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11. (K)Nutur for nu leid sina. ferr hann margann
okunnegan stig. eitt kuelld koma þeir at einu sælu
s huse. þat uar timburhus. þeir komv þar snema vm
kuelldit. biugguzt þeir þar vm. hann sende þria epter
ellde uide. Enn tuo menn at sækia uatn. þotte honum
6 þeir seiner aptur. for hann sidan at uitia þeirra. Ok
fann hann dauda huortueggiu. Ok voru adrer snar-
ader ur hals lidenum. Enn af ódrum voru biten höfudin.
o fer hann nu heim aptur j sælu huset. Enn er hann
kom þar þaa voru þar fyrer þrir menn. þeir uoru fe
hirdar meykongsins. einn het Kampi. annar Skeggi.
12 þride het Toppur. þeir uoru ill uirkiar mykler. ok
drapu þeir menn. Enn færdu meykonginum fe þeirra.
þeir sottu þegar at Knute aller er þeir sia hann. Voru
ís þeir bæde sterker ok stor hógguer. alldri þottezt
(hann) j uidur lika naun ok mann hættv komit hafa.
þsa sier hann huar Stigannde hleypur. hann kræker
16 hann] from 123, 23v, 167, 43v, 588m, 4v.
11. “Knútr” and his men set out along unknown
paths. Early one evening they come to a wooden hut
intended for travellers. He sends three of the men out
to gather firewood and two to fetch water. When he
considers that rather a long time has passed, he goes out
to search for them and finds them all dead. The one
group has had their necks wrung and the other their
heads bitten off. When he returns to the hut he finds
three men there. They are called Kampi, Skeggi and
Toppr and are the queen’s herdsmen and great scoundrels,
for they kill men, steal their belongings and bring these
to the queen. They fall upon “Knútr” as soon as they
see him and since they are not only strong but also
skilled with their weapons, he considers that he has never
before been confronted with such a difficult task. At this
very moment Stígandi comes running up, plunges his
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