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gretu bader hástaufum. Sidan for V(ilhialmur) upp a
treid og uar þat hættuferd mikil. enn þo komzt hann
3 ut yfer moduna. Enn þa hann kom jhamrana fyrir
utan þa uar langt upp a biorgin. enn þat hialpadi
honum at limarnar tresins breiduzt uida um biargit
e og hafdi hann mikinn lietta af þeim.
26. (N)V er V(ilhialmur) kominn j þat land er
hann hefer lengi til langat. gengur hann nu a morkina
s efter þui sem honum hafdi fyrir uerit sagt. for hann
suo .iij. daga at honum þotti miog daufligt er hann
uar nu einn. tekur honum nu at birta fyrir augum og
12 sier hann nu fagra uaullu med ilmandi triám og
allskyns bloma. og kenner hann nu giorla huar
honum hefer til verit uisat. og uar nu kominn hinn
ís sietti dagur iöla. fer hann nv til þess at hann kemur a
fyrgreindan hól. og giorer hann sier grauf eina sunnan
j holinn sem Ermlaug hafdi honum fyrir sagt. næsta
i8 morgin epter var vedur biart og fagurt. en er solin
skein sem biartazt sier hann at ut ur hölnum þar sem
til nordurs uissi geck ein flagdkona so mikil at aungua
21 sa hann ferligri. hon uar eigi suo illa klædd sem hon
uar amattlig at sea. under annari hendi bar hon nuggu
of each other. He now starts off on the perilous passage
over the river, clinging to the tree-trunk and coming safe
and sound to the other side. The branching crown of the
tree enables him to scramble up the cliff-face there.
26. Vilhjálmr is now in the land of Eirs. He wanders
away through a forest for three days and, having no
companions, finds it lonely. He sees a glimpse of light and
shortly afterwards comes to some beautiful plains with
fragrant trees and all kinds of flowers. It is now the sixth
day of Christmas. He goes up to the mound which
Ermlaug told him about and digs a trench there. Next
morning the weather is fine and when the sun is at its
height, he sees a mighty troll-woman coming out of the
northern side of the mound with a cradle in one hand and