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jata ydr suo framt sem þat er vili mins brodr en ef
brodir mjnn vill af fullum fiandskap *str|ida uid ydr 6v
3 þa fa honum þetta gull”. herra Ualldjmar tekr nu
orlof af frunum. þær hrædazt nu huersu þetta strid
munj til ganga. Nu ridr kongson fram aa nefnda
6 uaullu ok bidr þar þar til er þeir sia fram rida eirn
riddara. hann kallar þegar harrj rauddu ok mælltj
“rid framm uondr pilltr edr sa er þu fær fyrir þig”.
9 Valldjmar reid nu fram ok tekz þar nu hin sterkazta
atreid. alldri bera þeir suo þunga asa edr sterkar
steingr at eigi se broten vid himnj at sia. þa mælltj
12 Blabus “þu ert agiætur uiddari edr ertu suo at odrum
jþrottum bujn”. Valldjmar svarar “villtu at vid berj-
umz a fætj ok profum suo okkarn riddaraskap”.
15 Blabus jatadj þessv. þeir taka nu at berjazt af mik-
jllj akefd ok hreystj ok berazt nv sar a huorntueggia
þeirra ok fleirj ai Blabus. j þessu hleypur Kollur j
i8 millum þeirra ok mællti “manntu kongson huerju
þu jatader Florida hans systr” gripandj nu gullit af
hendj Ualldjmars ok ber til Blabus. kongson mællti
21 “huadan kom þer þetta gull edr hefer mjn syster þat
viliandj laust lated”. Valldjmar suarar “ydr systir
2 stridj MS.
but him—she agrees, on condition that it is her brother’s
wish; she also gives Valdimar a gold ring to show to
her brother in case he should begin to fight too much
in earnest. Valdimar takes his leave of the two princesses
and rides to the agreed meeting-place. Blabus too arrives
and they begin to tilt: they prove equally matched.
Afterwards they fight on foot and both are wounded,
Blabus more than Valdimar. With that Kollr runs to
separate them and reminds Valdimar of his promise to
Florida: he snatches the ring from Valdimar’s hand and
takes it to Blabus, who immediately recognises it as his