BATTLE OF BllA I 'it LI.. 1 i 1! I 



"Thrand from Thrandheiui, Thorir from Moori ; Ilelgi the 

 White, Bjarni, Hair, Finn from Firda fylki ; Sigurd; Erling 

 the Snake, from Jadar; Saga-Eirik, Holmstein the White, 

 Einar from Egda-fylki ; Hrut the Rambler, Odd the Wide- 

 travelling, Einar, Ivar. 



" The following were the great champions of Hring : Aki. 

 Eyvind, Egil the Squinting, Hildir Gaut, Gudi, Tollus, Stein 

 from the Venern lake, Styr the Strong. 



" These also had a host of their own : Hrani Hildarson, 

 Svein Reaper, Hlaumbodi, Soknarsoti, Hrokkel Hoakja, Hrolf 

 the Woman-loving. There were besides : Dag the Stout, Gerdar 

 the Glad, Duk the Vend, Glum the Vermlander, Saxi the 

 Plunderer, Sali the Gautlander. 



" These from the Swedish realm : Nori, Haki, Karl Kekkja, 

 Krokar, Gunnfast, Glismak the Good. 



" There were from Sigtunir : Sigmund, the Kaupang cham- 

 pion, Tolufrosti. 



" Adils the Gay from Uppsalir stood in front of the standards 

 and the shields and not in the Fylkings ; Sigvaldi, who had 

 come with eleven ships ; Tryggvi and Tvivivil were there with 

 twelve ships ; Loasir had a skeid all manned with champions ; 

 Eirik Helsing had a large dragon, well filled with warriors. 

 Champions had also come to Hring from Thelamork (Thele- 

 niarken) and they were least honoured, for they were thought 

 slow-speaking and slovenly ; these were : Thorkel the Stubborn, 

 Thorleif Goti the Overbearing, Hadd the Hard, Gretti, Hroald 

 Toe. There was yet one more who had come to Hring : 

 Roguvald the Tall, or Radard Hnefi, who was the greatest of 

 all champions ; he was foremost in the point of the wedge ; 

 next to him were Tryggvi and Loesir, and then the sons of 

 Alrek and Yngvi ; then were the Theleruarkians, whom none 

 wanted to have, as they were thought to be of little use ; they 

 were great archers. 



" When these hosts were ready for battle, both had the 

 horns sounded, and raised the war-cry. The arrays met, 

 and the battle was so severe, that it is said in all old 

 Sagas that no battle in the Northern lands was ever fought 

 with so many and so valiant picked men. When it had 

 raged a little while, Ubbi the Frisian, a champion, advanced 

 in front of the host of Harald, and attacked tlu- snout 

 of the array of Hring, and first of all Rognvald ; their 

 fight was very hard, and terrible blows could be seen in the 

 host where these dauntless champions rushed at each other, 

 dealing many and heavy cuts. Ubbi was such a great ch;im- 

 pion that he did not cease until their single fight ended by 

 Eoo-nvald's fall; then he rushed at Tryggvi, and gave him 



