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kongs af Tyrklandi. hefi eg nu sijdann nidit um merkr
og skoga til þess er uid mgttunzt. þikizt eg nu uita ath
i36va lijtils er nu uert um mijnar | ijþrottir suo sem eg hefi 3
ouirduliga fyrir ydr farith. er eg nu bidiandi ath þier
segit mier ydart nafn e(dur) huadan þu ert”. Ect(or)
kuezt þuij eigi leyna mundu segiandi honum allan e
tilganng sinnar ferdar. ward Iamunth nu gladr og
m(ælti) “eigi hefir hamingiann mier uerith afsiíundi
er hun let mig finna slijkann aigi§tismann”. Ect(or) 9
suarar “eg uil giarna þiggia þijna fylgd. þuij af
mijnum felagsmonnum er eingi fregri. eg uil nu eigi at
ver neynum med ockr ef þu uirdir mier þath eigi til 12
hrgzlu”. Jamunth kuezt alluel uith unna þo hann
ugri ath óllu hans yfirmadur. bundu þeir sinn felag-
skap med fastm§lum. 1!idu sijdan fram »1 mórkinna. 15
Fyrir austann morkinna lsa niki þath er Siria heitir.
enn nordmenn kalla Syrland. Red þar fyrir kongr sai
er Apollonius h(et). komu þeir fram ath ai einne. war is
þath suo mikith uatz fall ath huergi matti yfir
komazt milli fiallz og fióru. Jamunth s(egir) ath þeir
yrdi ath nijda fyrir botnn arinnar “og er þo ij einum 21
stad steinnbogi fyrir austann moduna og mm þar med
aungu moti yfir fara”. Ecto(r) sp(yrr) huat þuij
22 fyrir-moduna] yfir 584, 25r, 589 d, 40r, St 7, 45vb.
Tyrkland. Jamunth says that he has less confidence in his
own skill now that he has been defeated in tournament.
When he hears that it is none other than Ector whom he
has now met Jamunth is full of joy, and the two vow
friendship to each other. They ride on together through
the forest towards the east until they come to a river; they
are now in the kingdom of Siria (called by the Norsemen
Syrland), which is ruled over by a king called Apollonius.
Jamunth says they must ride up-stream to ford the river
nearer its source as it is impassable elsewhere: there is
indeed in one place a natural stone bridge, but he has