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Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar §60.1

Edited by Natalie Van Deusen

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Kom hann þar at kveldi dags, ok reið hann þegar í borgina. Hann hafði síðan hatt yfir hjálmi ok alvæpni hafði hann. Egill spurði hvar garðr sá væri í borginni er Arinbjǫrn átti. Honum var þat sagt; hann reið þangat í garðinn. En er hann kom at stofunni, steig hann af hesti sínum ok hitti mann at máli. Var honum þá sagt, at Arinbjǫrn sat yfir matborði. Egill mælti: ‘Ek vilda, góðr drengr, at þú gengir inn í stofuna, ok spyr Arinbjǫrn, hvárt hann vill heldr úti eða inni tala við Egil Skallagrímsson.’ 

He come there in the evening [of the day], and he rode at once into town. He had at that time a hood over his helmet and he was fully armed. Egill asked which house it was in the town which Arinbjǫrn had. That was told to him. He rode there to the compound. And when he arrived at the hall, he dismounted from his horse and found a man and spoke to him. He was then told that Arinbjǫrn sat at table. Egill spoke: ‘I would like it, good man, if you could go into the hall and ask Arinbjǫrn whether he would prefer to speak with Egil Skallagrímsson outside or inside.’  

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