she bade him. [Sidenote:  Aud’s revenge] A little before sunset Aud mounted, and was now indeed in breeches.  The shepherd rode the other horse and could hardly keep up with her, so hard did she push on riding.  She rode south over Salingsdale-heath and never stopped before she got to the home-field fence at Laugar.  Then she dismounted, and bade the shepherd look after the horses whilst she went to the house.  And went to the door and found it open, and she went into the fire-hall to the locked-bed in the wall.  Thord lay asleep, the door had fallen to, but the bolt was not on, so she walked into the bedroom.  Thord lay asleep on his back.  Then And woke Thord, and he turned on his side when he saw a man had come in.  Then she drew a sword and thrust it at Thord and gave him great wounds, the sword striking his right arm and wounding him on both nipples.  So hard did she follow up the stroke that the sword stuck in the bolster.  Then Aud went away and to her horse and leapt on to its back, and thereupon rode home.  Thord tried to spring up when he got the blow, but could not, because of his loss of blood.  Then Osvif awoke and asked what had happened, and Thord told that he had been wounded somewhat.  Osvif asked if he knew who had done the deed on him, and got up and bound up his wounds.  Thord said he was minded to think that Aud had done it.  Osvif offered to ride after her, and said she must have gone on this errand with few men, and her penalty was ready-made for her.  Thord said that should not be done at all, for she had only done what she ought to have done.  Aud got home at sunrise, and her brothers asked her where she had been to.  Aud said she had been to Laugar, and told them what tidings had befallen in her journey.  They were pleased at this, and said that too little was likely to have been done by her.  Thord lay wounded a long time.  His chest wound healed well, but his arm grew no better for work than before (i.e. when it first was wounded).  All was now quiet that winter. [Sidenote:  Ingun changes her dwelling] But in the following spring Ingun, Thord’s mother, came west from Skalmness.  Thord greeted her warmly:  she said she wished to place herself under his protection, and said that Kotkell and his wife and sons were giving her much trouble by stealing her goods, and through witchcraft, but had a strong support in Hallstein the Priest.  Thord took this matter up swiftly, and said he should have the right of these thieves no matter how it might displease Hallstein.  He got speedily ready for the journey with ten men, and Ingun went west with him. [Sidenote:  The drowning of Thord] He got a ferry-boat out of Tjaldness.  Then they went to Skalmness.  Thord had put on board ship all the chattels his mother owned there, and the cattle were to be driven round the heads of the firths.  There were twelve of them altogether in the boat, with Ingun and another woman.  Thord and ten men went to Kotkell’s place.  The sons of Kotkell were not at home.  He then summoned