But when they met, terms were proposed, and the terms were that
king Athelstan gave to Eric the government of Northumberland;
and he was to be for king Athelstan defender of the land against the Scots and Irish.
Athelstan had made Scotland tributary under him after the death of king Olaf,
but that people were constantly disloyal to him.
The story goes that Gunnhilda had a spell worked,
this spell being that Egil Skallagrimsson should find no rest in Iceland till she had seen him.
But in that summer when Hacon and Eric had met and contended for Norway,
all travel to any land from Norway was forbidden;
so in that summer there came to Iceland from Norway neither ship nor tidings.
Egil Skallagrimsson abode at his home.