StarkSt Vík 3VIII (Gautr 11)/1 — Herþjófr ‘Herþjófr’
Þá * Herþjófr Harald um vélti;
sér ójafnan sveik í trygðum,
Egða dróttin öndu rænti,
en hans sonum haptbönd sneri.
Þá * um vélti Herþjófr Harald; sveik ójafnan sér í trygðum, rænti dróttin Egða öndu, en sneri sonum hans haptbönd.
Then Herþjófr tricked Haraldr; he betrayed [a man] unequal to himself in his plighted oath, robbed the lord of the Egðir [= Haraldr] of life and twisted captive shackles for his sons.
readings
[1] Herþjófr (‘Herþ.̂’): Herþjófi 152
notes
[1] Herþjófr: According to an earlier passage of Gautr (Gautr 1900, 11), Herþjófr was the son of a certain Húnþjófr, King of Hordaland, who was in turn the son of Friðþjófr the Bold and Ingibjǫrg the Fair, who are the protagonists of another fornaldarsaga, Friðþjófs saga ins frœkna ‘The Saga of Friðþjófr the Bold’ (Frið). For a discussion of the possible relations between these two sagas and their genealogical information, see Gautr 1900, lxxxix-xcii.