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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §34.1

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Síðan ferr Bǫðvarr leið sína til Hleiðargarðs. Hann kemr til konungs atsetu. Bǫðvarr leiðir þegar hest sinn á stall hjá konungs hestum hinum beztu ok spyrr øngvan at; gekk síðan inn í hǫll, ok var þar fátt manna. Hann sezk útarliga, ok sem hann hefr setit þar nǫkkra hríð, heyrir hann þrausk nokkut útar í hornit í einhverjum stað. Bǫðvarr lítr þangat ok sér, at mannshǫnd kemr upp ór mikilli beinahrúgu, er þar lá. Hǫndin var svǫrt mjǫk. 

Then Bǫðvarr goes on his way to Hleiðargarðr. He comes to the king’s residence. Straight away Bǫðvarr leads his horse into the stall with the king’s best horses and asks no-one [for permission]; then he went into the hall and there were few men. He sits himself near the entrance and when he has sat there for some time, he hears a noise further out in the corner in a certain place. Bǫðvarr looks in that direction and sees that a man’s hand comes up out of a large pile of bones which lay there. The hand was very dark.  

Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35Start again 34.2

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