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en hann kuezt þat eigi giora mundu at eta oæte. enn
V(ilhialmur) sagdi at lijf hans væri j uedi. en Siodur
þordi þa ei annat og át .v. bita mikla og þotti honum 3
sier þa aukazt bædi hugr og grimd. V(ilhialmur) bad
hann fyst sofna. Siodr giordi so. Vilhialmur biözt nu
til ferdar og R(egin)b(alld) og badu folk uel lifa. hann e
liet epter hest sinn og burtstaung. en hafdi skiolld og
suerd. þeir toku dromedari er Kaukasi hof du att. Siodur
uar þa uaknadr og baud at fara med þeim og giarnan 9
uilldi hann nu Reyna sig. V (ilhialmur) bad hann geyma
borgina med Menon. foru þeir R(egin)b(alld) nu af
stad og stefndu þann ueg sem traullkonurnar hofdu 12
farit. voru þeir auallt a þeim slodum sem þær haufdu
undan farit. kornu þeir nu at Gaumbor mosum og
matti þa eigi lengr koma uid dromedarij. og nu fundu 15
þeir j mosunum einn gullsko og þekti R(egin)b(alld)
at syster hans hafdi att hann. en V(ilhialmur) kuad
hann hetur fundin en eigi. sidan toku þeir dyr þat is
sem þeir haufdu med sier. þat heiter katanansius. þat
uar langt og miugt og lágt med .xiiij. fotum. þetta
dyr taka þeir og leggia a farangur sinn og stefna fram 21
a mósana. skreiddizt þetta dyr yfer hueria ofæru. og
to eat five large mouthfuls of it. By this means he becomes
brave and ferocious. On Vilhjálmr’s command he then lies
down to sleep. Vilhjálmr and Reginbald prepare to
leave, armed with shield and sword and riding on
dromedaries. In the meantime Sjóðr has awoken and
offers to accompany them but Vilhjálmr asks him instead
to guard t.he castle together with Menon, while they are
away. Then they depart but when they reach the boggy
land, they can no longer use the dromedaries. They find
a golden shoe in the bog, which Reginbald recognises as
his sister’s. With them on their journey they have an
animal of the species called katanansius. It is long, lithe
and low-built with fourteen legs and can surmount all
obstacles. They load it with all their baggage and often sit