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flotanum, so lata þeir ganga geist síjna sigling,
ad þeir fella syn segl i fyrstu þa þeir koma til Villu-
svinalands, i þær hafner er G(ustur) villde, þeir 3
senda niösnarmenn til borgarennar og var Val-
b(randur) heima, G(ustur) hafdi vafed öllu vitenu fra
Valb(randi), ad hann visse eckj um ferdir þeirra, e
fyrr enn þeir voru ordner landfaster, bregdur hann
þa skiott vid og giorer sendeför, stefnande til sýn
óllum er hann kunnj, og föru allir meir af hrædslu 9
enn gödvilia, og þegar morgne komandi filkti Val-
b(randur) k(ongur) synu lide, og setti 4 filkingar,
var hann sialfur framme fyrir hernum öllum, þuj 12
hann treisti vel synum riddaraskap, Valdimar kongur
skipar synum filkingum, skal G(ustur) og ungi
Sigurg(ardur) stryda á moti Valb(randi), G(ustur) 15
seigest vilia siá vid fiolkinge hanns, *Valb(randi)
filgdi eirn hertugi er Valld(i)brun hiet, hann var
lijkare tróllum enn monnum ad afle og hardfeinge, is
66v honum var skipad á mötj | einum frægum riddara er
5 vafed-fra] v. 0II vitindi f. 522, 44v, villt siðner fyrer
Rask 31, 133r.
10 þegar] -(- ad 522, 45r.
16 Val-] written Vald- MS.
17 Valldibrun] supplied Jrom 522, 45r, Rask 31, 133v; cf.
below p. 18216 etc.
such speed that the sails are not furled until they reach
Villusvínaland. They send spies to the city. Valbrandr
is at home but Gustr has cast a spell to put him off his
guard and he does not know of their arrival in advance.
Valbrandr immediately gathers together an army, divides
it into four wings and places himself at its head. King
Valdimar, too, divides his army into wings. Gustr and
Sigrgarðr are to fight against Valbrandr, whose magic
arts Gustr is to keep in check. A duke in Valbrandr’s
band called Valdibrun, more like a troll than a human-
being, is placed opposite a famous knight called Morus.