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d(ottur). Hiar(andj) s(egezt) þat gera uilia fyrer
uinskapar skulld. og uar nu sennt epter henne. og uar
hun jnn leidd med faugrum streingleikum. en þo adr s
uærj biart j höllunj og mikjll liome. þa hirtjzt þo
mikjt er hun kom jnn. og sidan leitadj Gu(difreyr)
þeirra mala uid kong og Hiar(anda). ef þeir uilldu «
gipta honum jungfruna. en Hiar(andj) s(eger) at
hennar uile skal fyrer ganga. En hun sagdjzt þat eigi
á bak briota sem þeir uilldu. Hiar(andj) sennder nu 9
mann til V (ilmundar) og spyr huat honum þætte radligt
her vm. en V(ilmundr) s(eger) (at) honum þætte þat
rádligazt at þessum manne uærj eigi fra uisat. og 12
s(eger) at Hiar(andj) mundj eigi alla æfi hana geyma.
og bad sueinen suo segia Hiar(anda) at hann mune
koma j brudlaupet. liuersv sem þeir kongr semdj þa 10
er þeir fynndjzt.
22. (A)d morne dags s(eger) Gu(difreyr). at hann
uill uita sin erendes lok. og eigi epter aungu þar at is
11 at] from 343a, 107r.
15 þeir kongr] þeim konunge 549, 20r.
day of the feast Guðifreyr begs permission to see the
king’s daughter. She is led in to the accompaniment of
beautiful music from string instruments. Although the
hall is light and shining beforehand, it is even brighter,
when she appears. Guðifreyr asks the king and Hjarandi
whether they will marry her to him. Hjarandi desires that
she herself should decide. He sends a message to Vilmundr
to ask his opinion. This is that it would not be advisable
to deny Guðifreyr and that Hjarandi cannot keep Gullbrá
secluded for the whole of her life. In addition Vilmundr
lets the messenger tell Hjarandi that he will come to the
wedding, whatever happens to him when he meets the
king.
22. Next morning Guðifreyr demands an answer to
his suit. They go, therefore, to the king’s daughter’s castle
to talk to her. She is not unwilling but is a little worried