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193. The abrupt change from the indirect to the direct narration
is very common: _Haraldi konungi var sagt at ??ar var komit
bjarnd??ri, 'ok ?? ??sl?™nzkr ma?°r,'_ 'King Harold was told that a
bear had arrived, and that an Icelander owned it.' The direct
narration is also used after _at_ (that): _hann svarar at 'ek
skal r?«?°a til H?™ljar'_ 'he answers that he will ride to Hel.'
TEXTS
[Note: The asterisks are to help find the spots mentioned in the
notes. (I took out the line numbers to keep the line width as
close to 65 characters as possible.) --B.C.]
I. THOR
????rr er ??sanna framastr, s?? er kalla?°r er ??sa-????rr e?°a
??ku-????rr; hann er st?™rkastr allra gu?°anna ok manna.
Hann ?? ??ar r?«ki er ??r?«?°-vangar heita, en h?«ll hans heitir [*]
Bilsk?«rnir; ?« ??eim sal eru fimm hundru?° g??lfa ok fj??rir tigir;
??at er h?«s mest, sv?? at m?™nn hafa g?«??rt. [*]
????rr ?? hafra tv??, er sv?? heita, Tann-gnj??str ok Tann-
grisnir, ok rei?° ???? er hann ?™kr, en hafrarnir draga rei?°ina;
??v?« er hann kalla?°r ??ku????rr.
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