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fell vr hende honumm. Einn af þeim Rak staur *miog
*störan vmm herdar Wilmunde. Enn Wilmundur
greyp i fætur þeim sem hann hafde fellt og slð med ij. s
so ad þeir fiellu og stöd annar alldrei vpp. Enn þeim
vard hardkeýpt sem hann hiellt áí.
10. Wilmundur sier nu eitt mikit hvs og fagurt. s
þangad gieek hann, þar sa hann gánnga .xii. menn
og baru silfur diska i hondumm sier, Wilmundur
gieck eptir þeim. þa var hrunndit vpp aptur hvrdunne »
skiotara enn hann varde sem fyrir innann var. og
fiell hann vnndann inn apttur ai gölfid ofugur.
Wilmundur gieck nu jnn, og sa þar sitia meir enn 12
.lx. meyia. þær haufdu allar hertt hæ,r. og gullband
wmm haufud. Ein bar lánngt af audrum, og sat hun
i midit. Ecke þottizt Wilmundur vita vid hver braugd 1»
hann var vm kominn. Enn flester þeir sem inne voru
ottuduzt Wilmund. þionustu sveinar spurdu huortt
þeir skylldu ei kalla íh menn ad giora vart vid þennann is
mann hinn mikla. kongs dotter svarer. “Meýnlaus er
oss hann. og munumm vier ecke vid hann eiga. Enn
ef hann vill annad enn gott þa mun þess kostur”. 21
1—2 miog störan] from 549, 7v, so mikinn MS.
others casts a stake at Vilmundr’s shoulders but he seizes
hold of the fallen man by the feet and with him strikes
the two remaining ones so that one of them is killed and
the man he has hold of is much the worse for it.
10. Vilmundr now sees a large and beautiful house.
He goes up to it and sees twelve men bearing silver
dishes. He follows them. The door is opened so swiftly
that the man inside is taken unawares and falls over.
Inside the house Vilmundr sees over thirty maidens sitting,
all of them with gold bands round their flowing hair. The
one who sits in the middle is the most beautiful of them
all. All those present are afraid of Vilmundr but when
the pages ask whether they should summon aid, the king’s