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marga menn og skilur hann af tilvisann kongsd(ottur)
at þat mvne kongrinn vera sem aller luta til. Matur
3 var á bordumm vmm alla havllina. hann nemur stadar
á gólfinu jnnarliga. Eingi madr leggur til hans. kongr
m(ælti) þá vid skutilsveininn at hann skylldi gefa
e honum at drecka og bidia hann fá ser mat einshvers
stadar j hóllinni. sveinninn giordi sem kongrinn bad.
Vilmundr ser huar einn stoll stendr eigi allfiarri sæti
9 kongsins. og þar sezt hann nidr og var borinn matur
fyrir hann. hann neytti vel matar. og át eigi minna enn
fiorer Riddarar. Marger hlógv at honum. kongr m(ælti)
i2 til hans. “hvert er nafn þitt hinn mikli | madr” s(eger)
hann “edr hvadan ertv komin” “Vilm(undur) heiti
eg” s(eger) hann. “Enn eg | er komen fra faudr minum 2ir
15 og modr”. “suo erv flester” s(eger) kongr. “edr hvert
uilltu fara. og þu ert uæn madr”. “eg leita at giæfu”
seger V(ilmundr). “feingit hafa þeir giæfu” seger
18 kongr “sem eigi erv mann uænligri en þu. edr ser þu
hana nöckut her”. “eckj” s(eger) V(ilmundr) “edr
hefir hun eckj komjt her svo at þer uited”. “Eg ueit
2i ei huat þu kaliar giæfu” s(eger) kongr. “þat er geit
14 er] with this word the text in MS begins again, 21r.
it must be the king they are all attending. There is food
on the tables. He stands unnoticed on tho floor. The king
requests his cup-bearer to see that Vilmundr is given
something to eat and drink. Vilmundr sits down near the
king and eats just as much as four knights. Many men
laugh at him. To the king’s inquiry as to his name and
where he comes from, he replies that he is called Vilmundr
and has come from his father and mother. The king re-
marks that this is the usual practice. Vilmundr also tells
that he is searching for Gæfa and the king then says that
men who do not appear to be any more excellent than he
have found gœfa (i.e. ‘good fortune’). When Vilmundr
then explains that Gæfa is his father’s goat with three