From the laxdæla saga: "then bolli drew footbiter, and now turned upon kjartan. Then kjartan said to bolli, 'surely thou art minded now, my kinsman, to do a dastard's deed; but oh, my kinsman, i am much more fain to take my death from you than to cause the same to you myself. ' then kjartan flung away his weapons and would defend himself no longer; yet he was but slightly wounded, though very tired with fighting. Bolli gave no answer to kjartan's words, but all the same he dealt him his death-wound. And straightway bolli sat down under the shoulders of him, and kjartan breathed his last in the lap of bolli. "
illustration from "vore fædres liv": karakterer og skildringer fra sagatiden / samlet og udggivet af nordahl rolfsen; oversættelsen ved gerhard gran. , kristiania: stenersen, 1898. English description translated from icelandic by muriel a c press in 1880. Date: 1898.
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