They did so. But when she came to the king,
she said:
'Will anything, my lord,
avail to reconcile thee with Thorolf?'
The king answered,
'If Thorolf will yield him to my mercy,
then shall he have life and limb,
but his men shall undergo punishment according
to the charges against them.'
Upon this Aulvir Hnuf went to the room,
and had Thorolf called to speak with him,
and told him what terms the king offered them.
Thorolf answered that he would not take
of the king compulsory terms or reconciliation.
'Bid thou the king allow us to go out,
and then leave we things to go their own course.'
The king said: 'Set fire to the room;
I will not waste my men by doing battle
with him outside;
I know that Thorolf will work us
great man-scathe if he come out,
though he has fewer men than we.'