Egil was armed in the same way as Thorolf.
He was girded with the sword that he called Adder;
this he had gotten in Courland;
it was a right good weapon.
Neither of the two had shirt of mail.
They set up their standard,
which was borne by Thofid the Strong.
All their men had Norwegian shields and
Norwegian armour in every point;
and in their division were all
the Norsemen who were present.
Thorolf's force was drawn up near the wood,
Alfgeir's moved along the river.

Earl Adils and his brother saw that
they would not come upon
Thorolf unawares,
so they began to draw up their force.
They also made two divisions,
and had two standards.
Adils was opposed to earl Alfgeir,
Hring to the freebooters.
The battle now began; both charged with spirit.
Earl Adils pressed on hard and fast till Alfgeir gave ground;
then Adils' men pressed on twice as boldly. Nor was it long before Alfgeir fled.
And this is to be told of him, that he rode away south over the heath,
and a company of men with him. He rode till he came near the town, where sate the king.
Then spake the earl: 'I deem it not safe for us to enter the town.
We got sharp words of late when we came to the king after defeat by king Olaf;
and he will not think our case bettered by this coming.
No need to expect honour where he is.'