Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.11.1965, Blaðsíða 100

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12. (K)nvtur skilr nu vid fost brædur sina. for nu
sidan langan ueg vm mórkina. optaz hafde hann
nóckurn leidar uise. blod drefiar af krakunni. fer s
hann nv þangat til sem fyrer honum *verda myrar.
þar sier hann morg naut. j einum skid garde. enn
þegar sem þau sia hann. þaa beliudu þau med suo «
óskurligum hliodum. at honum uar buit at stanndazt
eigi. vgse uar þar fyrer suo storr sem fiall uæri. hann
hafde þriu horn. eitt stod fram ur midiu enni. enn 9
annat stod þuert upp j lopt. enn et þridia beint nidur
j iórd. Ok Reist hann med þui torfu. Hann ste suo
fast j klaufernar at iórdin geck at lak klaufum upp. 12
Knvtur geck at hlidenv. Ok lauk upp grindenni. ugs-
enn hliop ut behannde. ok ætlade at Reka hornit
fyrer briost Knute. Enn hann greip badum hónndum 15
j hornit. Ok kipte af honum horninv. Enn sloen stod
epter. iiann hafde til Reidv posann kellingar naut.
4 verda] j'rom 123, 25r, 167, 44r, verdur MS.
them. When the swineherd comes back, he will attack
Stígandi. In the mound there is a hole with a ladder and
this is the only exit. If the trolls get out, Hprðr’s life
will be at stake.
12. “Knútr” now goes off througli the forest, following
the trail of blood from the crow, until he comes to some
meadows. In a pen here there is a herd of cattle and
when they catch sight of him, they begin to bellow. At
the head of the lierd there is an ox which is as big as a
mountain and which has three horns. The one is on
his forehead, the second points across up in the air and
the third straight down to the ground. With this third
horn he cuts up the turf. His tread is so heavy that his
hooves sink down into the earth. “Knútr” opens the
gate and the ox gallops out bellowing. It trys to stab
him in his breast but he manages to rip off one of its
liorns. After this he sprinkles some of the contents of