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adr skitiandlite þviat nef hans var kolsvart og kinnr
bádar, enn hvitt hörundid annarstadar, Grabole het
annar hann hafdi klaufer á fötum, og sitt hom á 3
hvorum vánga, og voru þau hvoss sem spiötzoddar,
Sigrgar(dr) lagdi til bardaga vid hans menn med
jafnmörgum skipum, Kniitur spurdi hvor þar giordi e
so gilldan atrödr, Sigrgar(dr) s(eger) til sin, “vorkun
er þat” s(eger) Knutr, “þött þii viljer fiár afla, þö
muntii vi'da þurfa til ad drepa ádr skridr i þat skard 9
sem mejkongrenn hefr ejtt af þier i Taricia firer
linleika saker kallmensku þinnar, og er slikt skómm
mikel at openbera þar skamm sina sem honum ma 12
mestr hliödr ad verda”, “litlu þætte mier þat varda”
s(eger) hann “ef eg irdi þier kallmadur”, “nær muntu
ganga verda” s(eger) Kniitr, Sigrgar(dr) s(eger) ad 10
þess skule ei leinge bida, tökst þá bardagi og stöd
hann med mikelle mannhættu, Sigrgardr rjed tisvar
til uppgöngu, enn Jögrimur skitiandlite vardi so is
1 skitiandlite] skarnn j andlit 167, 41v.
8-10 þö-Taricia] fyrir þat sem meykongurinn j Tartharia
hefur af þier teked 167, 41v.
12-13 skamm-ad] blygdan sijna sem manne má mestr
áhliödr á 167, 41v.
18-71,2 vardi-sinne] varnade honum þess so sterkliga ad
Sigurgardur stóck jafnann 167, 41v.
Skít-í-andliti (“dirt in the face”) because his nose and
cheeks are coal-black, whereas the rest of his skin is
white. Another of his men is called Gráboli; he has cloven
feet and on each cheek a horn as pointed as a spearhead.
Sigrgarðr joins battle with Knútr with the same number
of ships as the latter has but not before Knútr, having
learnt who his opponent is, has derided him for his
humiliation at the hands of the queen of Taricia. In the
course of the battle Sigrgarðr makes two attempts to
board Knútr’s ship but is prevented from doing so by