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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §35.5

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Eptir þat ferr hann þangat, sem Hǫttr liggr. Bǫðvarr tekr hann upp ok berr þangat, sem dýrit liggr dautt. Hǫttr skelfr ákaft. Bǫðvarr mælir: ‘Nú skaltu drekka blóð dýrsins.’ Hann er lengi tregr, en þó þorir hann víst eigi annat. Bǫðvarr lætr hann drekka tvá sopa stóra. Hann lét hann ok eta nǫkkut af dýrshjartanu. Eptir þetta tók Bǫðvarr til hans, ok áttusk þeir við lengi. 

After that he goes to the place where Hǫttr lies. Bǫðvarr pulls him up and carries [him] to the place where the beast lies dead. Hǫttr trembles violently. Bǫðvarr says, ‘Now you must drink the beast’s blood.’ He is unwilling for a while but nevertheless he certainly does not dare [to do] otherwise. Bǫðvarr makes him drink two big gulps. He makes him also eat some of the beast’s heart. After this Bǫðvarr seizes [¤] him, and they fight against [each other] for a long time.  

35.4Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35Start again 35.6

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