Anonymous fornaldarsögur, Hrólfs saga kraka 33

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Hrólf ch. 33

Hrólfs saga kraka 33 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Hrólf ch. 33)

Anonymous fornaldarsögur Hrólfs saga kraka

32 33 34

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Einn dag var væta mikil, ok verðr Böðvarr vátr mjök, ok
mæðist fast hestrinn ok gerðist móðr undir honum, er hann
reið mikit, en gerðist geysiliga blautt ok þungreitt. Gerðist
mikit myrkr ok ofanfall á nóttinni. Ok eigi finnr hann fyrr
en hestrinn drepr fótum í hæð nokkura. Böðvarr stígr af baki
ok leitast fyrir, ok skilr hann, at þar muni vera hús nokkut,
ok finnr hann, at þar eru dyrr á. Hann lýstr á hurðina. Þar
gengr maðr út. Böðvarr beiðist þar vistar um nóttina.
Húsbóndinn sagðist ekki vísa honum burt á náttarþeli, en hann
væri ókunnugr. Bónda þykkir maðrinn vera mikilúðligr, allt
þat er hann má á sjá.

Þar er Böðvarr um nóttina í góðum beinleika. Hann spurði
margt frá afreksverkum Hrólfs konungs eða kappa hans eða
hversu langt væri þangat.

"Nei," sagði karl, "þangat er nú allskammt, eða ætlar þú
þangat?"

"Já," sagði Böðvarr",þat er ætlun mín."

Karl sagði honum mundi þat vel hent, - "því at ek sé þú ert
mikill maðr ok sterkr, en þeir þykkjast vera garpar miklir."

Ok við þetta grætr kerling hástöfum, þá þeir geta Hrólfs
konungs ok kappa hans í Hleiðargarði.

"Hvat grætr þú, fáráð kerling?" segir Böðvarr.

Kerling mælti: "Við karl minn áttum einn son, þann Höttr hét.
Ok einn dag fór hann til borgarinnar at skemmta sér, en þeir
glettust við hann konungsmenninir, ok þat stóðst hann illa.
Síðan tóku þeir hann ok settu í beina sorp. En þat er háttr
þeira um matmál ok svá sem af er etit hverju beini, þá kasta
þeir til hans. Fær hann af því stundum stór mein, ef á hann
kemr, ok ekki veit ek, hvárt hann er lífs eða dauðr. En þau
laun vilda ek af þér hafa fyrir minn beinleika, at þú
kastaðir til hans minna beini heldr en meira, ef hann er ekki
dauðr út af."

Böðvarr segir: "Ek skal gera eptir því, sem þú heiðir, ok
ekki þykkir mér þat svá garpligt at berja menn beinum eða
hata börn eða smámenni."

"Þá gerir þú vel," sagði kerling, "því at þín hönd sýnist mér
sterklig, ok veit ek víst hann á engan stað fyrir þínum
höggum, ef þú vilt ekki hlífast við."

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