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V(ilmundar) j motz uid hann. og s(eger) honum huersu
gengit hafdj med konga sonvnvm. og s(egezt) aungan
mann slikan sed hafa. V(ilmundr) bad hann fara en. »
og s(egja) Hiar(anda). at hann skylldj reyna allar j
þrotter uid hann Gu(difrey). utan beriazt. En at
morne dags uoru þeim buner hestar til utreidar med o
sæmiligvm reidskap og þeir uoru afburdar uel uopn-
ader. sidan tóku þeir stinnar bursteingr. og hlupu á
sina hesta og rida fram á uöllen. Hiar(andj) kom fyrre »
á uöllen. hann tok eirn digran gullhring og renner
honum fram á gautuna. og hleyper sidan þar epter
hestenum sem hardazt getr hann. og er hann kemr 12
jafn gegnt hringnum stingr hann sinu spiote j hringen.
og kipper honum upp til sin. suo at hann seinkar eigi
hesten. hringren loddj framan á spiotenu. en hann 15
ueifdj spiotenu kringum sig. en þo hringren hryte af
spiotenu. þa hennte hann hann med spiotenu suo at
hann kom alldri á jord. Nv kemr Gu(difreyr) á uollen. is
og hafdj eirn gler kalk j hendj fullan af uine. j annarj
hendj hafdj hann gullskál. hann ridr sinum hesti sem
mest matte hann fara. en hans burstaung liggr j hans 21
skialldarhaka. hestren rennr sem mest matti hann.
what has happened. Vilmundr sends him back with that
message for Hjarandi that he is to try all sports with
Guðifreyr except fighting. In the morning tournament
horses are prepared for them both. They put on their
armour, seize some strong lances, mount the horses and
ride out onto the plain. Hjarandi arrives first. He takes a
thick gold ring and throws it to the ground, then gallops
towards it and, without checking the horse’s speed, gets
the ring up on his spear, which he then swings round in
the air and even when the ring falls of, he catches it again
without its ever falling to the ground. Now Guðifreyr
comes onto the plain. He has a glass goblet filled with
wine in the one hand and in the other a golden bowl. He
rides as swiftly as he can. His lance he has placed in his