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kaupid uera umm haustid. m(ey)k(ongur) talar nu til
Liv(orius) og annara manna, “jeg vil eckj ydar burt-
s ferd ad sinne ur minne naueru, þui jeg meina vid
munum eckj leinge vid kyrt sitia meiga”. Nu er ad
seigia aff Yngia konge, ad hann spir þesse tydende,
e uerdur hann neydur og quedst ongua konu skillde
eiga utann m(ey)k(ong) ella liggia daudur. lætur nu
ganga herör umm allt sitt uyke, og saffnar samann
9 muga og margmenne, skillde þar koma huor sa er
skillde giæte uallded, verdur þetta otal lid, so ad
siör þotte suartur fyrer herskipum. helldur Ynge
12 kongr ollum þessum skipastool j Frackland med
akiefd og neyde, þui hann uillde koma adur brul-
lauped uære druckid. Nu sem Ynge k(ongur) uar land-
15 fastur ordinn lætur hann tiallda herbuder a lande.
Liv(orius) k(ongur) uydur þegar ofann thil skipa,
biodande Yngia konge alla sætt og sæmd meýkongs
18 uegna, huad er Ynge kongr vill ey, hann vill ej annad
enn beriast. sijga nu samann filkingar, lætur Liv-
(orius) k(ongur) bera sitt merke mot Yngia k(onge).
2i tokst nu hord orusta med geyseligum gny og mann-
in the autumn. Nitida asks Livorius to stay with her, for
she has a feeling that the present peace will not last long.
Now attention is to be turned to King Ingi. When he
learns of the above events, he is enraged and says that
he will win Nitida’s hand or die in the attempt. He then
gathers together a tremendous army. The sea is black
with his war-ships. With this mighty fleet he sails at
great speed and in fiu-y to France, for he wishes to arrive
there before the wedding has taken place. When he has
reached his destination, he sets up his camp on land. King
Livorius rides immediately down to the ships to offer
him an amicable settlement and tokens of honour from
the queen. King Ingi, however, will be satisfied with
nothing less than battle. The wings now clash and a
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