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eg nu leysa haufut mitt”. “þu skalt sækia mier aull
herklædi” sagdi k(ong)s(on) “suo traust at eigi kunni
at bila og kom aptur fyrr enn .vi. manader sie uti. s
og sea suo fyrir at þat uerdr hane þ[inn ef] nockur
laustur er a þeirn”. “þunga dagleid fær þu mier”
sagdi þussinn “nær sem eg get launad þier. enn tefla 6
skulu uit optar”. skildu þeir nu uid suo buit. kom
k(ong)s(on) seint heim um kuelldit og spurdi Dixin
huat hann hefdi dualit. enn hann sagdi sem farit hafdi. 9
“eigi lasta eg þessa þina ferd” sagdi Dixin. “enn þo
uillda ek at þu legder eigi leik þinn uid þussinn”.
k(ong)s(on) sagdi þat ei mikla mannuaun. “af honum 12
munu ver þunckt hliota” sagdi Dixin. k(ong)s(on)
sagdizt alldri kuida okomnum degi. lidr nu til þess er
k(ong)s(on) atti at uitia taflfiarins. kemur hann nu j 15
skoginn þar sem þeir attu at finnazt og kemur þussinn
þar. k(ong)s(on) heilsadi honum. Hann færdi k(ong)-
syni brynhosur af stali slegnar. Sidan færdi hann hann 18
j þrifallda bryniu. þottizt k(ong)s(on) eigi hafa sied
betri bryniu. “þessa bryniu tok eg af Anduara duerg”
20 bryniu2] with this word ends 577, 6v;f. 7r—v is written in a
younger hand on top of the original text which has been
erased; no variants have, therefore, been given from this folio.
the ring. When the giant asks how he is to redeem his
head, Vilhjálmr orders him to bring him, within six months,
a complete set of armour that cannot be damaged. If
anything is wrong with this armour, he must pay with his
life. After this they part and the giant says that this is
not the last occasion on which they will play against
each other. When Vilhjálmr comes home and tells Dixin
what has happened, the counsellor advises him to have
nothing more to do with the giant for nothing liut mischief
will come from him. Vilhjálmr, however, is confident.
When the appointed time comes, he and the giant meet
out in the forest. The giant brings him steel greaves and a
threefold mail-coat, which he says he has taken from the