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slika. hon hneiger k(ong)syni kurteisliga. jotuninn
heilsadi dottur sinni. “olikligt er þat” sagdi k(ong)s(on)
“suo fiandligur sem þu ert”. “margr er sinum olikr” s
sagdi iotuninn. k(ong)syni fanzt meira um meyna enn
taflit þui hun setti sig gegnt honum. og var miog
tileyg og suo mikit leiddi honum af fegurd hennar at 6
hann liet taflit. “Xu er suo ordit” sagdi jotunn “at eg
a ualld a haufdi þinu. og naut eg náda dottur minnar”.
nu sier k(ong)s(on) at brugdit er yferlitum hennar og 9
þottizt hann nu alldri hafa sied illiligra flagd. had
hann iot(uninn) greida fyrir sier um haufutlausnina
og var hann þa neidur miog og tok uopn sin. iótu(ninn) 12
m(ælti) “eigi muntv uilia nidazt a mier. enn minni
þraut mun eg leggia fyrir þig enn þu lagder fyrer mig.
adr .iij. uetur eru lidner skaltu koma til hellis mins og 15
eru þar niutiger traulla þa skaltu segia mier huat þau
heita aull. þangat skaltu hafa med þier hringinn
Trollkonunaut. og er þu hefer þetta giort þa ertu laus 18
allra mala uid mig elligar verdur þat bani þinn”.
k(ong)s(on) bra nu suerdinu og hio til jöt(unsins) enn
3—4 margr-iotuninn] hun mái þo eiga uæna modr. sagdi
þussinn. þo eg sie liotr 548, 5v, 577, 8v, 599, 6r.
set up the board, an exceptionally beautiful maiden
appears from the forest and salutes Vilhjálmr with a
curtsey. To Vilhjálmr’s amazement it appears that she
is the giant’s daughter. She sits down opposite Vilhjálmr
while he plays, with the result that his attention is
distracted by her great beauty and he loses. The giant
exults and his daughter is transformed into the most ugly
troll-woman. In order to redeem his head Vilhjálmr is
ordered by the giant to come to his den before three years
have passed. There he will find ninety trolls, whose names
he is to tell him, and, when he arrives, he is to bring the
gold ring which has belonged to the giantess. If he cannot
perform the task, he will have to pay with his life.