BATTLE OF 1>1' Ml I'.IDI. \ \~ 



blow; fear entered many breasts, and they said that none in 

 the host was his like ; he had his arms bloody up to his 

 shoulders, and never ceased with this onset till near mid-day. 

 King Humli fought best of the Hunar next to Hlodver, and 

 none to whom he dealt a sword blow had a chance of living. 

 Of the Gota-host, King Angantyr, Herlaug, and Gizr the Old 

 fought best ; Angantyr always slew twelve at a blow if he 

 found them standing together; for a long time the brothers 

 did not look at each other, and rode past each other. Many a 

 thick helmet was cleft, and many a strong brynja torn ; there 

 one could see many riders cut asunder and many horses 

 running with their saddles empty. The arrows and the spears 

 flew so thickly that the sun could not be seen, and the din ot 

 weapons was so loud that no man understood what was spoken ; 

 many events took place, though few are mentioned here. 



" King Humli and Ormar met in the battle, and exchanged 

 hard blows, and at last Ormar fell dead. Gizr the Old saw this, 

 and struck at King Humli ; the sword hit his shoulder, and cut 

 off his arm and his side ; the king fell dead from his horse. Hlod 

 saw this, and rode to Gizr and smote on his helmet with all his 

 strength, and cleft the head, the brynja, the body, the saddle 

 and the horse through the middle ; the sword stuck in the 

 ground. Herlaug was near, and rode to Hlodver and said : ' I 

 am daring enough to slay this Troll, or I will get a blow from 

 him like that which Gizr got.' He struck at Hlodver with all 

 his strength, and hit his helmet and cut off the part he hit ; 

 then his sword was turned to the shoulder, and cut the brynja, 

 and Hlodver was slightly wounded ; then he smote at Herlaug, 

 who retreated ; nevertheless the sword-point touched his breast, 

 and cut his brynja and his belly open. Angantyr saw this, 

 and riding forward between them, struck at Hlodver with 

 Tyrfing. Hlodver parried with his sword, and Tyrfing hit it 

 in the middle; it gave a loud clang; they fought thus long 

 during the day that Angantyr could neither hit him with thrift 

 nor blows ; then Angantyr cut both the guards off Hlodver's 

 sword with Tyrfing, but he did not slacken at that. Now 

 Hlod smote on Angantyr's helmet, but it was so hard that the 

 blow did no harm ; the sword broke in two where Tyrfing had 

 hit it before. Once more Angantyr struck at Hlodver, but he 

 parried with the rest of his sword ; Tyrfing hit his shoulder at 

 the breast, and its point went inwards ; Angantyr did no more, 

 and they parted thus ; the battle at once ceased. So many 

 were slain of the - Huna-host that only three hundred men 

 lived of all the great number, and these were all wounded and 

 tired; fifteen thousand lived of Angantyr's and Herlaug's 

 men. Angantyr offered peace to the Hunar, which they 



