There was a man named Thorgils Hallason; he was known by his mother’s name, as she lived longer than his father, whose name was Snorri, son of Alf o’ Dales.  Halla, Thorgil’s mother, was daughter of Gest Oddliefson.  Thorgils lived in Horddale at a place called Tongue.  Thorgils was a man great and goodly of body, the greatest swaggerer, and was spoken of as one of no fairness in dealings with men.  Between him and Snorri the Priest there was often little love lost, for Snorri found Thorgils both meddlesome and flaunting of demeanour.  Thorgils would get up many errands on which to go west into the countryside, and always came to Holyfell offering Gudrun to look after her affairs, but she only took the matter quietly and made but little of it all.  Thorgils asked for her son Thorleik to go home with him, and he stayed for the most part at Tongue and learnt law from Thorgils, for he was a man most skilled in law-craft.  At that time Thorkell Eyjolfson was busy in trading journeys; he was a most renowned man, and of high birth, and withal a great friend of Snorri the Priest.  He would always be staying with Thorstein Kuggison, his kinsman, when he was out here (in Iceland). [Sidenote:  The outlaw Grim] Now, one time when Thorkell had a ship standing up in Vadil, on Bardistrand, it befell, in Burgfirth, that the son of Eid of Ridge was killed by the sons of Helga from Kropp.  Grim was the name of the man who had done the manslaughter, and that of his brother was Nial, who was drowned in White-river; a little later on Grim was outlawed to the woods because of the manslaughter, and he lay out in the mountains whilst he was under the award of outlawry.  He was a great man and strong.  Eid was then very old when this happened, so the case was not followed up.  People blamed Thorkell very much that he did not see matters righted. [Sidenote:  Thorkell goes to find Grim] The next spring when Thorkell had got his ship ready he went south across Broadfirth-country, and got a horse there and rode alone, not stopping in his journey till he got as far as Ridge, to Eid, his kinsman.  Eid took him in joyfully.  Thorkell told him his errand, how that he would go and find Grim his outlaw, and asked Eid if he knew at all where his lair was.  Eid answered, “I am nowise eager for this; it seems to me you have much to risk as to how the journey may speed, seeing that you will have to deal with a man of Hel’s strength, such as Grim.  But if you will go, then start with many men, so that you may have it all your own way.”  “That to me is no prowess,” said Thorkell, “to draw together a great company against one man.  But what I wish is, that you would lend me the sword Skofnung, for then I ween I shall be able to overcome a mere runagate, be he never so mighty a man of his hands.”  “You must have your way in this,” said Eid, “but it will not come to me unawares, if, some day, you should come to rue this wilfulness.  But inasmuch as you will have it that you are doing this for my sake, what