English Translation

The blood shot her in the face like a flame, and she cried out, "These are farmers, these robbers and murderers?" And you, you bring them into the house? A bad thanks for Thorfinn, that he has fed you naked sparrows for so long. — Take off your guests' wet clothes now, said Grettir, "You have a long time to scold me." And Thorir laughed broad and dirty: housewife, thou and thy daughters shall have all that ye desire, every man shall get her husband into bed, and thou shalt not spare Thorfinn. — That is said in a beast, said Grettir, wife, ye have no cause to complain. — When Grettir thus renounced honor and decency, Thorfinn's wife threw the tears of shame and sorrow out of her eyes, and behind the door also raised a sob of those who had obeyed, and then the women ran away into their chambers. Grettir and the twelve laughed at the back, and then Grettirs took the wet robes himself and got the weapons, as everyone trusted him, and carried everything aside, and fetched food and beer and beer again, and told and sang so funny and loud that the whole house seemed filled with laughter and joy. They were already deep in the drunkenness, and Thorir Bogensehne said, "Never was a stranger as dear to me as you, say, what reward do you want from us? And Grettir: I have not yet thought of reward, but if we are still friends at the farewell, it may be that I want to go with you as your companion. - This was received with great shouts of joy, and they immediately wanted to fraternize with Grettir by oath; but Grettire rebuked her and thought that it was not serious in this drunkenness and had time until the sober day. Then they could show whether they meant it so well with him. Thorir sat there with glassy eyes and laughed that he would now keep his promise to the housewife. Grettir went out of the room and cried out, "Go into your beds, you women, and the farmer Thorir wills. — A painful howling as if of animals answered him, and if the wishes of the women had been strong, Grettire must have gone to hell with a whirlwind. But there was still time for him to lure the twelve into a side house to look at the treasures and jewels of Thorfinn, and they pushed themselves and teased on the way, and did not realize that Grettir had left them and shut them up. Grettire rushed into the house and called for the housewife; but no one answered him, for they thought him to be the worst devil roast. - I need weapons, he shouted, there is a catch to be done! — Then Thorfinn's wife struck her heart to the neck, and she showed him helmet, and Brno, and spear, and sword over Thorfinne's bed, and called the servants to follow Grettir; but four stood cowardly aside, and only four took their weapons, and went timidly behind Grettirs. In between, the robbers had halfway noticed what had happened to them, they broke the plank that separated the houses; that made trouble and noise enough, but then they had to go up a few steps individually through a narrow passage, and the Berserkerzorn came over them, and they howled like hungry wolves and ran before. Then stood Grettir, and when he saw Thorir treading over the threshold, he threw the giant hook spear at him with both hands, that he might push through his chest and shoot him far out of his back, and the tip went to the mouth of the eye 21