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NOTES 147
right across the shoulders ; the sword did not bite, but it seemed as if
dust flew out of the reindeer-skin. Hereof tells Sigvat:
The bounteous king most clearly
Himself found how the wise-work
Of the witchcrafty Finn-folk
Saved the big-fashioned Thorir ;
When the scatterer of the fire
Of the mast-knop smote the shoulders
Of Hound, and the sword gold-broidered
Blunted, would bite in nowise.
“Then Thorir smote at the king, and sundry blows they gave and
took ; but the sword of the king bit not, whereas the reindeer-skin was
in the way, yet was Thorir hurt in the hand.” (Chapter 240.)
Pace 111. Thou, Bjorn, smite the dog down.
“The king said to Bjorn the Marshal : ‘Smite thou the hound whom
iron will bite not.’ Bjorn turned the axe in his hand and smote with the
hammer thereof, and the blow took Thorir on the shoulder and was
a full mighty blow, and Thorir staggered thereat. ... Then Thorir
Hound thrust a spear at Bjorn the Marshal, and smote him in the
midst, and gave him a bane-wound. Then spake Thorir ; ‘Thus bait
we the bears.’”” (Chapter 240.)
Pace 112. There fell also Gissur.
“Therewith fell also Thorfin Mouth, and Gizur Goldbrow; but on him
had two men set, and one he slew and the other he hurt, or ever he fell
himself.” (Chapter 229.)
Pace 112. There was also Tormod Fatally wounded.
In making Tormod die on the field in defence of the King, Bjornson
departs from the saga-version, which reads as follows: ““Thormud Coal-
brow-skald was in the battle under the banner of the king. And when
the king was fallen, and the onset was at its fiercest, then fell the king’s
company each by the other, but most of them were wounded who stood
up. Thormod was sore hurt, and he did then as other men, who all
drew aback from there where they deemed was most risk of life, but
some ran. Then arose the fight which is called Day’s Brunt, wherein
there joined all the host of the king that was still fightworthy. But
‘Thormod came not into that battle, for that he was unmeet for fight-
ing, both through wounds and weariness ; but he stood there beside his
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