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iingar og örádnar miog, enn vita llted hvat mónnum
þeir være, þá m(ælti) Jngegerdr til fódr sins “marger
menn undrast þat at þii leggur so miked uppa fölk s
þetta er menn vita ejnge skil a, og grunar suma um
þá sem ydrer viner eru hvad kono at drottni'ngenn
er sem þier hallded so miked til, enn ef sistur mi'nar 6
villdu min rád hafa, þa skilldu þær b'ida betra giafordz
en þessa, og ætla eg lited firer þvi”. “Snemma þike
mier þii vilja bera mig rádum” s(eger) kongr, enn 9
þær sistr sógdu bádar ad þær skilldu firr ögiptar alla
æfe “enn vid eigum þessa menn”, likr þar þeirra tale
at sinne, s(eger) kongr Hlegerdi tal þeirra, enn hun 12
sagdi, ad sier þætte hann giora sig ad litelmenne, at
hann lete bóm ráda firer sig, vard þeim þá at ordum
nockut, þessa nött ena næstu vard kongr bráddaudur, 15
(iv) um morguninn | spurdest þetta um borgena, kom
Hlegerdr med þesse tldendi til Jngegerdar “og vil
eg eckj annat” s(eger) hun “at vid látum batna med is
3 uppa] din á 167, 36v.
9 þii-radum] þier vilia bera mig ofradum 123, 13r, þid bera
mig ofráda 167, 36v.
18 eckj annat] nu 123, 13v, 167, 36v.
says that people are amazed that he makes so much of
the two brothers. Nothing is really known of them and
there are several of his friends who have their own ideas
as to what sort of a woman the queen really is. If her
sisters will listen to her advice, they will wait until they
can get a better match than this. After this the two
sisters say that they would rather remain single for the
rest of their lives than be married to the two men. The
king tells Hlégerðr about this and she considers that he
degrades himself by letting his children make their own
decisions. It comes to an exchange of words between them.
The following night the king dies suddenly. In the morning
Hlégerðr informs Ingigerðr of what has happened and
urges that the relationship between them should be less