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molldu, enn i beckjunum voru herbroddar af stále,
og braut hann þá alla med dausnum, siþan settust
þeir nidr, hófdu þeir menn sina til matkaupa á torg- 3
um, helldu þeir sig vel bædi til öls og matar, mei-
kongrin sendi þeim opt gödar sendingar af bordi si'nu,
þeir voru jafnan bodner og biiner til hvors sem hun 6
villdi þeim skipad hafa, enn hun var so vör um sig
at hun villdi alldrej i þat herbergi koma er þeir voru
i, og alldrej attu þeir kosti ad siá hana, cdur tala »
vid hana nema allt hennar fölk stæde upp yfer og
leid nii so frannn um vetrenn þar til manudr var til
sumars, þá let mejkongrinn kalla þá kompana til sin 12
og m(ælti) so til þeirra, “ydur mun mál þikja ad
vita um sendifor ydra, og mier þiker mál ad vita hvad
eg skal hafa i vistarlaun”, þeir bádu hana fyxer siá, 15
“þii Stigandi” s(eger) hun, “skallt sækja svin min,
þæ eru 90 saman, lát þau koma hejm til min sumars-
daginn firsta ödrepinn og ömeidd og far af stad þegar is
1 -broddar] -sporar 123, 22r, 167, 43r.
17 sumar- 123, 22v, 167, 43r (so also in the following).
bodies are thrown down into the pit and covered with
earth. On the benches they discover steel spikes but
Hprðr breaks them all with his posterior. After this they
sit down and refresh themselves with food and ale that
they have bought for them from the market. The queen
often sends them delicacies from her table but she is so
cautious that she never visits them and they never get
an opportunity to see her or talk to her except in public.
The winter passes in this way until there is only a month
till summer. The queen has them summoned and tells
them that it is now time for them to hear where they
are to be sent and for her to learn how she is to be rewarded
for giving them hospitality throughout the winter. She
then orders Stígandi to fetch her pigs, ninety in all, and
bring them to her alive and unharmed on the first day