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hueria nott. enn þo hefi eg nad þuij og skaltu hlaupa
upp a reckiu stockinn og fletta af honum clpdum óllum
nema einne bl§iu. leggia sijdan med aullu afli og bila 3
eckj uith. enn up yfir s§nginne er einn bite har. ax
hann skaltu hlaupa og forda þier þar ái. Enn berserkur
þessi hefir drepith födr minn Modum ath nafnni og 6
hier Red adr fyrir. heiti eg Almaria. er eg vng ath
alldri. hefir þessi berserkr eckj samrqdi uid mig att.
þuijat eg bad hann ath bijda minn wm iij aar. þotti 9
honum þath langt. enn þo ueitti hann mier þat”. hun
fer honum suerdith. hann tok uid og leizt vel aa og
girnti hann miog til þess. gengr hann nu til suefnhus 12
iötuns og ath huijlunne. flettir nu af honum clpdum
öllum nema einni bl§iu. ser nu nafla stadinn. leggr
suqrdinu af ollu afle hia naflanum suo ij dynunne nam 15
stad og kippir ath sier miögh skiott. kastar fra ser
suerdinu utar eptir husinu. en hleypur sialfr ax bitan
og felr sig þar aa. enn berserkurinn hliop fram áí golfith is
og hugdi manninn þangath hafa hlaupit er hann
heyrdi harkith til suerd<s)inns. falmar hann og fiplar
her og huar þar til hann finnur dyrnar. fellr hann wm 21
that only at his navel; she has gained possession of this
sword, which lies every night under the giant’s head, and
Vernacius shall now go to kill him while he hes in bed—
there is a beam above the bed on to which he can jump
to escape. She tells him that the giant has killed her
father, Modus, who ruled there previously, and that her
own name is Almaria: the giant has agreed to wait three
years to take her as his bride, even though he considered
that a long time. She gives Vernacius the sword. He goes
to the giant’s chamber, removes all the bed-clothes except
for a single sheet, and plunges the sword into the navel
so that it reaches through into the mattress; he pulls it
out quickly and throws it to the ground some distance
away, jumps up on to the beam and hides. The giant
jumps out of bed and imagines that his attacker has