Anonymous fornaldarsögur, Hrólfs saga kraka 19

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Hrólf ch. 19

Hrólfs saga kraka 19 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Hrólf ch. 19)

Anonymous fornaldarsögur Hrólfs saga kraka

18 19 20

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Ok um morguninn tókst þar hörð hólmganga, ok skorti þar eigi
stór högg. Sáu þat allir, at þessi inn komni kunni sverði at
beita með miklu afli, ok hrökkr berserkrinn allr undan fyrir
honum, ok drepr hann þar. Ok þegar vill annarr drepa hann ok
hefna hans, ok fær hann slíka för, ok eigi léttir hann fyrr
en hann hefir drepit þá fjóra.

Þá mælti Aðils konungr: "Mikinn skaða hefir þú mér gert, ok
þess skaltu nú gjalda," ok bað menn upp standa ok drepa hann.

Í annan stað fær drottning sér lið ok vill veita honum ok
kvað konung mega þat sjá, at miklu meira ágæti væri at honum
einum en öllum þeim berserkjum. Kemr nú drottning griðum á
með þeim, ok þykkir öllum Svipdagr vera mikill afreksmaðr.
Sitr hann nú á bekk annan gagnvart konungi með ráði Yrsu
drottningar.

Ok sem náttar, litast hann um ok þykkist enn oflítit hafa at
gert við berserki ok vill egna til fundar við þá, ok þykkir
honum þat líkligt, ef þeir sjá hann einn saman, at þeir muni
snúa at honum. Ok þat gekk eptir því, sem hann ætlaði, því at
þegar berjast þeir.

Ok þá kemr konungr at, er þeir höfðu barist um hríð, ok skilr
þá. Eptir þat gerir knungr berserki útlæga, þá sem eptir
váru, er þeir báru eigi af einum manni allir, ok lést eigi
fyrr vitat hafa, at þeir væri svá litlir fyrir sér nema í
orðum einum drembiligum. Þeir verða nú í burt at fara, en
heitast nú at herja á ríki Aðils konungs. Konungr lést aldri
hirða um heitingar þeira ok kvað enga dáð í bikkjum þeim.
Fara þeir nú í burt með skömm ok svívirðing. Aðils konungr
hafði þó eggjat þá raunar í fyrstunni at ganga at honum ok
drepa hann, þá þeir sæi Svipdag einn ganga ór höllinni, ok
hefna sín svá, at drottning yrði ekki vör við. Svipdagr hafði
þó drepit einn, þá konungr kom til at skilja þá.

Aðils konungr biðr nú Svipdag veita sér eigi minna lið nú en
áðr, er honum veittu allir berserkir, -"allra helst at
drottning vill, at þú sért í staðinn berserkjanna." Þar er nú
Svipdagr nokkura hríð.

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