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unen. þuiat hann uar bædj fiolkunnegr og mikell
fyrir ser. Hiarandj uar nu þenna tima j hernadj og sat
stundum á uetrum j audrum londum.
8. <(K)all bio j afdal langt j burt fra audrum
monnum. hann het Suidj hin sokndiarfi son Baugu-
bosa. kelling hans het Herborg. þau attu son þann «
er Uilmundr er nefndr. hann uar mikjll uexte en
sterkr at afle. og fridr sýnum. hærdr manna bezt og
eýgdr uel. skartsamligr á allan uoxt og uoro þo menn »
andliz fridarj. En þo uilldu marger helldr hafa hans
ýferlit. en hina er fridare uoru kalladjr. fader hans
hafdi ueret hin meste kappe. og þuj *kendi hann sýnj 12
sinum j þrotter sund og tafl og at skiota og at skýlmazt
med skiólld og suerd. og uar hann á skynja j þrotta
suo at fader hans komzt um aungua til jafns uid hann. 1»
moder hans kenndj honum boknæme. þa spyr hann
kall og kelljngu huar menn allir uoru þeir sem saugr
eru af gerdar. en þau saugdu honum at menn uoru ís
þá allir dauder. en traull uære epter j heimjnum
12 kendi]/rom 577, 74r, GkS 1006 fol, p. 551, kanndj MS.
but because of his magic powers and superior strength he
is never overcome. Hjarandi is abroad on a ravaging
expedition at this time and sometimes spends the winter
in other lands.
8. In a tiny, remote valley, far from other men, lives
a man called Svíði the martial (hinn sókndjarfi), son of
Bíigubósi (thehero of Bósa saga). His wife is called Herborg.
They have a son who is called Vilnmndr. He is big and
strong, with fine eyes, but handsomer men are to be
found. Svíði, who has been a mighty warrior, teaches his
son swimming and table-games, shooting and fencing
with shield and sword. His mother teaches him book-
learning. He asks his parents where all the people are who
figure in stories and they reply that they are all dead but