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andj “þess streingi eg heit at eg skal sa burt rida
ok eigi aptur koma fyrr en eg finn mina systr Mar-
3 moriu lifs edr dauda. eingin madr skal mer fylgia
vtan eg eirn”. vidr þessa rædu uard kongren hardla
hryggr ok allr lydr. þickizt hann nu hafa lated hædj
6 baurn sin. þennan morgen næsta at solu upp renn-
andj stendr kongsson ai fætr ok klæder sig. er þa
fram leitt hans ess albrynjad. tekr Yalldjmar þa
9 orlof af sinvm fedr. er nu audseen sorg sa aullum
Saxlandz lyd. ok nu ridr jungkiærj Ualldjmar a
merkr ok skoga um alla fiora daga hafandj huorkj
12 suefn ne mat edr dryck ok arla eins dags kemr hann
fram j eitt riodr. hann uar þa badj syfiadr ok hungr-
adr. hann settezt undir eina eik ok lidr þa omegen
15 yfer hann. sa hann þa ganga konu eina at ser af-
burdarstora ok miog þrifliga talandj suo til kongs-
sonar “er nauckut suo sem mer synjzt at Ualldjmar
i8 son kongs af Saxlandj se her komen edr þuj flakkar
þu ute sem saud rekj edr ætlar þu at *leita systr
þinnar Marmoriu. Nei þat ueit tru min at þu nair
21 hennj eigi fyrir allt ueralldar gull þo at allr Saxlandz
her fylgi þer. synizt mer þu helldr vesalligr a fætr
komen. seg þu nu j stad huort þu villt mik j sinnj
2i edr motj þer. er nu manndomr j at hialpa þer þuj
5 bædj] written twice MS.
11 daga] -f- a superfluous hann MS.
19 at leita\from 585 e, Iv, 588 q, 2v, atleitar MS.
swears that he will ride away alone in search of Mar-
móría, and not return until he finds her, alive or dead.
The next morning, to the sorrow of all, particularly his
father, he rides away. For four days he travels without
sleeping and with neither food nor drink. Early one
morning he comes to a clearing in a forest, and sits down
under a tree to rest. In a dream he sees a huge woman
who addresses him by name and offers to help him in