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ferd hef eg þier hugad”, “hvort skal eg fara” s(eger)
hann “þii skalt sækja uxa mi'na þeir eru .c. saman,
og koma þeim hejlum og ömeiddum til min sumars- 3
daginn firsta. horn þat sem framm stendr or hause
*einum *þeirra skaltu taka og færa mier fullt af gulle,
á þinum veg er eitt vatn, þar er i ejrn hölmur, þar 6
á eg i eggvarp nockud, þau skaltu tina, þar liggr
l'if þitt á ef þii færer mier þau ei 9II öbrotenn, og ef
þii skilr nockud epter” “hvort á þeirra at vænta” 9
ir s(eger) hann “ej munder | þu mik at spyria” seger
hon. “Ef þer þætte epter læti j at fara. Ok eigi munde
Sigur(gardur) toruellt hafa þessa för”. “minzt þv uel 12
aa, þat” seger hann. “þeigi uanmenna” seger hon.
uar hon þai Eeidulig at sia. Hann snere þegar j burtu.
ok biozt þegar at fara sina sennde ferd. Ok hafde io
med ser segs menn sina. Enn adrer uoru epter hia
þui sem þeir attu.
5 einum þeirra\from 123, 23r, 167, 43r, honum MS.
10 þu]/rom here the text is taken frorn 556 a.
12 Sigurgardur-þessa] Sigurgarde torvelld hafa þott þesse
167, 43v.
16 adrer] + sex 167, 43v.
him to fetch her oxen, a hundred in all, and bring them
home safe and unharmed on the first day of summer.
He is to take the horn which he will find on one of
them and bring it to her full of gold. On his way he
will pass a lake with an island where she has a hatching-
place. Here he is to collect the eggs and bring them all
to her unbroken. Otherwise he must pay with his life.
He asks where he is to seek for them but she replies that
he would not ask about that, if it were a pleasure for
him to set out, and that Sigrgarðr would not have hesitated
to go on this mission. He thanks her for this last remark
but she orders him to keep silent. He goes away and
then sets out with six of his men on the mission. The
rest of his men stay behind to look after their belongings.