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enn eff suo kann til ad bera ad þu komest ýffer ana
med þýnum frodleýka þa muntu koma á fagra völlu
og mun þier þa býrta fyrer augum, þar muntu sia 3
hool fagrann med allskynz grösum, þangad skaltu
ganga. Sunnann j hölnum er eirn brunnur med miklum
hagleýk giordur og fasienliga vmm bued, þangad 6
mun koma hinn siöunda dag j jölum kona þussenz
þess er tefflde vid þig, þau eiga nu barn á þridia
vetur, þad mun hun bera med sier, enn þad er 9
seinheppligt enn þo almællt, lág ein er j huýrffle
hoolsenz og þar mun hun Rugguna nidur setia, enn
ganga til brunnsenz med þuott sinn og dueliast þar 12
lenge, þu skalt haffa giort þier gröff nidur j jördina
þa hun kemur, og varastu ad hun verde eý vör vid
þig, sýdan skaltu fara þangad sem barnid er, og kom 1°
gulle þessu i þess kiapt og bitt þræde þessum vmm
halsenn aa þui, enn eg mun þui vallda ad einge mun
sia þat þo nockur lyte j þess munn og mæl so, ad þad is
2 frodleýka] frækleik 548,14v, 599, 15v, fræknleik 577, 19r.
crossing the river in spite of everything, he will come to
some fair plains and there see a beautiful grass-grown
mound, to which he is to draw near. In the southern end
of the mound is an artificial spring. On the seventh day
of Christmas the wife of that giant who played the board-
game with Vilhjálmr will come there. She and the giant
now have a child who is two years old. It is rather
backward but able to talk. She will have it with her in a
cradle. She will put this down in a hollow at the top of the
mound, while she goes to the spring to do her washing.
He must dig a trench beforehand and conceal himself in
this when she comes, taking great care that she does not
catch sight of him. Afterwards he is to go up to the child,
place a piece of gold—which Ermlaug gives him—in its
mouth and bind a thread—which she likewise gives him—
round its neck. Ermlaug will make sure that no one sees
the gold, even if they look into the child’s mouth. Vil-