104 DANIEL BRUUN. 
Never the wound will heal 
Which I the sword-storm lovers 
struck, if they do not succeed 
The life out of me to take.” 
“There thou art right” said the king. "The wound will heal slowly, 
that thou hast given them.” Thormod now remained with King Olaf 
and was highly esteemed by him, he was considered the bravest man, in 
all the trials of manhood he was put to. He accompanied the king, 
when he left the country, and he shared Olaf's exile with him; he also 
accompanied him back again to Norway, as he thought it better to die 
with him than to outlive him. — —” 
Thormod Kolbrünarskäld fell in the battle of Stiklestad. 
