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kom heim ur lconga stefnune þa hann hafdj rekjt sitt
erendj. og hafdj hann frett allt adr en hann kom heim.
uoru honum þa sýndar dætr sinar og leizt honum uel s
á þær. og syndjzt honum þo Gullbrá miklu fridare.
en Soleý uar skartsamlig og skauruglig. og þotte
honum sem uera mundj skapmikel og hyggilig j «
bragdj. kongr let fá henne fostr j borgine og het su
*kona Siluen. hun uar uid alldr. hun atte dottr uæna.
en madr hennar var daudr og uoru þær mædgur mióg 9
einar fyrir ser. og ox hun jafnan þar upp. þar til sem
þær uoru suo gamlar at marka matte huerja nátturu
huor þeirra mundj hafa fyrer þau atvik er þær mattu 12
siálfar af sier uikja. Gullbra uar blid og hýr og þýd uid
alla og vnnv henne allir hugastum og ox hun upp j
kongs havll og lek á löfum huerjum manne. Soleý uar i»
nöckut fálatare. á fannga mikel og ueitul af fe. og spardj
eckj uid uine sina. og uilldj hun og hafa þat af huerjum
sem hun kalladj. kongr vnne henne minna. en þo is
uoru þær sýstur badar uinsælar. og for suo fram þar
til er þær uoru .xii. uetra gamlar.
8 kona] from 577, 72r, GkS 1006 fol, p. 545, konu MS.
assembly. He has already heard what has taken place.
He is shown his two daughters and approves of them.
Gullbrá, however, seems to him to be the most beautiful
but Sóley is clever and capable. He has Sóley brought up by
an elderly woman called Silven, who is a widow and has
a beautiful daughter. They live in a very lonely place.
Here Sóley grows up. When the king’s daughters have
grown up enough for their dispositions to be revealed,
Gullbrá is sweet-tempered and gentle and loved by
everyone. She grows up in the king’s palace and everyone
plays with her. Sóley is more reserved but generous to
her friends and, 011 the other hand, carefid that she is given
what is her due. The king loves her less than her sister but
the two girls were both popular. Time passes until they are
twelve years old.