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kylfv. iarn uafda. Ok hliop nedan einstigit. half þri-
togur var hamarenn. Erm þ;n er hann var kominn j
et efsta stigit. Rennde Knutur at honum. ok Bak 3
spiotit fyrer briost honum. spiotit geck ai kaf. enn
jotuninn datt ofan fyrer hamarinn. Ok brotnade j
honum huert bein. Enn Knutur tok kylfvna til sin. 6
enn sidan ste hann aa nóckuann. Ok Kere til eyiar-
innar. geck ai land ok litadizt um. Hann saa hol einn
hafann med fögrum grösvm þangat gengur hann. 9
Hann finnur þar ai glugg. hann setur gler fyrer augv
sier. hann sier huar krakan laa aa mikilli dyngiu. hann
saa af henni var vængurinn. Hann tok þaa j posa kell- 12
ingar. Ok sadi inn j glugginn þui sem þar uar j.
fell þaa suefn aa krakuna. Enn sidan for hann inn j
holinn. hann tok um hals krakunni. Ok snarade hana 15
vr *halslidnum j millum handa sier. enn j hennar
fiórbrotum uard suo mikill landz skialfte at undrum
gegnde. is
13. <K)nutur tekur sier nu elld ok geck til dyngiu
krakunar. Ok Bubbar henni upp allri. finnur hann
16 -lidnum] from 123, 26r, -lidunum 167, 44v, -lidinum 588m,
5r, ledinum MS.
seizes his iron-spiked club and runs up the path up the
twenty-five fathoms (?) high cliff. When he has reached
the last step, however, he is struck in the breast by
“Knútr’s” spear, falls down and is crushed in the fall.
“Knútr” picks up the club and rows in the boat over
to the island. Here he sees a mound, overgrown with
fair herbs, and he finds a hole in it. After he has set a
glass to his eye, he notices the crow, which has only
one wing, lying there on a heap, and he sprinkles the
contents of the old woman’s bag over it in through the
hole. The crow immediately falls asleep and he goes in
and wrings its neck. Its death throes bring about a mighty
earth-quake.