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at sinne. gengur S(igurdur) nu og hans sueinar heim
til hallar og jnn j hollina og fyrer kongin og kuedr
3 hann fodr sin. kongurin tekur honum vel og spyr “huert
er erindi ydart hingat ai vorn fund”. S(igurdur)
suarar “eg vil bidia ydur at þier fait mer skip vr landi
6 gull og silfur so sem oss þarfazt”. “til huers mæler þ\v
frændi. vil eg fsa þier skip sem þer þarfuazt”. “Eg vil
hafa .ij. dreka vel buna enn ecki mun eg auka monn-
9 um fleirum vr landi en minum monnum”. “þa skal
allt giora sem þu villt”. sagdi kongr. eru nu þessi skip
buin med ollum reida og þá er þau voru buin. var
12 S(igurdur) til leiddr yfer at lita. en so sem hann hafdi
yfer sied þeira fram ferd. vard (hann) far vid. þá
spurdu sueinar hans hui hann væri so hliodr. edur
i5 fyndizt ecki vel. “þessi skip þætti mer vel buin ef einn
jallz son skylldi fyrer radsa. enn nu þiki mer þat ax
skorta at eg er ædri madur enn jallz son. En nu mun
i8 eg ganga heim og vita huat lidur vm fe hirdi fodr
mins”. Gengr kongsson nu heim og kemur þar at sem
fatta bur kongsins er og hans fe hirder. Sá madur h(et)
21 Biorn er kongsins fe hirdzlur hafdi at vardueita.
k(ongs) son gengur at honum og mællti “faa mer fe
so mikit sem eg vil hafa”. Biorn mællti “eigi ma eg
13 h ann] from 122, 2r.
he goes. With his men he goes to the king’s hall, steps up
to his father and asks for two dragon-ships and sufficient
gold and silver but no more men than he already has. The
king promises to grant him his request. When the ships
have been fully equipped, Sigurðr is led down to inspect
them. He looks at them with displeasure and when the
men ask him what he thinks of them, he replies that they
are good enough for an earl’s son but not for him. Then he
returns home and goes to his father’s treasurer, who is
called Bjqrn, and commands him to give him as much
wealth as he desires. Bjqrn refers him to the king but