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Þiðr ch. 4

Þiðriks saga af Bern 4 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (Þiðr ch. 4)

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The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable.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

Þann sama dag lætr Brúnsteinn, bróðir Roðgeirs jarls, þings kveðja ok taka sik til konungs yfir allt þat ríki, er jarl hafði átt. Brúnsteinn konungr ríðr margan dag at leita Samsons riddara með mikla sveit, en riddari Samson ríðr jafnan óhræðiliga í konungsbú ok brennir þar stórar eignir ok drepr marga menn. Nú hefir þessi ósætt staðið um tvau ár.


(5) Konungrinn ríðr eitt sinn at leita Samsons riddara ok með honum hundrað riddara ok finnr hann eigi. En at aftni eins dags ríðr konungr til eins kastala, er stendr við skóginn, og er hann þar þá nótt.


En at miðri nótt kemr þar riddari Samson einn saman. Nú er luktr kastalinn, en varðmenn váru sofnaðir. Nú hyggr hann at, hversu með skal fara, ok stígr af hesti sínum ok bindr hann. Eitt lítit þorp var við kastalann; þar byggja fátækir menn. Þar til gengr hann ok fær sér eld ok gengr í eitt hús ok brennir síðan; tekr hann einn brand loganda ok skýtr upp í kastalann. Ok því næst logaði hvert hús, ok við þetta vakna varðmenn ok hlaupa upp ákafliga ok blása í lúðra ok kalla, at ófriðr sé kominn. En hverr, sem vaknar, tekr sín klæði ok vápn, ok heitir hverr á annan at forða sér.


Þetta herboð kemr næst fyrir konunginn, ok hann klæddist skjótt ok vápnast ok hleypr á sinn hest ok ríðr út af kastalanum ok með honum sex riddarar ok ríða sem ákafligast mega þeir ok venda til skógarins, ok hyggja nú allir, at þetta muni vera hermenn, er brennt hafa kastalann, því at mikill lúðragangr ok vápnabrak var at heyra á þeiri nótt. En þó hræddust þeir náliga sjálfa sik. Nú flýja allir, sumir á hestum, sumir hestlausir eðr með vápnum, sumir vápnlausir eðr náliga klæðlausir. Ok á þeiri nótt gerir riddari Samson mörgum manni skömm ok skaða, ok mörgum veitir hann bana, áðr dagr komi.

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