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i dag, li'f þitt liggr á ef þii meider svinenn”, “hvórt
skal eg þeirra leita” s(eger) hann, “ej er eg vön
s ad hafa reikning á þvi” s(eger) hun, “hvört þan
renna”.
10. Sti'gandi fer nii hejman og vita menn ej hvat
s af honum verdr, enn ádr enn hann for töludust þeir
föstbrædur vid ejnmæle. Um morgunenn epter gjeck
Hördr fyrer meikonginn og spurdi, “hvörja sendiferd
9 hefer þii mier ætlad”, “þii skalt sækja stödhross min”
s(eger) hiin, “þau eru saman niutiger, hestrenn er
grár, siá so fyrer attu komer aptr sumars|daginn (4v)
12 fista med ömeidd hrossenn, þar liggr vid li'f þitt”,
“hvort á eg þeirra at lejta hier innan lands” “eckj
eru mier kunnigar leider, kenn þii þier siálfum” s(eger)
15 hun, siþan biöst Hördr til ferdar, og vissu menn ej
hvad af honum vard, þrim nötturn sidar kalladi mei-
kongren Kniit til sin, hun m(ælti) þá til hans, “sende-
13-14 hvort-siálfum] huertt (huortt 167) a eg þau ad sækia
seiger hann, hier innanlandz seiger hun, Ei eru mier kunn-
igar leiter seiger hann. kerui þu þier sialfur veg 123, 23r,
167, 43r.
of summer. He is to set out this very day and his life
is at stake, if he should injure them in the least. He
asks where he is to seek for them but she replies that
it is not her business to keep track of them.
10. Stígandi now sets out, after talking to his foster-
brother in private, but no one knows where he goes.
The next morning Hprðr goes before the queen and she
orders him to fetch her stud-horses, ninety in all. The
stallion is grey. He is to bring them all safe and unharmed
on the first day of summer. If he fails, he must pay with
his life. He asks whether he is to seek them in this country
but she replies that that is up to himself to discover.
He then takes his leave and no one knows where he goes.
Three days later the queen summons “Knútr” and orders