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sterklega stafnin at hann stack hann i' hvortveggia
sinne aptr a sitt skip, Velsti'gandi kom þá at, og
3 krækti med kröksvidunne i kjaptinn á Jögri'me, og
kipte honum or stafnenum. Sigrgardr var þá nærre
staddr og hiö á háls Jögrime og tök af hofudid og
6 fjeck hann þegar bana.
9. Þejr Hórdur og Sigrgardr hlupu þá báder senn
á skip Kniits, og gjeck med sinu bordi hvor, og drápu
9 margann mann, Grábole snere i möte Herdi, og slö
til hans med gadda kilfu, enn Hordr beigdi under
kejnginn, kom á krippuna og var fast vid og vard
i2 Grábola laus kilfann, þá ve(i)ídi Grábole hornunum,
og villdi stinga Hörd med þvi hornenu sem iir ennenu
stöd, Hórdr greip i' horned so ad brotnadi af honum,
i5 <Gra)hole villde þá liösta harm med þvi hornenu sem iir
vanganum stöd, enn hann brá vid stjelnum, horned
sóck allt upp ad hausenum, Hördr vingsadi dausnum,
11 var fast] vard fóst 167, 41v.
12 veifdi] supplied from 167, 41v.
13 ur ennenu] j vanganum 167, 41v; cf. above p. 703 i.
15 Grabole] c/. above p. 702 etc.; Bole MS, 167, 41v.
16 vanganum] enninu 167, 41v.
17 vi'ngsadi] veisadi 167, 42r.
Jógrímr. Then Velstígandi comes up and manages to
drag Jógrímr away from the prow by setting his hooked
spear in his mouth and straight afterwards Sigrgarðr chops
off his head.
9. Horðr and Sigrgarðr board Knútr’s ship at the same
time and each of them makes his way along one side of
the ship, killing many men. Gráboli turns on Hprðr and
strikes at him with his club but Horðr bends himself up
so that the club hits his hump and sticks fast there.
Gráboli then attempts to pierce him with the horn that
he has on his forehead (cf., however, p. 70) but Hprðr
manages to break it off, and after that with the horn on
his cheek. Hprðr, however, takes the blow on his posterior