Now Egil and his twelve had gone through a wood
and then saw wide plains and tillage.
Hard by them stood a house.
For this they made,
and when they came there they ran into the house,
but could see no one there.
They took all the loose chattels that they came upon.
There were many rooms, so this took them a long time.
But when they came out and away from the house,
an armed force was there between them and the wood,
and this attacked them.
High palings ran from the house to the wood;
to these Egil bade them keep close,
that they might not be come at from all sides.
They did so. Egil went first, then the rest,
one behind the other,
so near that none could come between.