Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.11.1965, Blaðsíða 55
1. Rigardr het kongr, hann red firer austr i Gordum, (ir)
hann var rikur og mikell hófdinge, Silvæn het drott-
3 ning hans hun var af dirum ættum, Son áttu þau
þann er Sigurgardr het, hann öx upp hejma hiá födr
si'num, hann var allra manna fridastur sinum, sterkur
« at afle, og so fimur vid allar i'þrötter at ejnge madur
kom til jafns vid hann hvat sem pröfa skilldi, hann
var kappsamur og riklindur hvad sem hann tök upp,
3 hann var ór af fegiófum vid vine sina, og þat var
hans skemtan at veita lid sinum vinum enn fordiarfa
sina övine, hans heit voru aull föst, hvort sem hann
12 lofadi gödu edur i'llu. Sá madur biö þadan ei langt
er *Gvstolfur het. Gerdur het kona hans, þar áttu
2 Silven 123, llv, 167, 35v.
^ °gl + li, but struck out MS.
13 Gvstolfur] from 123, llv, 167, 35v; cf. below p. 6'6'18 etc.;
Gestölfur MS.
1. A mighty king called Ríkarðr rules over Garðar;
his queen is called Silven; they have a son, Sigrgarðr, who
is exceptionally handsome, skilled at all sports, generous
and helpful to his friends but severe with his enemies;
he always keeps his word, equally with respect to good
and to evil. Not far from the king there lives a married
couple, Gustólfr and Gerðr. They have two sons, Hpgni