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tekr hann ydra d(ottur) med herfange. en drepr ydr
sialfa. og eydjr ydart nike”. kongr m(ælti) “þetta mal
3 kemr eigi suo miog til mjn. þuiat Hiar(andj) hennar
brodir rædr hennar gipting. og uænter mig at hann
mune einhuer suör gefa þer her vm”. Skiölldr seger
e at kongs(on) uill eigi leingi uera uonbidjll hennar.
“og mege þer suo til ætla at þegar á morgen er ydr uis
ofridr. *ef þer synet konunar. og sited j frid”. og gengr
9 hann nu til skipa. Hiar(andj) kom nu heim af skogin-
um. og uoru honum sögd þesse tidendj. en hann bad
þegar kueda uid ludra og uar lidj safnat at nalægum
12 bygdum. og uar timen helldr stuttr. og uar nu hark
mikjt j borgine et huer bio sig med sinum uopnum.
En at morne dags kueda uid ludrar j budum Buris.
15 og lætr hann setia upp merkj sitt. og uar uida þackjn
uöllren af hans her. og uoru flest blamenn og berserkjr.
Hiarandj for j mote med sinum her. og uar þat litell
i8 her hia her Buris. Eckj uar Y(ilmundr) en af skoginum
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king’s castle. If the king does not agree to do this, Buris
will seize his daughter, kill the king and lay waste his
kingdom. To this the king replies that it is not so much he
himself as Hjarandi who is to decide as to Gullbrá’s
marriage. Skjpldr says that the king can therefore expect
battle the next day. He goes back to the ships. Hjarandi
now comes home from the hunt and learns what has taken
place. He immediately orders the trumpets to be sounded
as a sign that an army is to be assembled from the
neighbouring settlements. The army gathers together and
there is tumult in the castle as every single man seizes his
arms. In the morning the trumpets are sounded in Buris’s
camp and his standard is raised. The plain is completely
covered by his host, which seems to consist in the main
of negroes and berserks. Hjarandi’s army is small in
comparison with Buris’s. Vilmundr has still not returned