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þötte vel á horfast og voru ener glödustu, og leid so
dagrenn til qvolldz, var þa mónnum Sigrgardz filgt
ad sofa, med sæmelegum umbuninge enn hann sialfr 3
var leiddr i kastala kongsdöttur, þötte honum þar
gott um ad siast, sæng stöd þar tiolldud med purpura
og gudvef, stölpar aller voru sem á gull sæe, enn so e
fógr sem sængenn var, þá var sii þö enn fegre sem i
lá, þvi hugdi Sigrgardr gott til si'n, og stigr upp i
sængena, jungfriienn var en bli'dasta, og tekr ejna s
gull skál, og spirr hvort hann vill drecka firr edur
sidar, enn hann hidr hana firr drecka, hun giorer so,
enn ádr enn hun hafdi af drucked þá hafdi Sigrg(ardr) 12
hallast at hægindu<m) og var þá svefn á honum, enn
(2v) sidan gengu menn i' burt, enn þau láu þar um | nött-
ena, ei vaknadi Sigrg(ardr) firr enn jungfruin var 15
klædd og i burt gengin, voru hans menn þar innkomn-
er og spurdu hvorsu honum hefdi sofest um nöttena,
enn hann segist nögu fast sofed hafa, siþan klæddest is
hann og gjeck til hallar, meikongrenn var þar firer.
7 sem] + sæn, but struck out MS.
13 at hægindum] a koddan 123, 16r, 167, 39r.
16 þar] þm 123, 16v, 167, 39r.
17 sofest] sofnast 123, 16v, 167, 39r.
men are quite unconcerned and gay. In the evening he
is accompanied to the king’s daughter’s castle. Here there
stands a bed decked in purple, the bed-posts shining like
gold. However beautiful the bed is, though, it is surpassed
by the beauty of she who is lying in it. Sigrgarðr gets
into the bed with the maiden. She takes a golden bowl
and asks him whether he will drink first. He says, however,
that she shall drink first. She does so but before she has
finished he has laid his head on the pillow and fallen
asleep. He does not wake until the morning, when the
maiden has dressed and gone away. His men come in
and he dresses and goes to the hall, where the queen
already is.