58. HOW GUNNAR'S HORSE FOUGHT

Just then Gunnar heard of the death of his father-in-law

Hauskuld; a few nights after, Thorgerda, Thrain's wife, was

delivered at Gritwater, and gave birth to a boy child. Then she

sent a man to her mother, and bade her choose whether it should

be called Glum or Hauskuld. She bade call it Hauskuld. So that

name was given to the boy.

Gunnar and Hallgerda had two sons, the one's name was Hogni and

the other's Grani. Hogni was a brave man of few words,

distrustful and slow to believe, but truthful.

Now men ride to the horse-fight, and a very great crowd is

gathered together there. Gunnar was there and his brothers, and

the sons of Sigfus. Njal and all his sons. There too was come

Starkad and his sons, and Egil and his sons, and they said to

Gunnar that now they would lead the horses together.

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