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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.2

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Bǫðvarr gengr þangat ok spyrr, hverr þar væri í beinahrúgunni. Þá var honum svarat ok heldr óframliga: ‘Hǫttr heiti ek, bokki sæll.’ ‘Hví ertu hér,’ spyrr Bǫðvarr, ‘eða hvat gørir þú?’ Hǫttr svarar: ‘Ek gøri mér skjaldborg, bokki sæll.’ Bǫðvarr sagði: ‘Vesall ertu þinnar skjaldborgar!’ 

Bǫðvarr goes there and asks who is there in the bone pile. He was then answered, and somewhat tentatively: ‘I am called Hǫttr, good man.’ ‘Why are you here,’ asks Bǫðvarr, ‘or what are you doing?’ Hǫttr answers: ‘I’m making myself a shield-fortification, good man.’ Bǫðvarr said, ‘You’re pathetic with your shield-fortification!’

34.1Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35Start again 34.3

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