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lieonit Reif hann a hol suo idrin fiellu nidr a iord. enn
eigi gafszt fijlinn at helldur. snyzt hann þa uit dyriim
og uilldi giarna bita þat. enn þa uoru af hinar ”>
efri tennurnar. enn uigtenn þær sem uoru j hinum
nedra kiaptinum festi hann j briosti djrrsins og bra
hann þui a lopt. hesturinn hliop nu ut og slær sinum «
eptrum fotum utan a legg dyrsins suo j sundr stauck
beinit. enn med þui at fijllinn treysti miog a fotinn þa
halladizt hann miog efter. þa kom V(ilhialmur) at 9
med sina burtstaung og lagdi a sidu fijlinum og fiell
fillinn þa til jardar og skalf þa allt. enn leonit uard
laust. liet V(ilhialmur) nu skamt hauggua j milli og
drap þar fijlinn. giordi hann sier sidan náder um
nottina. enn um morguninn snidr hann sundur fijlinn
og Reiser upp hans hinu bezstu bein og lætur skina. R
enn tennur fijlsins hafdi hann med sier. Ridur sidan
burt af skoginum. en a hinum fimta degi þadan sier
hann borg sterka og ei miog mikla. þar þikizt hann is
kenna Treckt er Astrinomia hafdi honum til uisat ok
Ridur hann þangat um kuelldit og tekur sier þar
nattstad og duelst þar nockurar nætur. 21
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not have very much hair—so that its entrails fall out on
the ground. The elephant, however, does not surrender.
It turns against the lion and casts it up in the air with the
help of the teeth in its lower jaw—it has, of course, lost
the teeth in the upper jaw. The horse comes up and kicks
the elephant with its hind-legs so that it totters and at
last Vilhjálmr manages to kill it with his jousting-lance.
After this he lies down to sleep and the next morning he
carves up the elephant’s carcase. Some of its bones he lays
out to bleach but its teeth he takes with him. Thus he
rides out of the forest and comes on the fifth day following
to Trekt, where he spends some days.