Finnboga saga

mikla. Alfr kallaði hátt: Er moðskegg

great one. Alf called loudly: Is Chaff-beard

inni? Lúktu upp hurðu. Hann segir: Þit skuluð

inside? Open the door! He says: You two shall

aldri hér inn koma. Alfr mǽlti: Nú muntu

never come in here. Alf said: Now you will

gera nokkut illt. Ok ertu hinn versti maðr, sem sagt

do something evil. And you are the worst of men, as is said,

er, ok eigi einhamr. Ok ertu troll, þó at þú sýnisk maðr.

and not of one shape; and you are a troll, though you look like a man.

Þat þolir hann eigi ok hljóp út, ok tók sinni hendi hvárn

He does not bear that, and leapt out, and took in each hand one

sveininn, slǽr niðr við steininum, svá at

of the boys, dashes them down against the stone, so that

rýkr heilinn um. Þetta sér Finnbogi ok hleypr at þangat

the brains spatter all around. Finnbogi sees this and runs over there