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Hiar(andj) uar groen. hafdj hann mikinn hug á at
hefna sin á Kol.
3 18. <(Þ)at uar eina natt at V(ilmundr) uaknadj. og
uar Hiar(andj) a burtu. hleypr hann nu á fætr og tekr
uopn sinn. fer nu á skogen. og er hann kemr nær
a kastala Kols. ser hann a eirne myre huar þeir eigazt
uid Hiar(andj) og Kolr. og uar gylltan komen j leikjn
med Kol. og hafdj Hiar(andj) feingit þriu sár. og
o broted hafdj hann suerd sitt. og nu feck hann eirn
storan stein suo at fiorer menn mundu uarla getad
lypt. Hiar(andj) kastar honum at Kol. og kom beint
12 á tenn honum suo at Kolr fell á bak aptr. og kom
hnackjn a stein. og brotnadj hausen j mola. og lauk
suo æfi Kols. gylltan hliop at Hiar(anda) suo hart at
15 hann fell til jardar. j þui kom *Wilm(undur) at. og
lagdj til gylltunar med spiote. en hun skaut uid
sigginu og stauck spioted j sundr. V(ilmundr) greip
i8 þa á aptr fot hennar. og ryckjr at ser suo fast at
15 Wilmundur] frorn 549, 15v, Hiarandi MS.
As soon as Hjarandi’s wound is healed, he plans to take
revenge on Kolr.
18. One night Vilmundr wakes up. Hjarandi has gone
and Vilmundr leaps up, takes his arms and goes into the
forest until he draws near to Kolr’s castle. Here he sees
Hjarandi and Kolr struggling with each other, Kolr aided
by the sow. Hjarandi has received three wounds and his
sword is broken. He seizes a rock, so big that four men
could scarcely lift it, and casts it at Kolr. It strikes him
on the teeth and he falls over backwards and in his fall
smashes his head on a rock. At this the sow makes such a
violent rush at Hjarandi that it throws him down. At
this moment Vilmundr comes up and strikes at the beast
with his spear but it breaks in pieces. He then seizes the
sow by its one back leg and pulls so hard at it that its
belly tears and all its entrails fall out. It has such a firm