And when he had been there a little while,
he declared his errand before the king,
and said that Egil Skallagrimsson
was come there in the land,
and thought he had a claim to all that
property that had belonged
to Ljot the Pale.
'We are told, O king,
that Egil pleads but law in this;
but your stewards have
taken up the property,
and claimed ownership for you.
I would pray you, my lord,
that Egil may get law herein.'

The king was slow to speak, but at length answered:
'I know not, Arinbjorn, why thou comest with such pleading for Egil.
He came once before me, and I told him that
I would not have him sojourn here in the land,
for reasons which ye already know.
Now Egil must not set up such claim before me ad he did before my brother Eric.
And to thee, Arinbjorn, I have this to say, that thou mayest be here in the land only
so long as thou preferrest not foreigners before me and my word;
for I know that thy heart is with Harold son of Eric, thy foster-son;
and this is thy best choice, to go to those brothers and be with them;
for I strongly suspect that men like thee will be ill to trust to,
if I and Eric's sons ever have to try conclusions.'