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segstiger traulla. Eigi uillde Hórdur glettazt uid þau.
aa medan þau suofu. litlu sidar sai hann ganga mann
3 fram ur skoginum. saa uar mikill uegste. hann hafde
iam staf j hennde. ok uar geir Odens markadur ai
framan uerdum. Ok synndezt honum sem eitur sinndr-
« ade ur oddenum. þat uar Skiolldur broder Hlegerdar.
Hann geingur at skid gardenum. Og lykur upp grind-
enne. floka trippan hleypur þegar ut. Ok öll hrossen
9 epter henni. hesturinn fylger henni. hon hefer uppe
ymsa enndana. Ok stefner þangat sem blautaztar uoru
myrarnar. Ok gefur henni þat lif at hrossen komuzt
is þangat eigi. Skiolldur gengur til hellessens. Hördur
sprettur þar upp fyrer honum. Hann hafde gadda
kylfu j hennde. hann slo til Skialldar. enn Skiölldur
i5 skauzt unndan. en kylfan kom j iórdina. Ok sauck
eth digrazta. Skiölldur slo til hans med iarn stafnum.
Ok kom aa kryppuna. Ok brotnade j sunndur geirenn.
i8 Enn stóngin uar fóst j kryppvnni aa honum. ok kipte
hann honum aa, lopt. Hordur spymdi fotunum uid
1 segstiger] fiórutijge 167, 45r.
17 j] + stóngin, but with dots over and under to cancel M8.
In the cave sixty trolls are lying asleep. Shortly after-
wards he sees Hlégerðr’s brother, Skjpldr, coming out of
the forest. He is big and bears an iron staff with a copy
of Oðin’s spear on it. It seems to Hrirðr as if poison is
gushing out of its point. Skjpldr goes up to the pen and
open.s the gate. The tousled colt gallops out, pursued by
all the mares and tlie stallion, and makes for the wettest
quarter of the meadows, where its pursuers are unable
to reach it. Skjpldr goes towards the cave but Hprðr
blocks his path and strikes at him with his spiked club.
Skjoldr deflects the blow, however, so that the club goes
down into the earth. He strikes at Hprðr with his iron
staff but since it hits his hump, the shaft breaks off
and sticks in the hump. When Hprðr presses with liis