Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1964, Blaðsíða 23

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þeim sem þu hefer a hendi”. “eigi mun eg hringinn
þrautlaust missa” sagdi k(ong)s(on). “eg uill gefa þier
3 uid gull suo mikit sem þu uillt til mæla” sagdi hann.
k(ong)s(on) seger “ecki er eg mangari”. “þa muntu
uilia setia hann under tafl” sagdi þussinn “þuiat
« fader þinn vann hann so”. “huat hefer þu jmot at
setia” sagdi k(ong)s(on). “hring þenna sem eg hefi a
hendi” sagdi hann “og vegur hann eigi minna og þar
9 med haufut mitt og mun eg eiga at leysa þat med þui
sem þu skilr a ef þu hlytur”. “hier er ecki tafl” sagdi
k(ong)s(on) “enn eg uill a ecki tafl tefla utan þat sem
12 fader minn hefer att”. “þat mun eigi lengi sott vera
ef fliotur madur fer epter og uil eg sækia þat” sagdi
hann. “vel ma þat” sagdi k(ong)s(on). þussinn hliop
15 nu af stad og kom aptur uonum skiotara og ættladi
kongson at hann mundi ecki heim kominn.
7. (Þ)EIR Reistu nu tafl og tefldu nockura stund
ís og lauk suo at þussinn feck mat. var hann þa illr
yfersyndar og pungadi þo taflit. en k(ong)s(on) tok
gullhringinn til sin. þussinn m(ælti) “med hueriu skal
1 hefer] written twice at line-division MS.
Vilhjálmr desires but the latter says he is no shopkeeper.
The giant then challenges Vilhjálmr to play the board-
game for the ring and says that he will stake a gold ring
which he bears on his arm and which is just as heavy as
the one Vilhjálmr bears, together with his head. If he
loses, he will redeem his head by whatever Vilhjálmr
demands of him. When the king’s son objects that he has
no board with him and that he will not play on any other
board than his father’s, the giant immediately runs off
and returns with the board in less time than Vilhjálmr
thinks it would have taken to go the one way.
7. They set up the board now and play for some time
until the giant is mated. He looks angry but gathers up the
pieces and puts them in the bag and the king’s son takes