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Fool-Egil saved himself got the boat clear, after which he rowed back 
again, as he could not find Thormod, who, alternately swimming above 
and under water, had reached land taking an axe along with him. He 
now wrung his wet clothes, and repaired to the farm Матаг [in the 
eastern fiord] the inhabitants of which lived in enmity with Ziot and 
Thorun. He went to Langaness accompanied by a man, where he had 
Liot called out. He came out with his spear in his hand and when 
his eye fell on Thormod he struck at him with it; but Thormod parried 
the thrust with his axe, which fell down on his own foot giving him 
a deep wound. Thormod’s companion now cut at Liot, as he bent 
forward to strike Thormod again — giving him a bad wound in the 
back. Thereafter they parted. Thormod dressed his wound and went 
in the direction of a fishing hut, which Thorun owned. Here he hid 
himself in the sea-weed on the shore. Towards evening two of 
Thordis’ men came back from fishing. Thormod could hear them talk- 
ing as they came rowing in the boat. They laid down to sleep and 
Thormod tried to escape with their boat. In the mean time, Thordis 
went out on the same night to search him, as it is related, having been 
warned in a dream. Thormod was now obliged to let the boat drift, 
whilst he hid himself in the sea-weed on a little holm. His enemies 
sought him here, they even stuck through the sea-weed, but once more 
he invoked King Olaf's assistance, and he escaped the danger. Now 
Thormod swam from one rock to the other and, — once more through 
King Olaf’s assistance, was again saved that night by a peasant called 
Grim, who took him to Skuf and Biarni. Whilst these two were making 
the last preparations for the journey, Thormod succeeded in finding 
and killing Liot, — and first then he sailed from Greenland and came 
to King Olaf in Norway, who paid him great honour. When the king 
asked him what great deeds he had achieved, he sang: 
“Thorgrim Trolle I felled 
heavily fell the champion to the earth 
Death I Liot prepared 
although he was not afraid of spears, 
Thorkel I robbed of life 
Thord was the fourth I killed, 
Falgeir the chieftain of them 
I killed and laid in earth.” 
And he sung furthermore when the king said that he had let them 
pay dearly: 
“Greenland’smen, who at court 
judged me outlaw, I singed: 
late will they the singing forget 
Hard have I struck the brave ones. 
