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kuidren rifnadj. en jdren fellu nidr ur henne. hun hafdj
fest tennrnar framan j herklædunum á brioste Hiar-
(anda). og suo nær beinenv at hun reif af honum 3
geiruörtuna suo at berer skinu uid bringuteinarner á
honum. þviat Y(ilmundr) kipte suo snaukt at bædj
uar senn á lopte Hiar(andj) og gylltan. do nu gylltan «
en Hiar(andj) uar ouigr. (.J) þessu bile feck Y(ilmundr)
haugg suo mikjt um þuerar herdarnar. at hann fell á
23r hne badum fotum. snyzt | hann þa uid. og sa at þar »
(er) komen Soley uinkona Kols. og sæker hun nu at
V(ilmundi) j akafa. suo at þat uar leingi at hann atte
eigi annat at giora en verja sig. ser hann nu at eigi 12
ma j annare hendj hafa uid hana. gripr hann nu j
hennar har og uefr þuj um haund ser. en annare
hendj tekr hann sitt sax. og setr á hennar hals suo at n
af fauk höfudjt. uar hann nu bædj modr og stirdr.
leggr hann nu Hiar(anda) á sinn skiölld. og ber hann
heim af skoginum. og jnn j garden Vidbiod. og bad is
Gullbra lækna hann. en hann geck jnn j haullena. og
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hold witli its teeth through Hjarandi’s breastplate right
into the bone that it tears off one öf his nipples and lays
bare the cartilage in the lower breast, for Vilmundr tugs
at the sow so swiftly that both it and Hjarandi are up in
the air at the same time. After this the sow dies and
Hjarandi is disabled. At this very moment Vilmundr
receives such a mighty blow on the shoulders that he
sinks to his knees. He turns round and sees Kolr’s lady-
friend, “Sóley”. She attacks him so violently that for a
long time he has to be content with defending himself.
Later, however, he takes hold of her hair, winds it round
his hand and with the other hand takes his sword and
chops off her head. He is by now stiff and weary. He lays
Hjarandi on his shield and bears him from the forest to
the house Viðbjóðr and asks Gullbrá to tend him. After-