Next morning, when day had hardly dawned,
the watch were aware that some ships were rowing for them.
But when Egil saw that it was an enemy,
he stood up and bade that they should leap into the cutter.
He armed himself at once, as did they all.
Egil took up those chests of silver which king Athelstan gave him,
and bore them with him.
They leapt armed into the cutter,
and rowed forward between the land and the long-ship that was advancing nearest to the land; this was king Eric's ship.
But, as it happened suddenly and there was little light, the two ships ran past each other.
And when the stern-castles were opposite,
then Egil hurled a spear and smote in the middle the man who sat steering,
Kettle Hod to wit, and at once he got his bane.
Then king Eric called out and bade men row after Egil and his party,
but as their vessels ran past Egil's merchant-ship, the king's men leapt aboard of that.
And those of Egil's men who had been left behind, and not leapt into the cutter,
were all slain who could be caught, but some escaped to land.
Ten men of Egil's followers were lost there.