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Thither went many of Skallagrim's household to the game.
Chief among them was Thord, Grani's son.
Egil asked Thord to let him go with him to the game;
he was then in his seventh winter.
Thord let him do so, and Egil mounted behind him.
But when they came to the play-meeting,
then the men made up sides for the play.
Many small boys had come there too,
and they made up a game for themselves.
For this also sides were chosen.

Egil was matched to play against a boy named Grim, son of Hegg, of Hegg-stead.
Grim was ten or eleven years old, and strong for his age.
But when they played together Egil got the worst of it.
And Grim made all he could of his advantage.
Then Egil got angry and lifted up the bat and struck Grim,
whereupon Grim seized him and threw him down with a heavy fall,
and handled him rather roughly, and said he would thrash him if he did not behave.
But when Egil got to his feet, he went out of the game, and the boys hooted at him.

(Thord, son of Grani, at Granastead).