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alldr en tuær ýnngri. þa m(ællti) hin gamla kona.
“huad uar nu tidenda fostra min er þu fort heiman”.
“Eingi uoru tidendj” sagdj hun. “en þat uar þo nýjazt 3
at Kolr krýppa uar gior utlægur”. “huad hafdi hann
til saka” s(eger) hin gamla kona. “eigi suo litid”
s(eger) hun. “hann hafdi blýgdat allar skemmu e
meýiar. en giort oletta kongs d(ottur)”. “su er honum
maklig kongs d(otteren)” s(eger) hin | gamla konan.
Hvn taladi þa til döttvr sinnar. “hvar eru skuör '■<
fóstru minnar” s(eger) hon. enn hon svipadizt at og
m(ællti) sidan. “eigi hefer nu vel til tekizt. hann hefer
ordid efter vid lavgina. Enn nu er suo frammordid at 12
þangat er ecki fært fyrir trolla gangi”. “sligt er
*störslys” sagdi hin gamla kona. “þuiat skuor þesser
uoru duergasmidi. og sv náttura á at þeir skylldu 10
alldri fyrnazt mega. enn hvn skyldi aungua skuo adra
bera mega og verdr hvn nv at ganga berfætt avdrum
8 hin] after this word there is a lacuna (1 folio) in MS; the
text is taken first from 577, 74v, later from GkS 1006 fol,
p. 553-556, and, finally, from 577, 75r-76r.
9 eru skuór] er skör GkS 1006 fol, p. 553.
14 stör-] from 549, 6v (seems to be corrected from smá-),
smá- MS.
through this he sees three women, one of them old but
the other two younger. He hears the old woman ask for
news and one of the younger women tell that Kolr kryppa
has been banished because he has violated all the at-
tendants and got the king’s daughter with child. The old
woman says that that king’s daughter is good enough for
him. Afterwards she asks about her foster-daughter’s one
shoe and is told that it has been left behind at the water-
hole but because of the ravaging of the trolls at such a
late hour, they cannot go out to fetch it. To this the old
woman says that the shoes were made by dwarves, who
had endowed them with that quality that they will never
be worn out, and that her foster-daughter will never be
able to wear other shoes and will now be obliged, therefore,