CHAPTER CXXXIX.
OF ASGRIM AND GUDMUND.
And when they came into the booth then they saw where Gudmund the powerful sate and talked with Einer Conal's son, his foster-child; he was a wise man.
Then they come before him, and Gudmund welcomed them very heartily, and made them clear the booth for them, that they might all be able to sit down.
Then they asked what tidings, and Asgrim said—
"There is no need to mutter what I have to say. We wish, Gudmund, to ask for thy steadfast help."
"Have ye seen any other chiefs before?" said Gudmund.
They said they had been to see Skapti Thorod's son and Snorri the priest, and told him quietly how they had fared with each of them.
Then Gudmund said—