Einn göltr var stærstr af svínunum.
One boar was the largest of the pigs.


Hann sótti mest at Stíganda.
He attacked Stigandi most.


Hjálmr lagði spjóti til Stígandi ok var þat allt í einu at göltrinn greip í kálfan á honum.
Hjalmr thrust at Stigandi with a spear and it was all at the same time that the boar grasped his calf.


Þá fell Stígandi ok dró göltrinn hann ofan fyrir holinn.
The Stigandi fell and the boar drew him down in front of the hill.


Þeystust þá öll tröllin út úr holnum ok létu öll heimsliga.
Then all the trolls rushed out of the hill and behaved all foolishly.


Í þessu kom Knútr fram úr skóginum með nauta flokkinn.
At that, Knutr came forward out of the forest with the herd of cattle.

Sneri hann þá at tröllunum ok lét hann þá ganga kylfuna.
He turned then to the trolls and he let loose then with the club.

Hjálmr sneri þá at honum ok lagði til hans.
Hjalmr turns then towards him and thrust at him.

Þá var við mörgu at sjá.
Then was much? to see.

Stígandi var þá á fætr kominn.
Sigandi had got on his feet (by) then.


Hljóp hann þá at baki Hjálmi ok krækti sviðunni fram yfir hann ok kom í augat ok kipti honum at sér.
He leaped then on Hjalmr’s back and hooked the cutlass forward over him and it came in the eye and pulled him to him.

En kesjan kom í rist Knúti.
But the halberd came on Knutr’s instep.

Ok hljóp niðr í gegnum í jörðina ok var þat sár mikit.
And leaped down through to the earth and it was a great wound.



Hann lagði þá kylfuna á nasir Hjálmi ok brotnaði þá allr haussinn, ok varð þat hans bani.
He thrust the club to Hjalmr’s nose and (it) broke the skull then completely and it became his death.


Svínin sóttu at Stíganda.
The pigs attacked Stigandi.


En hann var svá vakr á skóm sínum at þau gátu honum eigi náð.
But he was so alert on his shoes that they were not able to reach him.



Hann krækti at sér tröllin ok kipti þeim undir höggin.
He hooked trolls to himself and pulled them under the blows?



En Knútr veitti þeim skjótan dauða.
And Knutr granted them swift death.


Þá var sól í suðri er þeir höfðu drepit tröllin öll.
The sun was in the south then when they had slain all the trolls.


Ok váru þeir þá bæði stirðir ok móðir.
And they were both stiff and weary.


Dreifðu þeir þá yfir svínin moldu þeirri er í var posa kerlingar.
They scattered then that earth which was in the old woman’s pouch over the pigs.

Ok váru þau þá þegar hogvær.
And they were then gentle.


Síðan bjuggust þeir til ferðar.
After that they prepared for the journey.


Gyltan in magra var svá mögur at hon gat eigi gengit ok varð þeim trafali at henni.
The thin gilt was so emaciated that she could not walk and it became a travail with her.

Ok tók Stígandi hana ok bar hana á baki sér.
And Stigandi took her and carried her on his back.


Svínin váru mjök bagræk.
The pigs were very difficult to drive.



Ok bað Knútr þá at Stígandi skyldi fara seinna eptir á með svínin—“En ek mun flýta mér í móts við Hörð fóstbróður minn.”
And Knutr said then that Stigandi should go slowly behind with the pigs, “and I will hasten to meet with Hordr, my fosterbrother.”
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Nú er at segja frá Hörð.
Now is to tell of Hordr.



Þá er þeir Knútr skildust gekk hann til hellis dyranna..
Then when they, he and Knutr, parted, he went to the cave door.


Þar váru inni sextigir trölla.
There were sixty trolls inside.


Eigi vildi Hörðr glettast við þau á meðan þau sváfu.
Hordr didn’t want to taunt them while they slept.



Litlu síðar sá hann ganga mann fram úr skóginum.
A little later he saw a man walking forward out of the forest.