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uopn sijn og ess. enn sijdan geck hann til borginnar
og kom ij þat mund til hallar er kongr geck til horda
3 med sinne fylgd. var nu þat hit frida herbergi skipat
af agigtu mannuale. þotti honum eigi ofsogum mega
s(egia) fra prydi hallarinnar. var ij hennar huolf
6 settir steinar þeir er hollinna toku ath lysa natt sem
d(ag). settizt kongr ij hasgti er allt uar buit med gull
og gimsteinna og hans sonn til h§gri handar. enn utij
9 fraa hans felags menn. þottizt Ap(riual) aunguan mann
sed hafa kurteisara wtan Ector sinn felaga. var
Apriu(al) leiddr til sqtis vtarliga þuij hann war
12 ouirduliga buinn. skorti þar eigi fagran bordbunad
og hinn dyrazta dryck. uoru menn nu gladir. Þa geck
skutillsueinn ath Ap(riual) og m(ælti) “hefir þu vijda
15 farith um austurlond”. enn hinn ukunni madur
Ap(riual) kuezt farith hafa miog um allan þenna
þridiung heims. skutuls(veinn) m(ælti) “hefir þu
18 nockuth þar komith er meira hof sie halldith en hier”.
Ap(riual) s(egir) “miog ertu ofrodr en unngi madur og
lijtith ueiztu af prydi heimsins er þu §tlar eitt suo
2i agigtt at eigi se annad | þuilict”. skutulsueinninn geck i34ra
12 bordbunad] with this word begins St 7, 44ra.
and, leaving behind his weapons and his horse, he goes
on foot to the eity and arrives just as the king and his
followers are sitting down at table in the hall. The hall
is splendidly furnished, and in the vaulted roofs are set
stones which give hght by night and day; the king sits in
his high-seat, which is covered with gold and jewels, and
on his right sits his son, Eneas: apart from Ector, Aprival
thinks that he has neverseenamoreelegantman. Because
of his undistinguished dress Aprival is assigned one of the
lower places at table. A cup-bearer hears that Aprival
has travelled widely in that region of the world, and asks
him whether he has ever seen a greater feast than here.
Aprival tells him he is foolish to imagine that one thing
can be so excellent as to be unequalled elsewhere. The