Anonymous íslendingasögur, Njáls saga 76

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Nj ch. 76

Njáls saga 76 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Nj ch. 76)

Anonymous íslendingasögur Njáls saga

75 76 77

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Um haustið sendi Mörður Valgarðsson orð að Gunnar mundi vera
einn heima en lið allt mundi vera niðri í Eyjum að lúka
heyverkum. Riðu þeir Gissur hvíti og Geir goði austur yfir ár
þegar þeir spurðu það og austur yfir sanda til Hofs. Þá sendu
þeir orð Starkaði undir Þríhyrningi. Og fundust þeir þar allir er
að Gunnari skyldu fara og réðu hversu þeir skyldu með fara.

Mörður sagði að þeir mundu eigi koma á óvart Gunnari nema
þeir tækju bónda af næsta bæ er Þorkell hét og létu hann fara
nauðgan með sér að taka hundinn Sám og færi hann einn heim á
bæinn.

Fóru þeir síðan austur til Hlíðarenda en sendu menn að fara
eftir Þorkatli. Þeir tóku hann höndum og gerðu honum tvo
kosti, að þeir mundu drepa hann ella skyldi hann taka hundinn
en hann kjöri heldur að leysa líf sitt og fór með þeim.
Traðir voru fyrir ofan garðinn að Hlíðarenda og námu þeir þar
staðar með flokkinn. Þorkell bóndi gekk heim á bæinn og lá
rakkinn á húsum uppi og teygir hann rakkann á braut í
geilarnar með sér. Í því sér hundurinn að þar eru menn fyrir
og hleypur á hann Þorkel upp og grípur nárann og rífur þar á
hol. Önundur úr Tröllaskógi hjó með öxi í höfuð hundinum svo
að allt kom í heilann. Hundurinn kvað við hátt svo að það
þótti þeim með ódæmum miklum vera og féll hann dauður niður.

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