?ar t?kum v?r n? til, sem ?lfkell sitr nor?r ? ?laborg ok kona Ingiger?r. ?au fr?tta n? l?t Eysteins konungs ok sv?, me? hverjum h?tti ?at haf?i or?it. Talar Ingiger?r ?? vi? ?lfkel, hv?rt hann vill ekki kalla til r?kis eptir Hergeir konung, f??ur hennar. Hann kve?st ?ess alb?inn. S??an bjuggu ?au fer? s?na ok l?ttu eigi fyrr en ?au k?mu til Aldeigjuborgar. Sigmundr var ?ar fyrir me? drottningu. ?lfkell kallar til r?kis ? h?nd ?eim drottningu, en h?n sag?i, at ?au hef?i n?g r?ki, ?? at ?au ?girntust eigi meira en ?au hef?i ??r, ok l?ta ?? vel yfir, ef ?au heldi ?v?. Sl? ?? ? heitingar me? ?eim. F?r ?lfkell ?? heim ok safnar li?i.

Sigmundr f?r ?egar nor?r eptir honum, ok fundust ?eir ?ar, sem heitir Kr?kunes, ok sl? ?egar ? bardaga me? ?eim, ok lauk sv?, at ?lfkell fl??i einskipa me? konu s?na. Sigldi hann ?? fyrst nor?r ? Noreg ok fann ?ar ?lfar, br??ur sinn, ok sag?i honum, hversu ?eir Sigmundr h?f?u skilit, ok ?ll ?au t??endi, sem gerzt h?f?u ? Austrveginum, ok ba? n?, at hann skyldi gefa upp r?kit ? hans vald, ok sag?i, at H?lfdan hef?i ?? meira hans r?ki ? Austrveginum. ?lfarr ba? hann eigi tala sv? mikinn ?drengskap vi? sik, at hann muni gerast drottinssviki, ok ba? hann heldr eflast at li?i ok s?kja me? str??i ?at r?ki, sem hann ??ttist eiga ? Austrveginum, ok kve?st vildu styrkja hann til ?ess. ?lfkell l?t s?r ?at ekki n?gja, ok sl? ?? ? kappm?li me? ?eim, ok lauk sv? deilu ?eira, at ?lfkell drap ?lfar, br??ur sinn, en lag?i landit allt undir sik, ok ger?ist hann ?ar h?f?ingi yfir, ok ?otti ?llum ?etta it mesta illvirki, ok var? hann af ?essu ??okkas?ll ?llu saman.