Egil's Saga (Penguin Classics) by Leifur Eiriksson

Author:Leifur Eiriksson [Eiriksson, Leifur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141930527
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2004-09-30T04:00:00+00:00

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King Athelstan left the scene of the battle and his men pursued those who had fled. He rode back to the fortress without stopping for the night until he reached it, while Egil pursued the fleeing troops for a long time, killing every one of them that he caught. Then he returned to the scene of the battle with his band of men and found his dead brother Thorolf. He picked up his body and washed it, then dressed the corpse according to custom. They dug a grave there and buried Thorolf in it with his full weaponry and armour. Egil clasped a gold ring on to each of his arms before he left him, then they piled rocks over the grave and sprinkled it with earth. Then Egil spoke a verse:

17. The slayer of the earl, unfearing,

ventured bravely forth

in the thunder god's din:

bold-hearted Thorolf fell.

The ground will grow over

my great brother near Wen;

deep as my sorrow is

I must keep it to myself.

thunder god's din: battle

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