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sier gripena, hun bidr hann á leggia verd gripina enn
hann s(eger) þá ej fala vera nema firer siálfrar hennar
blidu, “um megn er þat ejnum kaupmanni at taka 3
mig under hónd sier”, hann stendur þá og les stafena,
þá sem á klædenu voru, jungfruen sier þat, og hleipr
á hann og hrjndr honum so hart at hann kom fallinn 6
á jórdina, enn klædid var þá komed langt i lopt upp,
skildi hun nátturu klædessens, hun m(ælti) þá, “haf
göda nátt Sigrgardr og þóck firer göda gripe, og fær 9
mier slika marga”, skildu þæ nii vid so biiid og sigldi
Sigrgardr hejm aptr.
8. Kemr Sigrg(ardr) hejm aptr og þiker hans ferd 12
litlu betre enn ádr, bidr hann nii fódr sinn fa sier
lid, og vill hann hefna sinnar svivirdingar, hann q(vad)
honum lidid skilldu til rejdu so miked sem hann villdi, 15
samnadi hann nii lidi miklu, so hann hafdi fengit 50
skipa skipud med gödum drejngjum, enn adr enn hann
sigldi finnur hann Gust(olf) föstra sinn og Gjerdi kono is
hans, og s(eger) þeim til sinna vandræda og bad þa-r
12 Kemr] Kiemur nu 123, 20r, Nu kiemur 167, 41r.
however, that he will only sell them in exchange for
her favour. To this she replies that that is more than
a merchant can achieve. He reads the signs on the carpet
but she sees this and pushes him away so violently that
he falls down on the ground, while the carpet rises and
she realises that it is a flying carpet and that the man
is Sigrgarðr. She calls down to him and thanks him for
the treasures. They part thus and Sigrgarðr sails home
again.
8. Sigrgarðr again asks his father for an army in order
to take vengeance for his disgrace and this time his father
lets him have his way. Sigrgarðr now gathers together
so large an army that he has fifty ships with a full
complement of men. Before he sails away he goes to
visit his foster-father Gustólfr and the latter’s wife Gerðr
and asks their advice on how to take vengeance on the
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