on the breast and fell from his horse; and the horse ran away
with the shield (hanging to it).

Cormac's brother Thorgils said this was too much. "It serves him
right," cried Cormac. And when Narfi woke out of his swoon they
got speech of him.

Thorgils asked, "What manner of men were at the wedding?"

Narfi told him.

"Did Steingerd know this before?"

"Not till the very evening they came," answered he; and then told
of his dealings with Vigi, saying that Cormac would find it
easier to whistle on Steingerd's tracks and go on a fool's errand
than to fight Bersi. Then said Cormac: --

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"Now see to thy safety henceforward,
And stick to thy horse and thy buckler;
Or this mallet of mine, I can tell thee,
Will meet with thine ear of a surety.
Now say no more stories of feasting,
Though seven in a day thou couldst tell of,
Or bumps thou shalt comb on thy brainpan,
Thou that breakest the howes of the dead.

Thorgils asked about the settlements between Bersi and Steingerd.
Her kinsmen, said Narfi, were now quit of all farther trouble