On the grass of Wetherfirth,

No fierce fighting would avail,

Oxmain in the Odin's gale.

So, and in no other wise,

Has been paid a fitting price

For that Atli, who of yore,

Lay dead-slain anigh his door."

Goodwife Asdis said that was true; "But I know not what rede thou art minded to take?"

Grettir said that he would seek help of his friends and kin in the west; "But on thee shall no trouble fall for my sake," said he.

So he made ready to go, and mother and son parted in love; but first he went to Meals in Ramfirth, and told Gamli his brother-in-law all, even as it had happed, concerning the slaying of Thorbiorn.