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hann þa heýra manna máU alla vega fra sier, og allra
kvikinnda læti. Bergit var ymsa vega litt. bæde
3 hvijtt og blátt Rautt og gult. og suo sliett sem skafid
være. Enn ei matte hann sea fyrir þokunne hversu
hatt var vppa biargit. Enn einnveg heyrde hann vpp
o i loptid manna malit sem annarsstadar. Enn þui
næst kom hann þar sem myklar dýr voru aá biarginu,
og woru þær opnnar, þar var fyrir hurd stor med
o jarnlokumm. vndrazt hann þetta mióg og gieck þo
inn vmm hlidid. sier liann þa braut eina breida. Hann
geinngur epter henne þar til ad fyrir vard gardur
12 mikill og grind i hlidinu. Hun var olæst. hann hratt
vpp grindinne og gieck i gardinn. þa kvomu ad honum
.iiij. menn. og mællti einn til hanz. “þu hinn vonde
ís gaur” sagde hann. “Hver gaf þier | ordlof til ad gannga
hier inn med vopnumm aa nattar tijma. og fái mier
oxina”. Wilmundur kunne ongvo ad svara, enn fieck
ís honumm oxina. Hann reidde hana vpp, og vill færa
i haufud Wilmunde. Wilmundur hleypur nu under
hann, og Eekur hann nidur fall so mikit ad auxinn
animals round about him. The mountain is white and
blue, red and yellow and as smooth as though it has been
scraped. Because of the fog he is unable to see how high
it is. He comes to a place where there is a great entrance
into the mountain, provided with a mighty door with
iron bolts. It is open and he goes through it in wonder and
sees a broad path. He goes along this until he comes to a
large house. He enters through a gate that is not locked.
Four men come up to him and one of them asks who has
given him permission to enter armed in the night and
demands that he surrender his axe. Vilmundr does not
know what to reply and gives him the axe. The man,
however, raises it and is about to strike him on the head
with it. Vilmundr wrestles with him and casts him down
so violently that the axe falls from his hand. One of the