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Hrólfs saga kraka — chs 34-35 §35.13

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Konungr mælir, ‘Vissa ek, þá þú komst hér, at fáir mundu þínir jafningjar vera, en þó þyki mér þat þitt verk frægiligast, at þú hefir gert hér annan kappa, þar er Hǫttr er, ok óvænligr þótti til mikillar gæfu. Nú vil ek hann heiti eigi Hǫttr lengr, ok skal hann heita Hjalti upp frá þessu. Skaltu nú heita eptir sverðinu Gullinhjalta.’ Ok endar hér þenna þátt frá Bǫðvari ok brœðrum hans. 

The king says, ‘I knew, when you came here, that few would be your equal, but nevertheless it seems to me that your most renowned achievement [is] that you have made here a champion [¤] where Hǫttr is, and [he] seemed unpromising for much luck. Now I will no longer call him Hǫttr, but he shall be called Hjalti from this point forward. You shall now be named after the sword Gullinhjalti.’ And here ends this story about Bǫðvarr and his brothers.

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