Vikings are seldom well met.
Kåre.
If ye be honourable men, ye will grant me refuge among you; Gunnar Headman’s house-carls are hunting me to slay me.
Örnulf.
Gunnar’s?
Sigurd.
Then hast thou done him some wrong!
Kåre.
I have done myself right. Our cattle grazed together upon an island, hard by the coast; Gunnar’s men carried off my best oxen, and one of them flouted me for a thrall. Then I raised my sword against him and slew him.
Örnulf.