It stretches over half the sky, like a flaming sword.

Bård Bratte.

Holy King Olaf, what bodes such a sign of dread?

An Old Vårbælg.

Assuredly it bodes a great chief’s death.

Paul Flida.

Håkon’s death, my good Vårbælgs. He is lying out in the fiord with his fleet; we may look for him in the town to-night. This time, ’tis our turn to conquer!

Bård Bratte.

Trust not to that; there is little heart in the host now.

The Old Vårbælg.