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villde geffa til fiörlausnar. “tak þu j eýra mitt hid
hægra” sagde einfætingurinn “og muntu þar finna
3 steýn og eff þu likur *hann j hneffa þier, sier þig
einge madur”. þetta þiggur Vilh(ialmur) og skylia vid
so buid og rýdur nu Vilh(ialmur) veg sinn og er ey
« geted ad til týdinda ýrde j ferd lianz fýrr enn hann
kemur til hinnar miklu moodu er Ermlaug haffde
honum til sagt, sýndist honum hun torsottlig og olýklig
9 til ýfferferdar, var þar og ecke miog biart fyrer augum,
reýd hann med moodunne tuo daga og sai hann huorge
lýkligt til ýfferferdar enn þa var hann komen ad
12 daluerpe nockru, þad var miög skoge vaxed, þar var
miost ýffer ana, eige þotte honum skemra munde
ýffer möduna enn nyrætt, vel fimtugt þötte honum
ið sem | nidr mundi at uatninu þar sem lægst uar. enn 38r
fossar uoru under nidri. enn þeir hamrar sem fyrir
handan ana voru. voru suo hafer at hann sa ualla
i8 upp a þa med þui at dimt var og skwttu þeir fram
yfer möduna. dualdizt hann þar um nottina. enn at
morni dags uaknadi hann og hugar hann nu sitt uad.
3 hann] from 548, 15r, 577, 20r, 599, 16r, honum MS.
15 nidr] with this word the text in MS begins again.
20 hugar] huxar 548, 15v, 577, 20r, 599, 16r.
exchange for its life it will give him the stone it bears in its
right ear and which, if he holds it in his closed fist, will
make him invisible. Vilhjálmr agrees to this. He rides on
now and comes to the river. After having ridden along
it for two days without finding any point at which it
can be crossed, he finds himself in a little valley over-
grown with trees. The river seems to be at its narrowest
here, about ninety ells in breadth, but there is a drop of
fifty (ells, fathoms, or the like) down to the roaring water
and on the opposite side there are tremendous cliffs
overhanging the river. He spends the night here and next
morning, while he is contemplating the situation, he