Grettir then said: 

“Together they all their noses laid; they wagged their beards in close converse.  They talked with each other by two and two, regretting the peace they afore declared.”

Then said Hjalti the son of Thord:  “It shall not be so; we will hold the peace with you although our minds have altered.  I would not that men should have the example of our having broken the peace which we ourselves gave and declared.  Grettir shall depart unhindered whithersoever he will, and shall have peace till such time as he reach his home from this journey.  And then this truce shall have expired whatever happen with us.”  They all thanked him for his speech, and thought he had acted as a chieftain should under such circumstances.  Thorbjorn Angle was silent.  Then it was proposed that one or the other of the Thords should close with Grettir, and he said that they might do as they chose.

One of the two brothers Thord then came forward.  Grettir stood upright before him and Thord went for him with all his might, but Grettir never moved from his place.  Then Grettir stretched over across his back and seizing his breeches tripped up his foot and cast him backwards over his head so that he fell heavily upon his shoulders.  Then the people said that both the brothers should tackle him together, and they did so.  There arose a mighty tussle, each in turn having the advantage, although Grettir always had one of them down.  Now one, now the other was brought to his knees or met with a reverse.  So fiercely they gripped that all of them were bruised and bloody.  Everybody thought it splendid sport, and when they ceased thanked them for their wrestling.  Those that were sitting near judged that the two together were no stronger than Grettir alone, although each had the strength of two strong men.  They were so equal that when they strove together neither gained the advantage.  Grettir did not stay long at the Thing.  The bondis asked him to give up the island, but this he refused to do, and they accomplished nothing.

Grettir returned to Drangey where Illugi rejoiced much at seeing him again.  They stayed there in peace and Grettir told them of his journeys; so the summer passed.  All thought the men of Skagafjord had acted most honourably in upholding their peace, and from this may be seen what trusty men lived in those days, after all that Grettir had done against them.  The less wealthy ones among the bondis began to talk amongst themselves and say that there was little profit in keeping a small share of the island, and now offered to sell their holdings to the sons of Thord, but Hjalti said he did not want to buy them.  The bondis stipulated that any one who wanted to buy a share should either kill Grettir or get him away.  Thorbjorn Angle said that he was ready to take the lead, and would spare no pains to attack Grettir if they would pay him for it.  Hjalti his brother resigned to him his share of the island because Thorbjorn was the more violent and was unpopular.  Several other bondis did the same, so that Thorbjorn Angle got a large part of the island at a small price, but he bound himself to get Grettir away.