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og hefer sidan haft hennar starf. hefer hun og þess
fundnar rauner at þu geckt nærre henne einu sinne j
steikarahusenu”. hun tok þa upp eitt fingur gull og 3
m(ælti) til hans. “mantu huar þu skildjzt uid þetta
gull”. “þeckja mvn eg þa haund” s(eger) V(ilmundr)
“og suo augvn med”. þa lagdj Siluen fram hina hægri 6
haund fostru sinnar. og sá hann þann fingrastad. sem
holldjt hafdj hlaupet unndan hans fingrum. og uar
nv þo huitnad holdjt. V(ilmundr) m(ælti) “bædj 9
kenne eg gull þetta og haund. og suo augu. en þav sá
eg her fyst j steinenum. og þat til marks um at eg
fann eirn gull buen sko uid þessa laug sem her er 12
skamt j burt. edr minnezt þer nöckvt jungfru þau
ord sem þer tauludut þa þer sauknudut hans”. þa
rodnadi Soley. en Siluen m(ælti) “eigi skalltu rodna 15
fostra mjn. þuiat eigi er uist at þer biodjzt uaskarj
madr. hefer þu og þat mællt. at þer þætte su kona uel
gipt sem V(ilmundr) ætte”. hann m(ælti) þa “buit is
ydr j stad. og skulu uær fara heim til hallar. og hefer
kongr ofleinge duldr ueret hins sanna. vm dottr sina”.
2 rauner] e first written d (?), but corrected MS.
3 þa] written tvice at line-division MS.
that Sóley exchanged appearances with Qskubuska and
that he once passed near by her in the kitchen. She shows
him a finger-ring and asks whether he can remember
where he last saw it. He replies that he would be able to
recognise that hand and the eyes as well. Silven then
shows him her foster-daughter’s right hand and he can see
the marks of his fingers there. He tells that he found a
gold-adorned shoe at the nearby pond and asks Sóley if
she can remember what she said on the occasion when she
first missed the shoe. Sóley blushes at this but Silven says
to her that there is no reason to do so and reminds her
that she has said that the woman who was married to
Vilmundr would make a good match. Vilmundr asks