Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.11.1965, Blaðsíða 86

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og vatt Grabola firer bord, Grábole kipte honum firer
bord med sier, Stigandi sá þat og stock firer bord og
krækte krokz hirnunne under kjalkann á Grábola, 3
ej tök Stiganda meir siörenn enn jafngjegnt vórpum,
hann tök þá snæri og rendi ad hálse Grábola, og
hejngdi hann vid kollardinn á skipe sinu, enn drö 6
Hörd upp i skiped, geingu þeir nii a skip Kniits og
ruddust um fast, þeir mættust nii Kniitur og Sigr-
gardr, Kniitr lagdi til hans med kesjunne þeirre er 9
ávallt vard manns bane, Sigrgardr stóck i lopted,
enn spiöted kom i' lokugated á vindásenum og gat
hann ej aptr kipt. Sigrgardr kom nidr á spiötskaptid 12
og braut i sundr firer framan hendr honum, hiö hann
þá til Kniitz, Kniitr sá ej fære sitt til iirræda, hliöp
hann þá firer bord, sverdid kom á bord stockenn, og 15
var under jarnbolltr mikell, kom sverdid i jámbollt-
enn, og stóck i sundur under hiollt.unum, Sigrgardr
11 loku-] laka- 167, 42r.
16 -bólltur 167, 42r.
and the horn sinks right back into Gráboli’s skull. When
Hprðr thereupon wags his seat, he is able to cast Gráboli
overboard but is himself dragged along too. Stígandi
sees this, springs overboard and plunges his hooked
spear into Gráboli’s jaw, throws a rope round his neck
and hangs him from the thwart cramp of his ship. Hgrðr
manages to rescue Stígandi and bring him onboard.
Then they board Knútr’s ship and succeed in killing
many men. Knútr and Sigrgarðr meet and Knútr strikes
at him with a spear that has the quality of bringing
death to a man with every blow. Sigrgarðr springs into
the air and the spear plunges into the lock of the capstan
and sticks fast there. When he comes down again he
hits the spearshaft and breaks it. He then strikes at
Knútr but the latter sees no other escape than to spring
overboard so that Sigrgarðr’s sword hits a great iron bolt