"Yea, in sooth," said Grettir, "I deem that thou hast shown great manliness toward me; whenso I may, I will reward thee."
Hallmund said, "But now I will that thou come to my abode, for thou must e'en think time drags heavily here on the heaths."
Grettir said he was fain thereof; and now they fare both together south under Balljokul, and there had Hallmund a huge cave, and a daughter great of growth and of high mind; there they did well to Grettir, and the woman healed the wounds of both of them, and Grettir dwelt long there that summer, and a lay he made on Hallmund, wherein is this—
"Wide and high doth Hallmund stride
In the hollow mountain side."
And this stave also is therein—
"At Ernewater, one by one,
Stole the swords forth in the sun,
Eager for the road of death