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litlu sídar m(ælti) hun ‘‘ertu sa Kniitr er dreped hefr
Sigrgard enn frækna”, “ej mun eg þess þræta sem
adrer menn kenna mier, vænte eg þar hellst firer 3
sæmda af ydur er eg rjedi af ydur þann öfrid”, “margt
hefder þii þat matt vinna ad mier hefdi hetr likad,
enn vorkenne eg þat hvórjum manni þö hann verje 6
lif sitt, og med þvi ad þii hefer gengit a mitt valld,
þá mun eg þess ei so greipilega hefna sem vert er,
enn hefer þii ei spurt hvorsu þeim hefr af ferdar ordit 9
sem hier hafa vetrvist teked hia oz” “eckj qvidi eg
ökomnum degi” s(eger) hann, “þat þikjunst eg siá á
þier” s(eger) hun “og á krippubaknum þeim sem hiá 12
þier stendr ad þid þikest eiga nockud under ickr,
huxed so ydart mál at þier seud mier ej syusamer
ef eg vil senda ydur nockud, máttu og til þess ætla” 15
s(eger) hun “at eg mun ætla þier þeigiandi þörfina
firer þat er þíi hefer dreped Sigrgard þö ad vid bærum
eí alla giæfu saman” “ej má sá ból bera” s(eger) hann is
“sem ei þorer ad bida, og munu vær þat áhætta”,
9 af ferdar ordit] farit 123, 21v, farest 167, 42v.
19 munu-áhætta] munu vier þat hætta 123, 22r, man eg a
þat hætta 167, 42v.
service she might wish. For a long time she looks at
them in silence and then asks whether he is that Knútr
who has killed Sigrgarðr the valiant (inn frækni) and
when he replies that this is so and adds that he expects
a reward from her for having rid her of him, she replies
that there are many deeds he could have performed
which would have appealed more to her than this but
that since he has given himself into her hands, she will
not take such a cruel revenge as she ought to do. She
says, however, that by looking at him and the humpback
who stands beside him, she can tell that they have some-
thing up their sleeve. She advises them not to oppcse
her, should she wish to send them out on a mission.