Anonymous fornaldarsögur, Hrólfs saga kraka 4

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Hrólf ch. 4

Hrólfs saga kraka 4 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Hrólf ch. 4)

Anonymous fornaldarsögur Hrólfs saga kraka

3 4 5

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Þeir bræðr sitja nú í skóginum, sem áðr er sagt, ok er þeir
höfðu verit þar um hríð, gera þeir at líta, at maðr ríðr
þangat at þeim heiman frá höllinni. Þat kenna þeir allglöggt,
at þar er kominn Reginn, fóstri þeira. Verða þeir honum
fegnir ok heilsa honum vel. Hann tekr ekki kveðju þeira, en
víkr hesti sínum heim aptr þaðan at höllinni. Þeir undra
þetta ok ræða um með sér, hverju þetta muni gegna. Nú snýr
Reginn til þeira hestinum í annat sinn ok lætr ófrýniliga,
sem þá ok þá muni hann at þeim vinna.

Helgi segir: "Skynja þykkist ek, hvat er hann vill."

Fór hann nú heim til hallar, en þeir eptir. "Því lætr fóstri
minn svá," segir Helgi, "at hann vill ekki rjúfa eiða sína
við Fróða konung, ok vill því ekki við okkr mæla, en þó vill
hann gjarna hjálpa okkr."

Lundr einn stóð nærri höllinni, er konungr átti, ok sem þeir
kómu þar, þá mælti Reginn við sjálfan sik: "Ef ek ætti stórar
sakir við Fróða konung, skylda ek brenna upp lundinn." Ekki
mælti hann fleira.

Hróarr mælti: "Hvat mun þetta?"

"Þat vill hann," segir Helgi, "at vit förum heim til
hallarinnar ok berum at eld nema at einni útgöngu."

"Hvat munumm vit þat mega, ungmenni tvau, slíkt ofrefli sem
fyrir er?"

"Svá skal vera þó," sagði Helgi, "ok munum vit eitthvert sinn
verða til at hætta, ef vit skulum hefnt geta harma okkarra."

Ok svá gera þeir. Þessu mæst er Sævill jarl út kominn ok
allir hans menn. Hann mælti þá: "Aukum nú eldana ok veitum
lið sveinum þessum. Er mér engi vandi við Fróða konung."

Fróði konungr átti tvá smiði, er völundar váru at hagleik, ok
hétu báðir Varr. Reginn heimti út lið sitt at hallardyrum,
vini sína ok tengdamenn.

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