Much provision was needed for this farm, and Thorir had gone to Eyrar for this, to buy a cargo, malt,
wheat, and honey; and much wealth of the king’s had he for that end. Thorolf made for this ship, and
offered Thorir and his crew the choice to defend themselves, but, as they had no force to make defence
against such numbers, they yielded. The ship with all its freight Thorolf took, but Thorir he put out on
an island.

Then he sailed northwards along the coast with both the ships; but when they came to the mouth of the
Elbe, they lay there and waited for night. And when it was dark, they rowed their long-ship up the
river and stood in for the farm-buildings belonging to Hallvard and Sigtrygg. They came there before
daybreak, and formed a ring of men round the place, then raised a war-whoop and wakened those
within, who quickly leapt up to their weapons. Thorgeir at once fled from his bedchamber. Round the
farmhouse were high wooden palings: at these Thorgeir leapt, grasping with his hand the stakes, and
so swung himself out of the yard. Thorgils Yeller was standing near; he made a sweep with his sword
at Thorgeir, and cut off his hand along with the fence-stake. Then Thorgeir escaped to the wood, but
Thord, his brother, fell slain there, and more than twenty men. Thorolf’s band plundered and burnt the
house, then went back down the river to the sea.

With a fair wind they sailed north to Vik; there again they fell in with a large merchant-ship belonging
to men of Vik, laden with malt and meal. For this ship they made; but those on board, deeming they
had no means of defence, yielded, and were disarmed and put on shore, and Thorolf’s men, taking the
ship and its cargo, went on their way.

Thorolf had now three ships, with which he sailed westwards by Fold. Then they took the high road of
the sea to Lidandisness, going with all despatch, but making raid and lifting cattle on ness and shore.
Northwards from Lidandisness they held a course further out, but pillaged wherever they touched land.
But when Thorolf came over against the Firths, then he turned his course inward, and went to see his
father Kveldulf, and there they were made welcome. Thorolf told his father what had happened in his
summer voyage; he stayed there but a short time, and Kveldulf and his son Grim accompanied him to
the ship.

But before they parted Thorolf and his father talked together, and Kveldulf said: ’I was not far wrong,
Thorolf, in telling thee, when thou wentest to join king Harold’s guard, that neither thou nor we thy
kindred would in the long run get good-fortune therefrom. Now thou hast taken up the very counsel
against which I warned thee; thou matchest thy force against king Harold’s. But though thou art well
endowed with valour and all prowess, thou hast not luck enough for this, to play on even terms with
the king - a thing wherein no one here in the land has succeeded, though others have had great power
and large force of men. And my foreboding is that this is our last meeting: it were in the course of
nature from our ages that thou shouldst overlive me, but I think it will be otherwise.’

After this Thorolf embarked and went his way. And no tidings are told of his voyage till he arrived
home at Sandness, and caused to be conveyed to his farm all the booty he had taken, and had his ship
set up upon land. There was now no lack of provision to keep his people through the winter. Thorolf
stayed on at home with no fewer men than in the winter before.