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sagdi þussinn “enn hann hafdi giort hana Heriut
k(ongi) j Holmgardi. ecki uopn fester a henni og mun
3 sa jafnan sigur haf(a) sem j henni er. ecki uilldi
duergrin missa hana fyrir .ccc. punda gullz”. þui
næst feck hann honum hialm. hann var gior af haurdu
e stali skyggdr sem gler og gimsteinum settur. ademas
hin hardi var ofan j honum midium. og huadan sem
þu leizt a hann var at sea sem .x. menn gengi at at
o beriazt og syndizt sea mannfai kuikr ef solin skein a
hann. “þenna hialm” sagdi hann “hefer att *Herkul
hinn sterki og bar hann a haufdi þa hann drap hinn
12 mikla Risa Centauris at eigi gat .c. manna j hel komit
þo bundin væri aunnur hans haund. eigi mun betri
hialmur finnazt”. þui næst feck hann honum suerd
15 þat var .xi. spanna hatt j milli hiallta og hauggstadar.
suo syndizt sem einn uargr hlypi undan hiolltum þess
og fram a oddinn ef nidr uissu hiolltin. enn þa under
3 hafa] supplied, from 548, 3v, 599, 3v.
6 ademas] adamas 548, 3v, 599, 3v.
8 .x.] troio 548, 3v, 599, 3v.
10 Herkul] c/. below p. 5219 etc., Herkules MS.
12 Centauris] Tentarius 599, 4r.
dwarf Andvari, who had made it for King Heriut of
Hólmgarðr; it resists all weapons and brings victory to
the man who bears it and the dwarf would not lose it for
three hundred pounds of gold; in addition he gives him a
helmet of steel, transparent as glass and adorned with
precious stones; in the centre of the helmet at the top is
the stone adamas; when one looks at the helmet one can
see the Trojans (c/. the note) fighting and when the sun
shines on the helmet it is as though the picture comes to
life. The giant tells Vilhjálmr that Hercules wore this
helmet when he slew the great giant Centauris, whom a
hundred men could not kill, although one of his hands was
tied. In addition he gives him a sword, the blade of which
is eleven spans in length; when the hilt is turned down-
wards, it is as though a wolf runs out to the point from