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But great shame and grief had Thorbiorn Angle from all these words. <i>Of the Carline's evil Gift to Grettir</i>. Now wore away the time of autumn till it wanted but three weeks of winter; then the carline bade bear her to the sea-shore. Thorbiorn asked what she would there. "Little is my errand, yet maybe," she says, "it is a foreboding of greater tidings."
"<i>All things bide their day</i>," said Thorbiorn, "and an ill day thou bidest." "I am content to risk it," said Grettir; and in such wise they parted, and Thorbiorn went home. <i>How Noise let the fire out on Drangey, and how Grettir must needs go aland for more</i>.
"Thou speakest marvellously of such a man," said they, "nor would Grettir like thy words well, if he heard them." "That must I bear," said Thorbiorn, "and higher must Grettir bear the sword than he did last summer at Ramfirth-neck, if I am to tremble at him."
Then Thorbiorn ran against Grettir and smote at him, but he thrust forth his buckler with his left hand, and put the blow from him, and smote with the short-sword withal, and cleft the shield of Thorbiorn, and the short-sword smote so hard into his head that it went even unto the brain, and he fell dead to earth beneath that stroke, nor did Grettir give him any other wound.
"Oddo," replied Geirrida, "will be of no aid to thee; but go, since thou wilt go, and pay the penalty of thy own rashness." In their way they visited the rival matron, and Gunlaugar was invited to remain in her house that night. This he declined, and, passing forward alone, was next morning found lying before the gate of his father Thorbiorn, severely wounded and deprived of his judgment.
Thorbiorn Angle went home to Woodwick, and deemed he had done in manly wise in this journey; but Grettir's head they laid in salt in the out-bower at Woodwick, which was called therefrom Grettir's-bower; and there it lay the winter long. But Angle was exceeding ill thought of for this work of his, as soon as folk knew that Grettir had been overcome by sorcery.
Afterwards Sweyn and Earl Harold were reconciled, and Sweyn and Thorbiorn Klerk and Eric Stagbrellir went on a viking cruise to the Hebrides, and, after a great victory at the Scilly Isles, returned with much booty to Orkney.
Then said Thorod Drapa-Stump, "And who shall answer for the slaying of Thorbiorn my brother?" "See ye to that for yourselves," said Skapti; "but the kin of Grettir will never pour out fee for him or his works, if no peace is to be bought for him."
Skeggi the Short-handed took the household at Biarg after Asdis, and a mighty man he was; his son was Gamli, the father of Skeggi of Scarf-stead, and Asdis the mother of Odd the Monk. Many men are come from him. <i>Thorbiorn Angle goes to Norway, and thence to Micklegarth</i>.
"A great game hast thou played with us," said Thorbiorn; "but thou seemest not much afeard for thyself." Thus a long while they gave and took in words, and came nowise together hereon.
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