Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.06.1964, Blaðsíða 78

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Flangi. Dumbur j dag springi. og drepi huert annat.
Illr sie ender adr þier deyit. þungar hefer þu mier
þrauter fengit. leidr loddari lymskur j ordum. þu '■<
munt sialfur Suelner heita. hefer moder þin mig um
þat fræddann. Hrærizt heimar. hristizt steinar.
uautn uid leysizt. uillizt diser. aull odæmi æri þussa. '>
helueg trodi heimskar traullkonur”. Yid þessi ord bra
traullunum suo at huert þeirra Eied a annat og rifuzt
j sundur sem uargar. enn Herkul k(ongr) hratt fram 9
bordunum og hliop til dyranna og hans menn.Suelner
slo til hans og kom a þann sem næstur honum uar
og feck sa þegar bana. enn kongr slo jmot til Suelnis 12
og kom hnefinn jaugat og sprack þat ut a kinnbe(i)nit.
enn augatottin uar suo diup at haundin sauck allt upp
at olboga og komzt kongr j burt med þat en epter is
duolduzd fimm af maunnum hans.
28. (N)V giordizt helldr okyrt j hellinum matti þar
heyra brak og bresti. tok nu jordin aull at skialfa. og 18
giordizt þa landskialpti mikill suo at hellarner duttu
ofan. enn eingi matti a sina fætur standa. V(ilhialmur)
3-5 þu-fræddann] -f- 599, 18r.
13 -beinit] supplied from 548, 17r, 577, 22v, 599, 18r.
14 -tottin] -toftin 548, 17 r, -toptin 577, 22v, 599, 18r.
16 duolduzd] so M8.
20 fætur] written twice at line-division MS.
name is Svelnir, is named as the ninetieth and to his
name are attached curses. At this all the trolls spring up
and tear each other to pieces like wolves. King Herkul and
his men make for the door. Here he comes into conflict
with Svelnir. He strikes him in the eye with his fist so that
the eye falls out onto his cheek but the eye-socket is so
deep that the king’s arm sinks in up to the elbow. The
king manages to escape but five af his men are killed.
28. As the cave collapses, the earth quakes and no one
is able to remain standing. Vilhjálmr staggers back and