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 with the loss of many a man. So says Guttorm Sindre:—

Now King Hakon returned to his ships, and pursued Gunhild's sons. A And both parties sailed all they could sail, until they came to Easter Agder, from whence Eric's sons set out to sea, and southwards for Jutland. Guttorm Sindre speaks of it in his song:—

King Hakon returned then northwards to Norway, but Eric's sons remained a long time in Denmark.

King Hakon after this battle made a law, that all inhabited land over the whole country along the seacoast, and as far back from it as the salmon swims up in the rivers, should be divided into ship-raths according to the districts; and it was fixed by law how many ships there should be from each district, and how great each should be, when the whole people were called out on service. For this outfit the whole