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st | anda og klædast og na til vopna sinna, hun seigir hann i2v
skuli þa hlijda rádumm sijnumm, “þii sier eitt lickiu-
3 járn hier hiá mier, kifftu þuj iit og muntu þar undir
sænginni finna þier hentugt filsni, ad leinast j medann
þeir leita”, Asmundur dregur nii iit járnid og lifftist
6 so frá hurdinn, finnur hann hentugt filsni handa sier,
fer hann þá jnn, og likur afftur efftir sier, þá kiemur
köngur j turninn og uill nii fánga Asmund, Þrauidur
9 filgir köngi og geingur ad firrneffndumm stoll, og
höggur hann j sundur med suerdi, sáu þeir þá ad
Asmundur uar þar eij, *slijdrar Þramdur afftur
12 suerdid, geingur þá köngur ad huijlu döttur sinnar,
og uill nu fánga hann þar, var hann þar þá ecki, leita
þeir nú umm allt húsid eins og firr og fundu eij, ad
13 helldur, þá reiddist köngur uid Þraand, og bregdur
suerdi og hóggur til Þraandar, enn hann brá odrumm
firir höggid og tök hann j sundur, sijdann geingur
ís Þraindur heim enn so var *kongr Þraandi reidur, ad
11 slijdrar] /rom 585 d, 7r, slijdlar MS.
18 kongr]from 585d, 7r, hann MS. Þramdi] -f- 585d, 7r.
stand up, dress himself and seize his arms in order to
defend liimself but she advises liim instead to hide in a
secret place under the bed. The very same moment that
he has climbed into the hiding-place and shut himself in,
the king and Þrándr enter. The latter goes straight to the
chair and chops it up but when “Ásmundr” is not to be
found there, Þrándr has once again to sheathe his sword
and the king goes over to the bed to catch “Ásmundr”
there. When “Ásmundr” is not to be found there either,
they search evervwhere, but in vain. The king draws his
sword upon Þrándr but the latter saves his own life by
pushing another man in front of him and this man is
cloven in two instead of him. They go away. The king
is so enraged with Þrándr that he does not dare to utter
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