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þig hier”. “Seg mer fyst” s(eger) hann “þad mer
þiker miklv varda. hvort ertu madr edr tróll. edr
álfkona edr hvar er eg komen eda hvad heiter þv.” s
hvn brosti at og m(ælti) “þiki þier eg tróllzlig vera”.
“ecki veit eg þad” s(agdi) hann. “eg hefi ecki tröll
séd og ecki álfa”. “Gvllbrá heite eg” s(eger) hvn. “og e
er eg d(otter) kongs þess er hier nædr fyrir. og veit
eg at honum mvn jlla lika ef hann veit at þv hefer hier
verid”. “heyrt hefi eg kong nefnndan” s(eger) 9
hann, “enn ecki veit eg huad þat er. þviat eg hefi eigi
menn sed fyri utan födr minn og modur”. “huad
heiter fader þinn” s(eger) hvn “edr hvar áttu heima”.
“fader minn byrr j einvm dal langt j burt heclan”
s(eger) hann “han heiter Svidi”. “hvert skaltu fara”
s(eger) jvmfruinn. “eg leita at Giæfv” s(eger) hann. 15
enn fruin brosti og m(ælti) “vænter þu hennar hier”
s(eger) hvn “edr hvad er þat”. “þat er geit faudr mins”
s(eger) hann “med .iij. kidum”. “ecki hefer hvn her is
komid” s(eger) hvn “og skaltu flyta þier bvrt” s(eger)
hvn “og vera eigi fundinn hier”. “þat skal vera”
s(eger) hann “enn þo vil eg segia þier dravm minn adr. 21
Eg þottvnzt hier vera sem nu er eg kominn. eg þottvnzt
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tell him first if she is a human-being or a troll or an elf,
and where this place is and what she is called. She then
tells him that she is called Gullbrá and is the daughter of
the king who reigns here but he replies that he does not
know what a king is, for he has never seen any other
people that his father and mother. In reply to her questions
he tells her where his father lives and what his name is and
that he is searching for Gæfa. When the king’s daughter
asks what that is, he tells that it is his father’s goat with
three kids. She wants him to make haste away so as not
to be found here but before he goes he tells her of a dream
he has had. He was at this very place and saw many ships