vermund answered : now am i bound to lay down some good counsel for thee ; yet am i loth to go into these matters instead of other kinsmen of ours , but i shall give thee help both with furtherance and counsel such as i may get done ; but first i will that thou fare west to ere and find steinthor , vigfuss kinsman ; he is now at ease to fight , and it is now high time for him to try himself in some kind of case .