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out but little because the wound was swollen. Then said Thormod:
‘Shear thou up to the iron, so that it may be well caught by the tongs,
and then give them to me, and let me pull at it.’
“She did as he bade. Then Thormod took a gold ring off his arm,
and gave it to the leech, and bade her do with it what she would. ‘The
giver is good,’ says he; ‘King Olaf gave me the ring this morning.’
“Then Thormod took the tongs, and pulled out the arrow; and on
the barbs of it lay sinews from the heart, some red, some white. And
when he saw that, he said : ‘Well hath the king fed us; fat am I yet
at the heart-roots.” Then he sank aback and was dead. And there is an
end to the tale of Thormod.” (Chapters 246, 247.)
Pace 112. The King was in danger.
In the saga, the death of King Olaf follows immediately upon the slay-
ing of Bjorn by Tore Hund. The account is as follows : “Thorstein
Shipwright smote at King Olaf with an axe, and the blow struck the
left lez anigh the knee and above it. Finn Arnison smote Thorstein
down forthwith. But at this wound the king leaned him up against
a stone and threw away his sword, and bade God help him. Then
Thorir Hund thrust a spear at him. The thrust came on him below
the byrny, and ran up into the belly. Then Kalf hewed at him, and
that blow took him on the left side of the neck. But men are sundered
on the matter, where Kalf gave the king his wound. These three
wounds the king got towards the loss of his life. But after his fall, then
most all the company fell which had gone forth with the king.” (Chap-
ter 240.)
PaGeé115. THE NicuT AFTER. Tore Hund Sat ona rock by the King’s body.
“Thorir Hund went thereto where was the body of King Olaf, and
gave lyke-help to it, laying the body down and straightening it and
spreading a cloth thereover. And when he wiped the blood off the face,
he said thereof afterwards, that the face of the king was so fair, that the
cheeks were even as ruddy, as he were asleep ; but a mickle brighter
than it was afore, while he was yet alive. Then came the blood of the
king on to the hand of Thorir, and ran up unto the grip where he had
afore gotten his hurt; and there was no need of any binding up of that
hurt henceforth, so speedy was the healing thereof. Thorir bore wit-
ness to this hap himself, when the holiness of’ King Olaf became known
to all folk; and Thorir Hound was the first among the mighty men
who had been of the host of his foes to uphold the holiness of the king.”
(Chapter 242.)
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