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osæmd. Haufudmerki kongsins stod j midium hernum.
þat uar einn aurn af gulli gior. en merkit uar Eaut
3 silki. staungin uar nÍRæd at hæd. a þui uoru .c.
dynbiollr af gulli en er uindr bles merkit þa hlackadi
orninn en biollurnar hringduzt suo at heyrdi halfa
c milu.
42. <N)U leider Frollo sinn her ut af herbudum og
matti þar sea margann liotan fant. þeirra uopna
9 buningr var glæsiligur til syndar. enn burtstengr
þeirra uoru asum likar. en þeirra hliod uar sem nagaull.
þeirra merki uar suart og giort j þa mynd sem einn
12 hestur. og þa uindr blés þat neggiadi hann og heyrdi
þat .ix. milr. Runga h(et) sa er merkit bar. hann uar
fimtugur at hæd. a stonginni uoru .iij. gullknappar.
i5 Griffon hafdi gult merki tinætt at hæd. þat bar sa
madur er | Gnepia h(et). ecki seger fra uexti hans. en 43v
.vj. langspanna var nef hans upp under bryn. enn
i8 halfrar fiordu spannar var jmilli augna hans. Knabbi
in the midst of the army, is of red silk with a golden eagle.
The pole is ninety (ells, fathoms, or the like) high and on
the standard are a hundred golden bells. When the wind
blows, the eagle screeches and the bells ring so that the
sound can be heard half a mile away.
42. Frollo leads his army out of the camp. It is
splendidly armed and they have tilting-lances as thick as
beams. Their standard is black and fashioned like a horse
which neighs so loudly that it can be heard nine miles
away when the wind puffs out the standard. The pole it is
fixed to is adorned with three golden knobs. The standard-
bearer is called Runga and is fifty (ells, fathoms, or the
iike) tall. Griffon’s standard is golden and one hundred
(ells, fathoms, or the like) high. It is carried by a man
called Gnepja, whose nose is six long-span in length and
whose eyes are placed three and a half span away from
each other. The third standard, Knabbi’s, is as red as
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