After this they formed in the divisions as the king had arranged,
and the standards were raised. The king's division stood on the plain towards the river; Thorolf's division moved on the higher ground beside the wood.
King Olaf drew up his forces when he saw king Athelstan had done so.
He also made two divisions; and his own standard, and the division that himself commanded, he opposed to king Athelstan and his division. Either had a large army,
there was no difference on the score of numbers.
But king Olaf's second division moved near the wood against the force under Thorolf.
The commanders thereof were Scotch earls, the men mostly Scots;
and it was a great multitude.