Editiones Arnamagnæanæ. Series B - 01.11.1965, Blaðsíða 203

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hertvginn vpp bonordit ined mickili snild seigandi
af sinum herra Sig(urgardi) morg snildar uer<k) ok
'3 huert afbragd hann er allra manna honum samtida.
Ok sem Gv(stur) hæti sinv mali svarar k(ongur)
“Þessi ungi herra er þier fra seigit er mier okunnur
c suo af honum hefvi ek alldri spurn haft. Enn þo skaltu
heyra ansuor minnar dottur vm þitt erindi”. Var
nv sent eptir k(ongs) dottur. Ok geck hun þegar
9 eptir bodi sins faudvrs j hollina med sine rikuligri
fylgd Ridurum ok iungfrum heilsandi sinum favdur
kurteisliga ok svo hertoganum. sidan var hun upp
12 set j hasætit næst k(ongi) til hægri handar. Kongurin
kungiorer nu sine dottur allt þetta mal. Ok bidur
hanna hier til at gefa huort hun vill ja edur nei
i5 “þo ydur sie þessi k(ongur) miog okunnur”. k(ongs)
dottir s(agdi) þa “satt er þat min kiære fader at þessi
k(ongur) er ungur ok ydur okunnur. Enn lengi hefi
i8 ek at honum hugat ok kann ek ecki min | vnuzta ui2r
annan ueg at kiosa þo ek ætti vm alla at velia”
2 morg-uerk] mióg vel 522, 48v, 523, 69r, næzta mióg
Rask 31, 136v.
he puts forward Sigrgarðr’s suit, emphasising all Sigr-
garðr’s noble deeds and how far he surpasses all his
contemporaries. When he has concluded his speech,
the king replies that he knows nothing of Sigrgarðr and
that they must hear what his daughter says to the matter.
She is summoned to the hall and enters with a splendid
following of knights and maidens. When she has greeted
her father and Duke Gustr, she is given a place in the
high-seat on her father’s right-hand. He lays the matter
before her and asks her to say yes or no. She replies
that although the king is only young and unknown to
her father, she has long been aware of his qualities and
could not wish for a husband who did not resemble him,
even if she could choose between all men alive. The king