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menn þa at hagl hraut iir augum henne rautt sem
blöd, annad sumar epter ad álidnu sumre sigldi Kniitr
3 enn knappe austr i Taricia, hann ratade strauma störa
og storma mikla, og leiste skipenn under þeim, komst
Kniitr ejnskipa under Taricia, og braut skiped i lend-
« ing og miste menn alla nema .xij. ejna, fiárlut rak á
land allann, spurdu menn hann hvad rádz skilldi
taka, Kniitr sagdi eckj annad til enn ad rejna á
9 drejngskap mejkongsins, Hördr s(eger) ad være giæfu
raun, enn Stigandi s(eger) at eckj digdi öfreistad, at
ærnum deigi gengu þeir firer meykonginn sat hun þá
12 yfer bordum, Kniitr qvaddi hana virduliga sem henne
sömdi, hun tök ej qvedju hans enn spurdi þö hvad
manni hann være, hann qvaz Kniitr hejta, “og er
15 eg kominn hier á ydar náder, hefer oz tekest helldr
slislega, mist skip vor oll, enn tökum land med skip-
brote, og villdum vær giarnan þiggia hier vetrvist,
i8 skorter oz ej fe firer oz ad leggia, edr adra þiönustu ef
þier vilit”, hun horfdi á hann leingi og þagdi, enn
3 Taricia] Tartharia 123, 21r, Tartaria 167, 42v.
5 Taricia] Tartharia 123, 21r, 167, 42v.
15 ydar] firat written ydarn, but corrected, + fund, but struck
out MS.
hand, but bloody tears are seen in her eyes. Late in
the summer of the next year “Knútr” sails to Taricia. He
runs into strong currents and mighty gales and reaches
Taricia with only one ship. This is smashed on landing
and only twelve of his men are saved, among them
Horðr and Stígandi. When they have considered what
they ought to do, they go before the queen, who is
sitting at table. “Knútr” greets her but she does not
return his greeting but asks him who he is and he tells
that he is called Knútr and that all their ships have
been lost and that they would like to spend the winter
at her court, in exchange for payment or whatever other