The Vikings on the west side either put up a futile defence or ran for their lives across the bridge. Those who decided to fight were slaughtered without mercy. However, the Saxons came across an obstacle on the bridge. The story goes that a giant Norseman armed with an axe held up the entire Saxon army, and singlehandedly cut down over 40 Saxon soldiers. He himself was only killed when one cunning Saxon, drifted under the bridge in a barrel and thrust his spear through the latches of the bridge, killing the Norseman.
Nú spyr ég ykkur: vitið þið um fleiri heimildir um þennan úlfhéðinn? hvað hann hét og fleira? allt telur!
Hugi notar vefkökur til að bæta notendaupplifun á vefsíðunni og greina umferð um hana.
Einnig hefur Hugi uppfært persónuverndarstefnu sína.