Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.10.1962, Side 18

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allar Kiddarligar jþrotter. suo segizt j þessum æuen-
tyr at þa herra Uictor var vordinn .xx. ara gamall
tok Uilhialmur kongr fader hans sott ok anndadizt. 3
hans wtferd ok erfi var med miklum heidr giort ok
allt Rikisins Raad j Fracklandi war med dyrum giofum
wt leitt. tekur nu herra Wic(tor) kongdom ok Rikis c
stiorn yfer ollum Fracka her. þat er af honum sagt
at giordizt sa ofbelldis madur at sinum auRleik at j
huerium manadi hiellt hann stort hof ok dyra veizlu 9
aullum hofþingium j Fracklandi. fuku her med dyrar
giafer ok klok klenodia j gulli ok silfri er hann gaf
hofþingium ok aullu landz folki af wt. Dagliga minte 12
moder hans hann a at Rikit horfdi til eyzlu ef hann
legdi æigi af ueizlurnar. enn þat giordi ecki. foro suo
fram .iij. vetur var þa [suo] giorla eytt aullum kongs-15
ins innRentum skipa stoli ok aullu landz gozsi at
eigi fanzt einn gripR a kongs gardinum. ok æigi gardr-
inn suo spizadr at orku at folk ok jdiu menn mætti 18
nærazt vid. ok at suo fallinni eyzlu ok *heimsligu
glutri kongs sonar med vondri vanstilling verdr þat
hans Rad at hann lætR stefna almenniligt þing. biod- 21
andi ollum hofþingium ok hinu Rikazta Rsad(i)
landzins þangat. faandi modr sinni allt Riki til for-
15 suo] from 471, 96v, 593 b, 2r.
17-19 æigi-vid] er gardurinn suo spizadur at orku folk og
idiu menn mætti vid vera 471, 96v, 593 b, 2r.
18 at2]first written hs, but corrected MS.
19 heims-] heins- MS, heimsku- 471, 96v, 593 b, 2r.
all knightly accomplishments. When he is twenty years
old his father dies, and, after the funeral-feast, Victor
takes charge of the kingdom; for three years he indulges
in great extravagance, heedless of his mother’s warnings,
and brings the country to the verge of ruin. Finally he
calls a general council, summoning all the chief men in
the land, and makes his mother regent, while he himself