The fight] Before they met Kjartan flung his spear, and it struck through Thorolf’s shield above the handle, so that therewith the shield was pressed against him, the spear piercing the shield and the arm above the elbow, where it sundered the main muscle, Thorolf dropping the shield, and his arm being of no avail to him through the day.  Thereupon Kjartan drew his sword, but he held not the “King’s-gift.”  The sons of Thorhalla went at Thorarin, for that was the task allotted to them.  That outset was a hard one, for Thorarin was mightily strong, and it was hard to tell which would outlast the other.  Osvif’s sons and Gudlaug set on Kjartan, they being five together, and Kjartan and An but two.  An warded himself valiantly, and would ever be going in front of Kjartan.  Bolli stood aloof with Footbiter.  Kjartan smote hard, but his sword was of little avail (and bent so), he often had to straighten it under his foot.  In this attack both the sons of Osvif and An were wounded, but Kjartan had no wound as yet.  Kjartan fought so swiftly and dauntlessly that Osvif’s sons recoiled and turned to where An was.  At that moment An fell, having fought for some time, with his inwards coming out.  In this attack Kjartan cut off one leg of Gudlaug above the knee, and that hurt was enough to cause death.  Then the four sons of Osvif made an onset on Kjartan, but he warded himself so bravely that in no way did he give them the chance of any advantage.  Then spake Kjartan, “Kinsman Bolli, why did you leave home if you meant quietly to stand by?  Now the choice lies before you, to help one side or the other, and try now how Footbiter will do.”  Bolli made as if he did not hear.  And when Ospak saw that they would no how bear Kjartan over, he egged on Bolli in every way, and said he surely would not wish that shame to follow after him, to have promised them his aid in this fight and not to grant it now.  “Why, heavy enough in dealings with us was Kjartan then, when by none so big a deed as this we had offended him; but if Kjartan is now to get away from us, then for you, Bolli, as even for us, the way to exceeding hardships will be equally short.” [Sidenote:  Bolli kills Kjartan] Then Bolli drew Footbiter, and now turned upon Kjartan.  Then Kjartan said to Bolli, “Surely thou art minded now, my kinsman, to do a dastard’s deed; but oh, my kinsman, I am much more fain to take my death from you than to cause the same to you myself.”  Then Kjartan flung away his weapons and would defend himself no longer; yet he was but slightly wounded, though very tired with fighting.  Bolli gave no answer to Kjartan’s words, but all the same he dealt him his death-wound.  And straightway Bolli sat down under the shoulders of him, and Kjartan breathed his last in the lap of Bolli.  Bolli rued at once his deed, and declared the manslaughter due to his hand.  Bolli sent the sons of Osvif into the countryside, but he stayed behind together with Thorarin by the dead bodies.  And when the sons of Osvif came