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Prose: Skm 24.4

Skáldskaparmál — chs 1-6 104 — ed. Tarrin Wills

Not published: do not cite (Prose: Skm 24.4)

Teaching TextsSkáldskaparmál — chs 1-6
24.324.424.5

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‘Þórr vill fyrir øngan mun bila at koma til einvígis er honum var hólmr skoraðr, þvíat engi hefir honum þat fyrr veitt. Fór þá Hrungnir braut leið sína ok hleypti ákafliga þar til er hann kom í Jǫtunheima, ok var fǫr hans allfræg með jǫtnum ok þat at stefnulag var komit á með þeim Þór. Þóttusk jǫtnar hafa mikit í ábyrgð, hvárr sigr fengi; þeim var ills ván at Þór ef Hrungnir létisk fyrir því at hann var þeira sterkastr. Þá gerðu jǫtnar mann á Grjótúnagǫrðum af leiri ok var hann níu rasta hár en þriggja breiðr undir hǫnd, en ekki fengu þeir hjarta svá mikit at honum sómði fyrr en þeir tóku *ór *meri *nokkvorri, ok varð honum þat eigi stǫðugt þá er Þórr kom. Hrungnir átti hjarta þat er frægt er, af hǫrðum steini ok tindótt með þrim hornum svá sem síðan er gert var ristubragð þat er Hrungnis hjarta heitir. Af steini var ok hǫfuð hans. Skjǫldr var ok steinn, víðr ok þjokkr, ok hafði hann skjǫldinn fyrir sér er hann stóð á Grjótúnagǫrðum ok beið Þórs, en hein hafði hann fyrir vápn ok reiddi of ǫxl ok var ekki dælligr. Á aðra hlið honum stóð leirjǫtunninn, er nefndr er Mǫkkurkálfi, ok var hann allhræddr. Svá er sagt at hann meig er hann sá Þór. Þórr fór til hólmstefnu ok með honum Þjálfi. Þá rann Þjálfi fram at þar er Hrungnir stóð ok mælti til hans:

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