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greida þier fieit enn þo willda eg bidia þig litillar
bænar adr enn þu hefer j burt gullit” sagdi Þrandr.
3 “Huer er su” sagdi A(smundur). “fodr og modur sa
eg mer og eru þau bædi af gomul. enn honum kalli
salugum þiker allmikit gaman at frasogum ef sagt er
6 fra afrexmonnum. þviat hann kall hefer verit helldr
gilldr fyrir sier. Nu villda eg at þu segder honum allt
þat sem þu hefer til frama vnnit og so wm leika
9 yckra kongs dottur sidan er þw komt j Grickland.
veit eg wist at honum þiker þetta (a)llmikil skemtan
og so þeim badum. eigi sidr henni kellingu af gamalli
i2 og vesallri”.
14. (E)pter þetta ganga þeir at gullhusinu og lykur
Þrandur vpp sinum fehirdzlum. Asmundr gengr inn.
15 hann sier at stoll einn stendr vmm mitt hvsit. so at
hann nemur j bada veggi husins. en þat sier hann at
aa stolinum sitia .ij. menn. þetta er kallmadur og
i8 kona aa sinum stolsendanum huort þeira. klædd vel.
hann kallmadur var so buin at hann var j blam felldi
og snuinn gulldalkur j framan mikill. girdzkan (hatt
21 hafdi) hann aa hofdi og liet siga allt nidr fyrer hofudit
og anlitit. skorti eigi at mikit var yfer honum kalli.
6 afrex-] e written twice at line-division MS.
20- 21 hatt hafdi] from 122, 14v (hatt girdskann haffdi).
21- 22 hofudit og] ~ 122, 14v.
with “Ásmundr” and pay him the money but begs
“Ásmundr” to tell the story of his time spent with the
king’s daughter and all his exploits to Þrándr’s old
parents, who take great pleasure in accounts of marvel-
lous feats.
14. They come to the treasure-chamber. When
“Ásmundr” enters, he sees a man and a woman sitting
at each end of a bench, which extends from the one wall
to the other across the room. The man is stately and clad
in a black cloak with a gold pin at the front and a Russian
(Greek) hat, whose brim conceals the whole of his face.