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vaked bðnord vid kong og kongs dottur og fieck hann
afsvór mikil, enn þo miklu meire þa hann þaug af
s kongs dottur, þvi hun sagdi hann skilldi a gálga
festa ef hann taladi slikt optar, af þessu uppfilltest
Valbr(andur) af mikelli reidi, so ad hann lagdi mikla
«fædu a k(ongs)dottur, hvor k(ong)s(on) edur keis-
(ara)son er þess eyrendis komu til Ptolomeum kongs
ad bidia hans dottur, þa alla reid Valb(randur)
o ofann med mikellj sneipu, so i mórgum gjeck i sundur
þeirra halsbein og feingu bana, enn eingenn sa ad
ey lestest i rifjum, fotum edur armleggjum, og af
12 þvi kongsdotter hafdi streingt þad heit, ad eiga
aungvann þann fyrir herra sinn, sem eckj sigradi
Valbrand i utreid og sialfa sig i horpuslætti, og af
i5 þvi sá eingenn hafde framm komed er þetta feinge
gjórt af þeim 30 herrum, ehr hier til hófdu leitad,
fðru allir heim til sinna ríjkia er lyfed þádu sneipter
is og meiddir fotlamder og handlamder, og fer nu so
6 fæd Rask 31, 122v.
12 þad] þess 522, 32v, Rask 31, 122v.
17 þádu] þau 522, 32v, þágu Rask 31, 122v.
18 -lamder (ðis)] -lama (bis) 522, 32v.
has been refused by both the king and the lady herself.
Florida has once even threatened him with the gallows
should he mention the matter to her ever again. He is
greatly enraged at this and overthrows in tournaments
every single king’s son or emperor’s son who comes to
seek her hand in marriage so that some of them break
their necks and are killed and all of them receive injuries
from which they never fully recover. This is because the
princess has made a vow only to marry a man who has
overthrown Valbrandr in a tournament and surpassed
herself in harp-playing. Up to now thirty men have
made the attempt but all of those who have not met
their death in the trial have returned to their realms
with their hands and feet chopped off. A long time passes