Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.4

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Bǫðvarr mælti: ‘Ekki muntu nú fá skjaldborgina gǫrða lengr.’ Hǫttr mælti: ‘Skaltu nú bana mér, bokki sæll?’ Bǫðvarr bað hann ekki hafa hátt, tók hann upp síðan ok bar hann út ór hǫllinni ok til vatns nǫkkurs, sem þar var í nánd, ok gáfu fáir at þessu gaum. Hann þváði hann upp allan.	Bǫðvarr said, ‘you will not now get to make the shield-wall any more.’ Hǫttr said, ‘Are you going to kill me now, good man?’Bǫðvarr told him not to be noisy, picked him up then and carried him out of the hall and to a certain lake which [¤] was in the vicinity, and few paid attention to this. He cleaned him all up.

34.3 Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 Start again 34.5

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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.4

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