in from fear.

|| Leif, the son of Eirik the Red, he that was the first to settle in
Greenland, came even that summer over from that land unto Norway; and
King Olaf sought he and from him accepted Christianity, & abode even
with King Olaf the winter thereafter.

|| Now it came to pass that Gudrod, he that was the son of Eirik
Blood-axe and Gunnhild, had over in the lands to the west done
whatsoever he listed and broken the laws of God and of man ever since
that time when fled he from his own country before the face of Earl
Hakon. But in this summer, of the which somewhat has already been writ,
even at the time when Olaf Tryggvason had held sway for four winters
over Norway, came Gudrod to Norway with many ships of war, thither
having sailed from England. When he deemed himself to be nigh to Norway,
turned he his course southward along the coast where he bethought him
that he might least chance to fall in with King Olaf and thus sailed he
to Vik.

Hardly was he come ashore than began he to plunder the people and bring
them into subjection under himself, and of them demanded that they
should take him as their King. And when the country-folk saw that a
warlike host was come upon them craved they ever for grace and peace, &
said to the King that they would send the summons for a Thing throughout
the district, and were willing to submit to him rather than suffer at
the hands of this his host, & it was agreed that there should be a truce
even for so long a space as sat the Thing. Then did the King demand of
them that they should provide provender for his men so long as they were
waiting for the meeting of the Thing; but the yeomen chose rather that
the King and his followers should be their guests for all the time he
might need to be so, & the King agreed even to this, that should he
travel that country through with some of the men that were with him and
they the guests of the yeomen, ever the while others kept guard over his
ships. But when the brothers-in-law of King Olaf, even the brothers
Hyrning & Thorgeir learned of these happenings furnished they folk &
gathered to themselves ships and sailed northward (west) in Vik, and by
night were come to the place where lodged King Gudrod, & there fell they
upon him and upon his men with fire and sword. So fell King Gudrod and
the greater number of his men; while of those that abode on the ships
were some slain but others escaped and fled far and wide. And this
Gudrod was t