spring the brothers Olaf and Thorliek met, and Olaf asked if Thorliek
was minded to keep on his house. Thorliek said he was. Olaf said, "Yet
I would beg you, kinsman, to change your way of life, and go abroad;
you will be thought an honourable man whereever you come; but as to
Hrut, our kinsman, I know he feels how your dealings with him come
home to him. And it is little to my mind that the risk of your sitting
so near to each other should be run any longer. For Hrut has a strong
run of luck to fall back upon, and his sons are but reckless bravos.
On account of my kinship I feel I should be placed in a difficulty if
you, my kinsman, should come to quarrel in full enmity." [Sidenote:
Thorliek goes abroad] Thorliek replied, "I am not afraid of not being
able to hold myself straight in the face of Hrut and his sons, and
that is no reason why I should depart the country. But if you,
brother, set much store by it, and feel yourself in a difficult
position in this matter, then, for your words I will do this; for then
I was best contented with my lot in life when I lived abroad. And I
know you will not treat my son Bolli any the worse for my being
nowhere near; for of all men I love him the best." Olaf said, "You
have, indeed, taken an honourable course in this matter, if you do
after my prayer; but as touching Bolli, I am minded to do to him
henceforth as I have done hitherto, and to be to him and hold him no
worse than my own sons." After that the brothers parted in great
affection. Thorliek now sold his land, and spent his money on his
journey abroad. He bought a ship that stood up in Daymealness; and
when he was full ready he stepped on board ship with his wife and
household. That ship made a good voyage, and they made Norway in the
autumn. Thence he went south to Denmark, as he did not feel at home in
Norway, his kinsmen and friends there being either dead or driven out
of the land. After that Thorliek went to Gautland. It is said by most
men that Thorliek had little to do with old age; yet he was held a man