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er hinn sterki, hann er so mikill kappe ad eý veýt eg
hanns lýka, yffer halffu landinu haffa valld tróll og
3 eý minna enn sialffur *fiandinn j heluýte, j einum
lieller ero nýutýger trolla, þau ero stærst aff aullum
þeim kýndum sem þar eru, enn einge rnadur veýt
o nóffn þeirra, og þar er faled i fior þeirra eff nockur
madur kann ad neffna þau aull enn þar stendur sw
spaa ad eirn kongz sonur aff Einglande mune geta
9 sigrad þau, sýdan giórdu þau kaup vid Herkul kong,
hann atte gullhrýng so godan ad eingenn fýnst slýkur
j allre verolldu og skýllde moder trollanna fara nordur
12 j Eingland og vinna son kongz j taffle aff faudur
sýnum j mote hrýngnum. Herckul kongur átte
steýnhuz mikid og stod þad vid landamerkenn, og
15 eff trollkonann liete hrýngenn, þa skýlldu tróllenn
fylla gullhwsed og giora konge veýzlu huom nýarz
2-3 og-heluýte] H- 548, 14r, 577, 18r.
3 fiandinn] fiandur MS.
16 gullhwsed] husid af gulli 548, 14r, 577, 18v, 599, 14v.
Herkul and called the strong. He is an exceptionally
outstanding warrior. Trolls rule over more than half the
land. The greatest of all are ninety trolls who live in a
cave. No one knows their names and they will die if
anyone can name all their names. A prophecy exists to
the effect that a king’s son from England will vanquish
them. The trolls have, therefore, entered upon an agree-
ment with King Herkul that their mother is to go to the
north to England with a gold ring owned by King Herkul,
whose equal is not to be found in the whole world, and,
using that as her stake, try to win the king’s son from his
father by playing a board-game with him. King Herkul
owns a great stone house near the borders of the land and
the trolls have arranged with him that if the troll-woman
loses the ring in the game, they are to fill this house with
gold and every new year’s day hold a feast for the king,