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stock firer bord epter Kniite, og fundust þeir á marar-
bottnum og var þeirra adgangr bædi hardur og langr,
s og ætladi hvor ad festa annann á grunne, Sigrgardr
hafde teked i' posan þann sem kelling hafdi fengcd
honum, og brugdit yfer | andlit sier, og mátte hann (4r)
« þá vera i' kafe so lengi sem hann villde, hann var þá
so likr Kniite enum knappa at yferlitum at hvórigann
mátte fra pdrum kenna, enn sidan sprejngdi hann
9 Kniit kófum, si'þan for hann i pll hans klædi, enn
þeir Sti'gandi og Hórdr h ofdu rutt skipenn á medan,
og gjeck þeim þat vel, enn þegar þeir skutu eda hiuggu
i2 til Hardar þá brá hann vid i'mist dausnum eda kripp-
unne, og brotnadi hvórt vopn sem þar kom i, var
þat allt jafndriugt at þeir hófdu rutt drekann, enda
is kom þá Kniitr upp iir kafenu á þat skip sem næst var
drekanum, kalladi hann þá, og bad menn ei berjaz
vid hófudlausa menn, qvad Sigrgard vera daudan
2 -bottnum] perhaps mistakefor bottninum.
8-9 enn-kófum] þa gat hann sprengt Knut á kafinu, og
skylldest vid hann á mararbotne 167, 42r.
17 hófud-] hófdingia- 167, 42r.
on the gunwale and breaks in pieces under the hilt.
Sigrgarðr then springs overboard after Knútr and they
fight fiercely down at the bottom of the sea. Sigrgarðr
sprinkles some of the contents of the bag that Gerðr has
given him over his face and by this means he is able
to live under water for as long as he desires. He has
also come to resemble Knútr so much in appearance that
men are unable to tell the one from the other. Finally
he vanquishes Knútr and dresses himself in the latter’s
clothes. In the meantime Stígandi and Hrirðr have cleared
the ships. Every time anyone shoots or strikes at Hprðr,
he takes the blow either on his posterior or on his hump,
with the result that every single weapon is broken.
“Knútr” (i. e. Sigrgarðr) now appears from the depths
and announces that Sigrgarðr is lying dead at the bottom