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eg fyrer oss at ráda. og muntu lata oss uera sialfrádar
ef uær lofum þer jnn”. “uel mun oss saman koma”
3 q(vad) hann. þau ganga nu jnn j steinen. þær heilsa
nu mannenum sem jnne uoru. hann setz nidr og þotte
þar gott vm at litazt. þær spyrja huat hann seger
s tidenda. hann m(ælti) “eigi þurfi þer mig tidenda at
spyria. þuiat gior uite þer huat titt er j borgene en
eg”. Siluen suarar. “opt hefer þu uanit kuomur
9 þinar á stein uorn. og ætla eg at þu hafer her flestra
hluta uis ordjt. þeirra sem þig hefer foruitnad”.
“Epter er en þat eitt” s(eger) hann “sem mig foruitnar
12 mest”. “huat er þat” s(eger) hun. “huad at kuinnum
eru þer” s(eger) hann “edr þuj byggj þer her”. “eigi
skal þess dylja” s(eger) Siluen “at þesse er min dotter
15 er her stendr. en þat er fostr dotter mjn er á pallenum
sitr. og heiter Soley dotter Uiseualldz kongs”. “miög
eru menn þa dulder hins sanna” s(eger) V(ilmundr)
i8 “þuiat þat hefer almæle ueret nu langan tima. at hun
hafj uerjt hia Kol kryppu j kastalanum og sam þyktz
hans odadum”. “þuj er betr at þat er ei” s(eger)
2i Siluen. “en hun skipte litum uid Auskubusku ambatt.
7 j ]first written um, but corrected MS.
After this he is given permission to enter and the three
women ask him for news but to this he replies that they
know better than he what is taking place in the castle.
When Silven says that he has often come to their rock and
learnt what he wished to hear, he replies that there is still
one thing which he earnestly desires to learn and that is
who they are and why they are here. Silven then explains
that the one of the young girls is her daughter and the
other her foster-daughter Sóley, the daughter of King
Vísivaldr. At this last remark Vilmundr exclaims that he
has been under a misapprehension for a long time and
has believed that Sóley was with Kolr kryppa out in his
castle and was privy to his evil deeds. Silven then discloses