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' Kalf Arnason then raised his banner, and drew up 

 his house-servants along with Harek of Thiotto and his 

 men. Thorir Hund with his troop was at the head of 

 the order of battle in front of the banner, and on both 

 sides of Thorir was a chosen body of bonders, all of 

 them the most active and best armed in the forces. 

 This part of the array was long and thick, and in it 

 were drawn up the Throndhjem people and the Haloga- 

 landers. On the right wing was another array ; and 

 on the left of the main array were drawn up the men 

 from Rogaland, Hordaland, the fjord districts, and 

 Sogn, and they had the third banner. 



' There was a man called Thorstein Knarrarsmid, who 

 was a merchant and master ship-carpenter, stout and 

 strong, very passionate, and a great man-slayer. He 

 had been in enmity against King Olaf, who had taken 

 from him a new and large merchant vessel he had 

 built, on account of some manslaughter. (A mulct, in- 

 curred by one of his misdeeds, which went to the 

 king.) Thorstein, who was with the bonders' army, 

 went forward in front of the line in which Thorir Hund 

 stood, and said : " Here I will be, Thorir, in your ranks; 

 for I think, if I and King Olaf meet, to be the first to 

 drive a weapon at him, if I can get so near, to repay 

 him for the robbery of the ship he took from me, which 

 was the best that ever went on merchant voyage." 

 Thorir and his men received Thorstein, and he went 

 into their ranks. 



' When the bonders' men and array were drawn up, 

 the lendermen addressed the men, and ordered them to 

 take notice of the place to which each man belonged, 

 under which banner each should be, who there were in 



