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eirn skarefifel og bar j munn ser. aunnur tok eirn
gullbaug. og rann hann upp á hennar fingr. uoluan
3 bar þa bðrnen til drott(njngar) og m(ælti) mórgum
heillauænligum ordum yfer þeim. hun sagdj drott(n-
jngu). at sv sem gullbaugen tok. mundj uerda
n kynsælle. og mundj gipt agiætum kongs synj “þuiat
gull merker kongatign. en su sem alldjnet tok. mun
uera fesæl og arsæl. og mun gipt bonda synj af
9 berserkja kyne. þuiat jardar áuöxtr merkjr almugan.
og mun sa madr mikell fyrir ser. þuiat eckj allden er
jafnramt edr beiskara en skarefifell”. hun gaf nafn
i3 meyiunum. og skal su heita Soleý er alldenjt tok.
en hin Gullbra er gullet tok upp. og þackar drott(ning)
henne god um mælj. og uar hun med godum giofum
i5 j burt leyst. litlu sidar tok drottnjng sott og anndadizt.
og þotte | þat mikell skadj og uar hennar ut ferd i9v
sæmiliga giord á þann hátt sem þa uar sidr til. kongr
4 yfer] written in tlie margin with a mark of insertion MS.
(leontodon autumnalis) and puts it in her mouth, while
the other one takes a golden ring and this slips onto her
finger. Afterwards the wise woman carries the girls to the
queen and says that the one who took the golden ring
will be the one of them who has the most descendants and
will be married to a king’s son, for gold means royal
dignity. The girl who took the hawkbit will be rich and
fertile and married to a farmer’s son of berserker stock,
for the fruits of the earth stand for the common people,
and the farmer’s son will be proud and outstanding, for
no other plant is so sour and bitter as the hawkbit. She
gives names to the two girls: the one who took the hawkbit
is to be called Sóley and the one who took the gold
Gullbrá. The queen thanks her and gives her fine gifts
before she leaves. Shortly afterwards the queen falls ill
and dies. She is given a splendid burial, as was the
custom at that time. The king returns home from the