Norna-Gests þáttr 10 — ed. not skaldic
Not published: do not cite (Norn ch. 10)
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Enn spurði konungr Gest: "Hvar hefir þú þess komit
til konunga, er þér hefir bezt þótt?"
Gestr segir: "Mest gleði þótti mér með Sigurði ok Gjúkungum. En þeir Loðbrókar synir váru menn sjálfráðastir at lifa sem
menn vildu. En með Eireki at Uppsölum var sæla mest.
En Haraldr konungr hárfagri var vandastr at hirðsiðum
allra fyrrnefndra konunga. Ek var ok með Hlöðvé konungi á Saxlandi, ok þar var ek prímsigndr því at ek
mátti eigi þar vera elligar, því at þar var kristni vel
haldin, ok þar þótti mér at öllu bezt."
Konungr mælti: "Mörg tíðendi muntu segja kunna, ef vér viljum spyrja."
Konungr fréttir nú margs Gest. En Gestr segir
þat allt greiniliga, ok um síðir talar hann svá: "Nú
má ek segja yðr, hví at ek em Norna-Gestr kallaðr."
Konungr sagðist þat heyra vilja.
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