After this Egil went aboard the ship. They made sail, and sailed out to sea. Soon the breeze freshened,
and blew strong from a good quarter; so the ship ran on apace. Then sang Egil:

’Forest-foe, fiercely blowing,

Flogs hard and unceasing

With sharp storm the sea-way

That ship’s stern doth plow.

The wind, willow-render,

With icy gust ruthless

Our sea-swan doth buffet

O’er bowsprit and beak.’

Their voyage sped well; from the main they came into Borgar-firth, brought their ship into the haven,
carried their baggage on shore. Egil then went home to Borg; but his crew found them lodging.
Skallagrim was now old and weak with age. Egil took the management of the property and care of the
house.

Chapter 61 - Death of Skallagrim.
There was a man named Thorgeir. He had to wife Thordis Yngvar’s daughter, Egil’s mother’s sister.
Thorgeir dwelt on Swan-ness at Lambstead. He had come out to Iceland with Yngvar. He was wealthy
and much honoured of men. Thorgeir and his wife had a son Thord, who was dwelling at Lambstead
after his father, when Egil now came back to Iceland.

It chanced in the autumn, shortly before winter, that Thord rode in to Borg to find Egil his kinsman;
and he bade him to a banquet. He had had ale brewed out at his home. Egil promised to go, and a day
was fixed about a week thence. So when the time came, Egil prepared to go, and with him Asgerdr his
wife; they were a company of ten or twelve in all.

But just when Egil was ready, Skallagrim went out with him, and embracing him before he mounted
said: ’You are late, methinks, Egil, in paying to me that money which king Athelstan sent me. What do
you mean to do with that money?’

Egil answered, ’Are you very short of money, father? I did not know it. I shall at once let you have
silver, when I know you need it; but I know that you still have in your keeping one or two chests full
of silver.’

’I suppose,’ said Skallagrim, ’you think that we have made our division of the movable property. You
must now be content if I do what I like with that money I have in keeping.’

Egil answered: ’You cannot think you need to ask any leave from me in this; for you will choose to
have it your own way, whatever I may say.’