ed them. They fought with ill success;
but, as they were scattering in flight, they cast three pebbles behind
them, which they caused to appear to the eyes of the enemy like three
mountains. Arngrim's eyes were dazzled and deluded, and he called back
his men from the pursuit of the enemy, fancying that he was checked by a
barrier of mighty rocks. Again, when they engaged and were beaten on
the morrow, the Finns cast snow upon the ground and made it look like
a mighty river. So the Swedes, whose eyes were utterly deluded,
were deceived by their misjudgment, for it seemed the roaring of
an extraordinary mass of waters. Thus, the conqueror dreading the
unsubstantial phantom of the waters, the Finns managed to escape. They
renewed the war again on the third day; but there was no effective
means of escape left any longer, for when they saw that their lines were
falling back, they surrendered to the conqueror. Arngrim imposed on them
the following terms of tribute: that the number of the Finns should be
counted, and that, after the lapse of (every) three years, every ten of
them should pay a carriage-full of deer-skins by way of assessment. Then
he challenged and slew in single combat Egther, the captain of the men
of Permland, imposing on the men of Permland the condition that each of
them should pay one skin. Enriched with these spoils and trophies,
he returned to Erik, who went with him into Denmark, and poured loud
praises of the young warrior into the ear of Frode, declaring that he
who had added the ends of the world to his realms deserved his daughter.
Then Frode, considering his splendid deserts, thought it was not amiss
to take for a son-in-law a man who had won wide-resounding fame by such
a roll of noble deeds.

Arngrim had twelve sons by Eyfura, whose names I here subjoin: Brand,
Biarbe, Brodd, Hiarrande; Tand, Tyrfing, two Haddings; Hiortuar,
Hiartuar, Hrane, Anganty. These followed the business of sea-roving from
their youth up; and they chanced to sail all in one ship to the island
Samso, where they found lying off the coast two ships belonging to
Hialmar and Arvarodd (Arrow-Odd) the rovers. These ships they attacked
and cleared of rowers; but, not knowing whether they had cut down the
captains, they fitted the bodies of the slain to their several thwarts,
and found that those whom they sought were missing. At this they were
sad, knowing that the victory they had won was not worth a straw, and
that their safety