship up the
firth to the haven close to his own house. He had his cargo conveyed home, and his ship set up on
wooden props. Egil went home to his house: fain were folk to see him; and there he stayed for that
winter.

Chapter 80 - Of the marriages of Egil’s daughters.
By the time that Egil came out to Iceland from this journey, the whole district was settled. All the
original land-takers were dead, but their sons or sons’ sons were living, and dwelt there in the district.
There was a man named Grim, son of Sverting; he dwelt at Moss-fell below the heath; rich was he and
of good family; his sister was Rannveig whom Thorod, the priest in Olvos, had to wife; their son was
Skapti the lawman. Grim was also afterwards lawman. He asked to wife Thordis daughter of Thorolf
Egil’s brother, and stepdaughter of Egil. Egil loved Thordis no whit less than his own children. She
was a very beautiful woman. And since Egil knew that Grim was a wealthy man and the match was a
good one, it was so settled, and Thordis was given to Grim. Then Egil paid over to her her father’s
heritage, and she went home with Grim, and the pair dwelt long at Moss-fell.