As twilight approached, a man of extraordinary bigness greeted the sailors by their names, and came among them.

All were aghast, but Thorkill told them to greet his arrival cheerfully, telling them that this was Gudmund, the brother of Geirrod, and the most faithful guardian in perils of all men who landed in that spot.

When the man asked why all the rest thus kept silence, he answered that they were very unskilled in his language, and were ashamed to use a speech they did not know.

Then Gudmund invited them to be his guests, and took them up in carriages.

As they went forward, they saw a river which could be crossed by a bridge of gold.