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enn mejkongren hafdi dregid saman so miken her,
ad þeir nadu hvorgi landgóngu, sigldi Sigrgardr þá
s hejm til Gardanikis, og s(eger) sinar ej slettar, fader
hans s(eger) honum sliks þadan von.
7. Nii bad Sigrgardr födr sirrn at fa sier lid at hefna
« sinnar svivirdingar enn kongr s(eger) at honum være
ei siner memi so faler at hann villdi voga þeim under
traullskap hennar, quad hitt rádlegra at vinna med
a djupsettum rádum, “þviat hun er ösigrandi, og ætla
marger ad henne mune ej siálfrátt um”, Sigrgardr
huxar nu sitt rád, Jönas het madur, hann var rikastr
12 madur i ollum austrveg, hann átte dirre gripi enn adrer
menn, og var hann af þvi vi'dfrægr um allan austrveg,
hann átte klædi þat ad leid i lopte, af nátturu stejn-
i5 um þeim sem þar voru i fölgner, og riinastófum
þeim sem þar voru i' saumader, ef þeir være rette-
lega lesner, skickja var annar gripr so göd ad sli'k
i8 fanst ej firer nordan Gricklandz haf, tabl var enn
þridje gripur og var þat med raudu gulle, carbunculus
11 Jönas] Jonar 123, 19r, 167, 40r (so also in the following).
to make their way down to their ships and Sigrgarðr is
able to sail home to Garðaríki and tell his father of his
misfortunes. His father says that that is only what could
be expected.
7. Sigrgarðr asks his father to give him an army so
that he can take revenge for the shame that has been
brought upon him but the king is of the opinion that
the queen can only be overcome with the aid of cunning.
Sigrgarðr now thinks of a plan. A man called Jónas
(Jónar), the mightiest man in the east and very famous
because he owns several unique treasures: (a ship, not
named at this point in the text but referred to below);
a carpet, which was able to fly owing to some concealed
magic stones and some runes that were sewn in it—if
these were read correctly; a cloak superior to any other