Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana - 01.06.1981, Blaðsíða 263
Appendix IV
Tristram and the Dragon
(cf. pp. 213-14)
Saga af Tristram ok Isond
... ok bådu hann snua aptr sem skjotast, at ekki dræpi drekinn hann, er
fulir var af eitri ok eldi. Ok vildi hann ongum kosti aptr hverfa sakir
jjeirra orda; pvf hann vill jjå reyna vaskleik sinn. Leit hann \>å fram fyrir
sik ok så drekann, sem kom sfcriQandi, ok bar Mtt hans ftofud, ok sifcaut
ut augunum ok tungunni ok blés alla vega frå sér e/tri ok eldi svå (at)
hvatvetna kvikt, sem fyrir honum vard, drap hann ok sleit af lidu (emend-
ed from eldi). Eegar drekinn så Tristram, på oskradi hann ok yfdisk allr.
En hann begår dirfdisk ollum hug at reyna hreysti sma ok laust hestinn
sporum ok hélt fyrir sik skildinum ok lagdi spjotinu framan i munn honum
med svå ognarligu afli ok heipt, at allar tennr drekans, bær er fyrir urdu
kesjunni,/lugu/jarri or haus honum, ok stod jårnit begar i gegnum hjarta
hans ok ut um kvidinn svå at Tristram fal hlut skaptsins i buk hans ok
hålsi. En eldrinn, er drekinn fleygdi or sér, drap ok deyddi hestinn. En
Tristram hljop bå af baki fimliga ok brå sverdinu ok sotti at drekanum ok
hjo hann \ sundr i midju. (ch. 36, pp. 74-75)
(... they begged him to turn back as quickly as possible so as not to be
killed by the dragon, which was full of venom and fire. But he did not
want to turn back under any circumstances because of their pieas, for he
wanted to prove his valor. He peered ahead of him and espied the dra-
gon, which came crawling along, its head held aloft, darting out its eyes
and tongue and spewing venom and fire from itself in all directions, so
that any living thing that chanced to come near it, he killed and tore the
limbs off. As soon as the dragon saw Tristram, it roared and became most
furious. Tristram quickly mustered all his courage to test his mettle. He
struck his horse with his spurs and held his shield in front of him, and
thrust his lance forward with fearful force and fury into the dragon’s
mouth that all of the dragon’s teeth which the spear struck flew far out of
its head. The iron lance head ran right through the heart and came out
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