it is not said here that she had been married by force , though her life with brodda is declared to have been very evil ; but of course the situation in the later narratives is far more clear-cut -- the men of hithlum were 'easterlings ' , 'incomers ' hostile to the elves and the remnant of the house of hador , whereas in the early story no differentiation is made among them , and indeed brodda was 'a man whom mavwin trusted ' .