Outnumbered, the Vikings ran for their ships. As they approached the beach, Freyd\xeds tripped and fell, but the men continued on to their ships which were in sight. She was left to fend for herself. She picked up a dropped sword and stood to face the attackers. According to the account of the incident, she bared her breasts, beat her chest with her sword, and screamed a battle cry, ready to fight them. It is said that the natives stopped in their tracks upon seeing this, turned and ran in the opposite direction out of fright that a pregnant woman of their enemy would face them in that manner.