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eru j einum afhelli. þecker hann faudr sinn. og uar
hann miog torkenniligur ur þui sem hann hafdi uerit.
V(ilhialmur) nijstur nu akefli og kastar j kné faudr s
sinum og sagdi honum kuomu sina og bad hann koma
sier þar nockur at honum væri minnsztur háski j. ef
traullunum brygdi nockut uid þa þau heyrdi sin >'•
naufn. “og Jsakár skalltu med þier hafa og þa konga
sem þu uillt”. Nu sier hann huar menn ridu. þeir
uoru .xij. saman enn hinn þrettandi uar suo mikill og »
sterkligur at V(ilhialmur) hafdi eigi sied hans lika. enn
er þeir kuomu at hólnum uar upp lokit hellinum og
gengu ut rikis traullin og badu konginn uel kominn 12
og leiddu hann inn j hellinn og settu hann nidr og
hans menn og var honum gefit at drecka. traullin
spurdu kong huort hann uilldi fyrri ganga til borzs. is
edur hafa skemtan af kongunum. enn hann sagdi gott
at huilazt og sea huat þeir kynni at leika. Voru þeir
af klædder og tokzt nu upp skinnleikur hardr. sagdi is
hofþingi traullanna þa at þeir skylldu ecki af spara
þuiat sea nnin leikr yduar sidaztur. ”þuiat þier liafit
13 hann2] repeated at line-division MS.
into the mound and sees the kings, including his father,
who is greatly changed from before. Vilhjálmr scratches a
few words on a wooden stick, which he casts into his
father’s lap, telling him of his arrival and urging him,
together with Isakar and those of the kings he desires, to
withdraw to as safe a position as possible during the
commotion which may break out when the trolls hear
their names. Twelve men come riding up to the mound and
their leader is so big and strong that Vilhjálmr has never
seen his like. They are welcomed and led into the mound,
where they are given something to drink. The trolls ask the
leader, (King Herkul, see below), whether he wishes to
dine first or to see the kings play at skin-pulling. He
chooses the latter and the kings are stripped for the game.