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j spiotit og gengu ur lionum allar tennurnar. en suo
fast hristi hann sitt heluizska hofut at *Kalabes uard
laust spiotit. enn liann hio j hofut Kalabes suo at s
suignadi hialmurin at hofdinu. en suerdit brotnadi
en þo fiell uiddarinn af baki og Aper a hann ofan og
uilldi bita sundr j honum barkan. enn tennurnar uoru e
þa eigi til. enn suo mikit blod gaus þa ur honum at af
þui drucknadi Kalabess. Þa kom R(egin)b(alld) at og
hio Aper sundr jmidiu. nu finnazt þeir Grif(fon) og s
R(egin)b(alld) og Eidur huor at audrum. og koma
þeir suo hart saman at þeirra Eeidskapur geck sundur
og forv þeir bader aptur af sinum hestum. taka nu sin 12
suerd og beriazt sterkliga. og þat fysta haugg er
R(egin)b(alld) hio kom j knesböt Grif(fon) og tok ur
allann kálfan nidur at helunum. Grif(fon) hio nu til ir>
R(egin)b(alldz) og klauf allann skiolldin og nam
oddurinn lærit og var þat illt sár. R(egin)b(alld) hio
föt undan Grif(fon) j Eistarlid. þa hio Grif(fon) til 18
R(egin)b(alldz) og stefndi j hialminn. enn hann
snaradizt undan. hoggit kom a herdarnar og Eifnadi
aull brynian en skinn þau sem voru under hans treyiu 21
matti eigi jarn bita. enn þo uard R(egin)b(alld)
sinnulaus af þui hoggi. og stey(p)tizt j fang Grif(fon)
2 Kalabes] from 548, 30v, Balabes MS.
23 steyptizt] supplied from 548, 31r, 577, 39r, 599, 22v.
his spear. He bites on it and all his teeth fall out but
when he shakes his head, Kalabes has to let go his hold
on the spear. He strikes at Kalabes so that he falls from
his horse. Aper tries to bite his throat in two but is unable
to do so because of his lack of teeth. So much blood
streams out of him, however, that Kalabes is drowned in
it. Reginbald then cuts Aper in two and afterwards
fights against Griffon. They clash so violently that they
both fall from their horses and continue fighting on foot.
The end of it is that Reginbald, who has been wounded,