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nætr med suo marga menn sem þer uilet”. “þat uilium
uær giarna þiggia” s(eger) Gudifreyr “og á morgen
s munu uær þar koma. edr er Hiar(andj) kongs(on) j
landj. et miog er lofadr at hreyste sine”. “at uisu er
hann j landj” s(eger) Hiar(andj) “þuj hann talar nu
e uid ydr”. “þat er bædj” s(eger) Gu(difreyr) “at þu ert
miög lofadr. *enda lizt mer suo á þig. at mer þickjr
likligt at þat mune allt satt uera sem uel er til þin
»talat. og gack j uort tialld. og dreck med oss”. Hiar-
(andj) giorer nu suo. og uar þar af aungu druckit utan
gullkerum. og fannzt Hiar(anda) mikjt um hattu
12 þessara manna. og alla atburdj. en er honum þotte
time til. tok hann orlof til heimferdar og s(agdi)
kongi at þar uar komen kongs(on) af Galicia. “og
iö hyggium uær at þeir mune hafa eitthuert mikjt
erendj þo at þeir hafi þat eigi oss sagt. og koma þeir
her á morgen”. kongr spyr huersv honum lizt á
i8 þessa menn. en Hiar(andj) s(agdizt) huorkj sed hafa
uænna mann. ne kurteisa(ra) sueina folk. og lidr nu
af natten. en at morne kemr Gu(difreyr) kongs(on)
2i heim til hallarinar med .lx. manna. og uoru þeir allir
7 enda] from 343a, 106r, en þa MS; cf. above p. 1847.
19 kurteisara] supplied, from 343a, 106r.
with as many men as he desires. Guðifreyr accepts the
invitation with thanks and will come the next day. He
asks whether the king’s son, Hjarandi, of whom he has
heard so much commendation, is in the land and when
he learns that it is him he is addressing, he says that the
rumour has not been exaggerated and invites him to
drink with him in his tent. Hjarandi then enters the tent,
where they drink from golden goblets. After some time
has passed, Hjarandi returns to the king. He says that
the foreigners most likely have some important business,
although they have not as yet uttered it. The next
morning Guðifreyr, accompanied by sixty men, comes to