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med so mikillj hreiste, ad broddurenn *smö brýnjuna
og lipte honum ur zödlenum, ríjdandi undir borgar-
veggenn, fleigiande honum ofann i þad dýke er framm 3
rann undann strætenu og af þvi Valb(randur) var
digur, enn skurdurenn miör, geingu j honum j sundur
óll rifenn vinstra meigenn, og fiell so ofann i þa fulu 6
veisu, og er hans menn dröu hann upp, var hann so
saurugur og sneiptur, ad hann þottest einskis penings
verdur, og miklu helldur villde sá dramblate svikare 9
bana hafa feinged enn slijka skómm, og geingur nu
heim i sinn turn, huxandj miög prettafull rád til
hefndar þeim fræga herra, Sigurg(ardur) ríjdur nu j 12
borgena, geingur k(eisar)e og k(ongur) a moti honum
med miklum söma, og þad aller sannande ad eingenn
mundj verda þessa froma herra líjke. Nu geingu 15
framm sveinar Floridæ berandi hennar bodskap ad
hun bijdur Sigurg(ardi) i sinn turn til hórpusláttar
herrarner geingu nu og hirdenn med k(ong)s(yne) 18
k(ongs)d(otter) sat á stól ut i synum alldenngarde
1 smð] frorn 522, 36v, Rask 31, 126r, smjð M8.
the latter manages to twist his shield so quickly that
the point breaks and then he plunges his lance in under
Valbrandr’s shield and it fastens in his mail-coat. He
lifts him out of the saddle and, as he rides towards the
city-wall, he casts him down in a drainage-ditch there.
Since the ditch is only narrow and Valbrandr is stout,
all his left ribs are broken in the fall. His men pull him
up but he is so dirty and ashamed that he feels himself
to be not worth a farthing and would far have prefered
death to such ignominy. He goes home meditating on
revenge. Sigrgarðr now rides into the city, where the
emperor and the king go to meet him and show him great
honour. Florida sends her men with an invitation to
Sigrgarðr to try himself in harp-playing against her.
Everyone goes to her tower. She is sitting on a chair in