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at male uid Hiar(anda). og bidr hann fara at Kol. og
buazt þeir V(ilmundr) nu á skogin. og leitudu Kols.
3 og hófdu .lx. manna. Kolr hafdj þa ridjt j bygdina
og brennt eirn kastala og tekjt mikjt fe. og reid nu
aptr j skogen med þrælum sinum. koma þeir Hiar-
6 (andj) nu á mote þeim. og slær þegar j bardaga. sækir
Kolr fast framm og hans menn. og uoru þeir suo
fiolkunneger. at naliga bitu eigi uopn manna Hiar-
9 (anda). vtan þeim V(ilmundi). enn er sokn uar sem
haurduzt. kuomu fram ur skoginum .1. suina. og
sækja at monnum Hiar(anda). og rifa þa til dauds.
12 en þo at þeir hyggi til þeirra. þa hrucku suerden upp j
mote. uar þesse at gangr bædj hardr og hættligr. þo
fellu vm sider allir þrælar Kols. og suo allir menn
ió þeirra fostbrædra. þa uoru epter .x. suinen. stauckr
Kolr þa á skogen. bader uoru þeir V(ilmundr) og
Hiar(andj) sárer. en þo elltu þeir Kol til kastalans og
18 skilldj þar med þeim. foru þeir þa heim. og uoru miög
stirder. en urdu þo snart heiler. Nu safnar Kolr lidj j
annat sinn. og fær .xx. menn. og helldr hann sðmu
2 og] with this word ends GkS 1006 Jol, p. 569.
request Vilmundr and Hjarandi with sixty men set out
to seek Kolr. They find him and his slaves on their way
back from having burnt a castle and stolen many goods.
There is a battle. Kolr and his men get the better of it
because of their witchcraft. When the battle is at its
height, fifty pigs which cannot be wounded by weapons
emerge from the forest, rush upon Hjarandi’s men and
tear them to pieces. One by one all Kolr’s slaves and the
foster-brothers’ men have fallen and only ten pigs are
left. Then Kolr flees to his castle in the forest, pursued by
Vilmundr and Hjarandi, who are both wounded. At the
castle, however, they turn back and return home, greatly
wearied. They soon recover, however. Kolr now gathers
together a second band. He has twenty men altogether
Icelandic Roinances IV — 12