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i29vb het Castor. hann war ;u fostri med jarli | einum modr-
fedr sijnum ij Syrlandi er Plautus h(et).
8. <N)U sem Ingi(fer) hafdi landi styrt .v. uetur. s
kom Kastor ij land aptur. geck hanz folk allt æ,
hendur honum. enn er Ijngi(fer) ser at sinn afli mundi
farinn. flydi hann ur borginne hafandi med ser ij 6
gullkistr og for ij helli einn þann er ij fialli þuij er
sem stendr fjn'ir ofann borgina og uard hann þar ath
ormme og lagdizt sa gullith. hefir hann þar uerith 9
xxx aira hinna n§stu og hefir oþarfur uerith riki
Castores kongs. suo menn megu uarla fara sinna
erinda vr borginne. hefir hann eitrath aa þai er fellr wm 12
borginna og uerda menn langa uegu vatn ath s§kia.
drepur hann bgdi menn og fenad. hefir eingi anydi til
borith ath uinna orminn. Kast(or) kongr hefir þat 15
s(agt) ath þeim mundi hann gefua sijna d(ottur) er
Mabil heitir sem orminn sigrar. hun er allra kuenna
u§nnzt þeirra hier ij landi hafa f§dzt. enn kongr ann is
henni mikith. og hefir henni skemmu reisa latid og
fengith henni xxx. meyia til þionustu. enn hennar
geyma x riddarar uel uopnadir og vaka ymsir d(aga) 21
og n§tur”.
left a young son by the name of Castor, who was at that
time being fostered by his mother’s father, the earl
Plautus in Sýrland (Syria).
8. After Ingifer had ruled the country for five years,
Castor returned and all rallied to his support: Ingifer
was forced to flee from the city. He took with him two
chests of gold, turned himself into a snake, and lay on the
gold in a cave near the city. Por thirty years he bas
remained there, killed both men and cattle, and poisoned
the water of the river which flows through the city so
that water must be brought from a great distance. King
Castor has promised his daughter, the beautiful Mábil,
to the man who vanquishes the snake: she lives in a
separate house, which the king has had built for her, and