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dag þar til hused væri fullt og gefa honum godar
giaffer og sæmeliga grýpe, enn kierling kom suo aptur
ad hun haffde latid hrýngenn, sidan toku trollinn þad 3
raid ad þau stalu kongum burt vr norduralffunne og
lógdu aa þa gialld ad þeir skýlldu fýlla steýnhused, og
eru þeir þar j hallde þar til fullt er steýnhuset, þau
soktu Jvýkhaid kong nordur j Eingland, og hýgg eg
hann sie fader þinn, .xiiij. konga haffa þau sokt og er
þad þeirra ýdia ad þeir hafa liuorn dag skinnleýk ■>
þegar bord eru offan. aller kongar lwka skatt nema
Rýkard(ur) kongur. liann er suo sterkur ad einge
stendst honum j leýkum og taka hann þrýr jafnann. 12
Enn þad vinnur hann til lýffs sier ad hann þionar
tróllum ad matbordum og kongunum. Sa madur er
hinn fimtande er Jsakar heýter og er med tröllunum, ib
er hann þar annar sterkastur, sw er lianz jdia ad hann
er steýkare tróllanna og vactar þeim mat og eff hann
giórer eý so vel sem þau vilia þa er lionum lýtlu betra is
lýff enn hel. Heff eg nu giort þier nockra avýsan
11 Rýkardur] supplied from 599, 15r; cf. above p. lri etc.
until the house is filled. The troll-woman lost the ring and
the trolls resort to the expedient of carrying off various
kings from the northern part of the world and holding
them prisoner until they have filled the stone house.
Among these kings, fourteen in all, is King Ríkarðr of
England, Vilhjálmr’s father. Every day after the dining-
tables have been removed, the kings play at skin-pulling
(sJcinnleiJcr) and at this all the other kings have to pay
penalties. Ríkarðr alone is so strong that the others are
unable to withstand him, even though they are generally
three against one. He is set to wait on the trolls and tlie
kings at meal-times. The fifteenth and next strongest
man is Isakar, who is employed as the trolls’ cook. If they
are not satisfied with the food he prepares for them, death
would be lietter for him than life. With this Ermlaug