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æpe og alldre þagne fýrr enn tróllkonann neffner
traullenn aull a naffn þau sem eru j helle hennar, og
3 er þu heffur fest aull nóffninn sem þier lýkar, þa
flýt þier aptur i gróffena og býrg vanndliga og haff
þradinn hia þier þann sem á gullenu er og kýpp þui
c til þýn þegar þu ert fullnuma j þui sem þu heffur
heýrt. far þu nu vel og gange þier aller hluter betur
enn eg kann fyrer ad bidia og lat ecki dýred fara med
o þier vt ýffer mooduna enn eff þu mætter nockru vmm-
ráda villda eg þu hjalpader Jsakar kalle”. sýdan kýste
hun Vilh(ialm) og för heym gratande.
i2 25. Vilh(ialmur) fer nu leýd sýna epter þui sem
Ermlaug výsade honum og tekur nu helldur ad
dýmma fyrer augum, er nu optast ad eiga náttböl
i5 vt vnder berrum hymne og grýmmum dýrum, enn
minst vard honum grand ad þeim, þui þa þau sáu
lieonid þordu þau huorge næri ad koma, þo er þess
i8 getid ad eirn dag heýrde Vil(hialmur) dunur miklar
og var þad med undarligu mote, stundum vard
dynkur mikill suo ad jördinn skalff og var langt á
21 mille enn stundu sýdar sier hann tuo menn stýkla, þeir
voru vndarliger j sköpun, eitt hóffdu þeir auga og
hjálmr is then to tell the child to scream and to continue
to do so until the troll-woman has named all the names of
the trolls in the cave. As soon as Vilhjálmr has learnt all
the names, he is to take the thread in his hand and go to
the trench and conceal himself and haul in the thread with
the gold-piece. Finally Ermlaug exhorts him not to take
the lion with him over the river and asks him to help
Isakar, if this is possible. With these words she kisses
Vilhjálmr goodbye and goes home weeping.
25. Vilhjálmr now rides along the road Ermlaug has
pointed out. Generally he has to sleep under the heavens
but because of the lion, no wild animal dares to attack
him. One day he hears a roar so terrific that the earth
quakes and shortly afterwards lie sees two strange