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þeir koma (ad) holum nóckurum. þar sia þeir suin
mörg. Ok uoru þav þ ai komin j suefn. eina gylltu
s sau þeir liggia unnder hamri einum. hana sugu tueir
griser. hon uar suo mógur at hon gat ualla niset.
Enn þegar at adrer griser foru fra henni. þai foru
6 adrer til hennar at siuga hana. Knutur geck at holi
einum. Ok mælti til Stiganda. “hier munt þu epter
uerda. Ok bida min þangat til at þriar soler eru af
9 himni. Enn ef <eg> kem þsa eigi aptur. þsa þarf eigi
min at uænta. enn ecke skaltu uid suinin eiga. fyrr
enn ur kulet er um mina komu. Ok munntu þo ærit
12 eiga at uinna. Hier j holi þessum eru niutiger trolla.
Enn suina hirderenn er farinn aa skog at afla þeirn
matar. Ok ueit ek at hann mun glettazt uid þik.
15 þaa er hann kemur heim. Enn hier er einn gluggur
aa holnum. ok er þar uid stigi. Ok er huergi ut gangr
ur holnum nema þar. Lif þitt liggr ai ef þau kom(a)zt
18 ut”.
1 ad]from 123, 24v, 167, 44r, 588m, 4v.
3—4 tueir eriserl .jx. eriiser 123, 25r, ixtyger eriisa 167, 44r.
9 eg] from 123, 25r, 167, 44r.
12 niutiger] i1 written above the line MS.
17-18 þau-ut] nockur (nockud 167) kiemst vt (+ af þvi sem
i holnum er 167) 123, 25r, 167, 44r.
where they can see a lot of pigs lying asleep. Beneath
an overhanging rock a sow is lying, giving suck to two
piglets. As soon as these two have had sufficient, others
come and take their place and this continues. The sow
is so thin that it can hardly get up. “Knútr” says to
Stígandi that he is to stay here for three days but no
longer and wait for him. He is not to do anything about
the pigs, until it appears that “Knútr” is not going to
return. If this is so, he will have his liands full enough.
“Knútr” also says that in the mound he is standing on
there are ninety (cf. below p. 91) trolls and that the
swineherd has gone out into the forest to find food for