ald, that Kalf should enjoy safety in Norway, and his estates, and
all the fiefs he had held from King Magnus. When this message came to
Kalf he immediately got ready for his voyage, and went east to Norway to
his brother Fin. Then Fin obtained the king's peace for Kalf, and when
Kalf and the king met they went into the agreement which Fin and the
king had settled upon before. Kalf bound himself to the king in the same
way as he had bound himself to serve King Magnus, according to which
Kalf should do all that the king desired and considered of advantage
to his realm. Thereupon Kalf received all the estates and fiefs he had
before.

54. FALL OF KALF ARNASON.

The summer following (A.D. 1050) King Harald ordered out a levy, and
went to Denmark, where he plundered during the summer; but when he came
south to Fyen he found a great force assembled against him. Then
the king prepared to land his men from the ships and to engage in a
land-fight. He drew up his men on board in order of battle; set Kalf
Arnason at the head of one division; ordered him to make the first
attack, and told him where they should direct their assault, promising
that he would soon make a landing with the others, and come to their
assistance. When Kalf came to the land with his men a force came down
immediately to oppose them, and Kalf without delay engaged in battle,
which, however, did not last long; for Kalf was immediately overpowered
by numbers, and betook himself to flight with his men. The Danes pursued
them vigorously, and many of the Northmen fell, and among them Kalf
Arnason. Now King Harald landed with his array; and they soon came on
their way to the field of battle, where they found Kalf's body, and bore
it down to the ships. But the king penetrated into the country, killing
many people and destroying much. So says Arnor:--

"His shining sword with blood he stains,
Upon Fyona's grassy plains;
And in the midst of fire and smoke,
The king Fyona's forces broke."

55. FIN ARNASON'S EXPEDITION OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

After this Fin Arnason thought he had cause to be an enemy of the king
upon account of his brother Kalf's death; and said the king had betrayed
Kalf to his fall, and had also deceived him by making him entice his
brother Kalf to come over from the West and trust to King Harald's
faith. When these speeches came out among people, many said that it was
very foolish in Fin to have ever supposed that K