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and into his belly. Then Kalf struck at him on the 

 left side of the neck. But all are not agreed upon Kalf 

 having been the man who gave him the wound in the 

 neck. These three wounds were King Olaf s death ; 

 and after the king's death the greater part of the forces 

 which had advanced with him fell with the king. 



'^Dag Hringsson still kept up the battle, and made in 

 the beginning so fierce an assault that the bonders gave 

 way, and some betook themselves to flight. There a 

 great number of the bonders fell, and these lendermen, 

 Erlend of Gerdi, and Aslak of Finno, and the banner 

 also which they had stood under was cut down. This 

 onset was particularly hot, and was called Dag's storm. 

 But now Kalf Arnason, Harek of Thiotto, and Thorir 

 Hund turned against Dag, with the array which had 

 followed them, and then Dag was overwhelmed with 

 numbers ; so he betook himself to flight with the men 

 still left him. There was a valley through which the 

 main body of the fugitives fled, and men lay scattered 

 in heaps on both sides ; and many were severely 

 wounded, and many so fatigued that they were fit for 

 nothing. The bonders pursued only a short way ; for 

 their leaders soon returned back to the field of battle; 

 where they had their friends and relations to look after. 



' Thorir Hund went to where King Olaf s body lay, 

 took care of it, laid it straight out on the ground, and 

 spread a cloak over it. He told since that when he 

 wiped the blood from the face it was very beautiful ; 

 and there was red in the cheeks, as if he only slept, 

 and even much clearer than when he was in life. The 

 king's blood came on Thorir's hand, and ran up between 

 his fingers to w^here he had been wounded, and the 



