Anonymous fornaldarsögur, Hrólfs saga kraka 27

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Hrólf ch. 27

Hrólfs saga kraka 27 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Hrólf ch. 27)

Anonymous fornaldarsögur Hrólfs saga kraka

26 27 28

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Konungr ferr nú heim ok Bera í ferð með konungi. Drottning
var allkát ok tók vel við henni ok frétti, hver hún væri. Hún
sagði sem fyrr eigi it sanna til. Drottning gerir nú veislu
mikla ok lætr búa bjarnarslátrit til fagnaðar mönnum.
Karlsdóttir er í skemmu drottningar ok náir eigi burt at
fara, því at drottningu grunar, hver hún muni vera.

Ok þar kemr drottning með disk vánum bráðara, var þar á
bjarnarholdit, ok bað Beru neyta. Hún vildi eigi eta.

"Þetta eru firn mikil," segir drottning, "at þú trunsar við
fagnaði þessum, er drottning sjálf virðist at bjóða þér, ok
tak við skjótt, elligar skal þér annarr verri."

Hún bitar fyrir hana, ok þat verðr af leiknum, at hún etr
þann bita. Drottning skerr þá annan ok lætr í munn henni, ok
þar kemr lítit korn niðr af þeim bita, ok sló þá úr munni sér
ok kveðst eigi meir mundu eta, þó at hún píndi hana eða
deyddi.

Drottning mælti: "Vera kann, at nú dugi nokkut," ok hló at.

Síðan fór Bera í burt ok heim til föður síns. Hún hefir óhæga
höfn meðferðar. Hún sagði nú föður sínum alla málavöxtu um
sitt ráð, hvernig háttat er.

Ok litlu síðar tók hún sótt ok fæddi sveinbarn, þó nokkut með
undarligum hætti. Þat var maðr upp, en elgr niðr frá nafla.
Hann er nefndr Elg-Fróði. Annarr sveinn kemr þar til ok er
kallaðr Þórir. Hundsfætr váru á honum frá rist ok því var
hann kallaðr Þórir hundsfótr. Hann var maðr fríðastr sýnum
fyrir annat. Inn þriði sveinn kom til, ok var sá allra
vænstr. Sá er kallaðr Böðvarr, ok var honum ekki neitt til
lýta. Böðvari ann hún mest.

Þeir renna nú upp sem gras. Ok þá þeir eru at leikum með
öðrum mönnum, eru þeir grimmir ok óvægir um allt. Fá menn
harðleikit af þeim. Meiðir Fróði marga menn fyrir konungi, en
deyddi suma með ölu.

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