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fram a vollinn. toku þeir sidan til ok baurduzt all-
liraustliga. geck suo lengi at ecki matti j millj sia
3 ok er Soti finnur at B(lauus) gengr at aungu wer þa
tryllizt hann ok verdr at olmum hundi ok færer klær-
nar framan j briostit aa B(lauus) med suo miklu afli
6 at brynian slitnar en hringarner bresta. en B(lauus)
var buinn at falla aa bak aptur. tekur hann suerdit
duergsnaut ok leggr framan j bringuna ok briostit
9 suo at yddi wt wm herdarnar. fiell Soti þa daudr til
jardar. aittu þeir f(ost)brædur þa miklum sigri at
hrosa. toku nu til werks ok Reistu haug mikinn ok
12 laugdu þar j baada berserkina med vopnum. jusu
sidan hauginn med grioti ok sandi. þeir fostbrædur
fengu þar of fiar j gulli ok silfri. hielldu sidan burtu
15 ok lintu eigi fyrr en þeir kuomu wid Frackland j þær
hafner sem hit beinazta lsagv frami fyrer hofudborg-
inni. þa hafdi Wic(tor) werit j burtu .xii. aar j einu
18 af Fracklandi. hafdi hann þa nogann aud a skipum
sinum j gulli ok silfri ok morgum audrum dyrgripum.
12. (,J)all sa styrdi Riki med drottninguni modr
21 Wic(tors) er Ermon h(et) naainn at frændsemi Wic-
(tor) sterkR at afli prudr j lyndi en hardr j huga ok
at aullv hinn mesti prydimadur. enn þegar at jarl
24 vard var vid at herrinn var vid land kominn lætur
hann heror upp skera ok herlidi safna. drottning bad
dog which tears Blávus’s mail-coat apart with its claws.
The next moment Blávns kills the dog with his sword.
Victor and Blávus bury the two berserkers and their
weapons in a mound, and with a rich haul of gold and
silver they sail to France: Victor has been away from
home for twelve years.
12. The kingdom has been ruled in Victor’s absence
by his mother the queen, and by a nobleman (jarl)
called Ermon. When Victor and Blávus approach with
their men, the queen and Ermon think that enemies are