Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.13

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Konungr mælir, ‘Viltu vera minn maðr ok skipa rúm hans?’ Bǫðvarr svarar, ‘Ekki neita ek at vera yðar maðr, ok munu vit ekki skiljask svá buit, vit Hǫttr, ok dveljask nær þér báðir, heldr en þessi hefr setit; elligar vit fǫrum burt báðir.’ Konungr segir, ‘Eigi sé ek at honum sœmð, en ekki spara ek mat við hann.’	The king says, ‘Do you want to be my man and take his place?’ Bǫðvarr answers, ‘I do not refuse to be your man, but we two will not be separated, I and Hǫttr, as things stand, and both of us will sit closer to you, [¤] than this man has sat; otherwise we both will go away.’ The king says, ‘I see no honour in him, but I will not begrudge [¤] him food.’

34.12 Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 Start again 34.14

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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.13

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