As for the army already assembled, the king set over it as commanders Thorolf and Egil.
They were also to lead that force which the freebooters had brought to the king.
But Alfgeir still held command over his own troops. Further,
the king appointed such captains of companies as he thought fit.
When Egil returned from the council to his fellows,
they asked him what tidings he could tell them of the Scots' king.
He sang: