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Now Kari

Now Kari talks to Bjorn and says, "We shall ride east across the fell and down into Skaptartongue, and fare stealthily over Flosi's country, for I have it in my mind to get myself carried abroad ea...

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Now Kari traveled to by Selialandsmull and up along Markfleet (Njál's Saga, The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 147. Kari Comes To Bjorn'S House In The Mark)

Now Kari made a journey (Njál's Saga, The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 147. Kari Comes To Bjorn'S House In The Mark)

Now Kari talks to Bjorn and says, "We shall ride east across the fell and down into Skaptartongue, and fare stealthily over Flosi's country, for I have it in my mind to get myself carried abroad ea... (Njál's Saga, The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 149. Of Kari And Bjorn)

Njál's Saga

  • attestation: Now Kari traveled to by Selialandsmull and up along Markfleet (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 147. Kari Comes To Bjorn'S House In The Mark)

    "Now Kari rode west by Selialandsmull and up along Markfleet,"

  • attestation: Now Kari made a journey (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 147. Kari Comes To Bjorn'S House In The Mark)

    "Now Kari rode west by Selialandsmull"

  • attestation: Now Kari talks to Bjorn and says, "We shall ride east across the fell and down into Skaptartongue, and fare stealthily over Flosi's country, for I have it in my mind to get myself carried abroad ea... (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > 149. Of Kari And Bjorn)

    "Now Kari talks to Bjorn and says, "We shall ride east across the fell and down into Skaptartongue, and fare stealthily over Flosi's country, for I have it in my mind to get myself carried abroad east in Alftafirth."

"This is a very riskful journey," said Bjorn, "and few would have the heart to take it save thou and I."

"If thou backest Kari ill," said his housewife, "know this, that thou shalt never come afterwards into my bed, and my kinsmen shall share our goods between us."

"It is likelier, mistress," said he, "that thou wilt have to look out for something else than this if thou hast a mind to part from me: for I will bear my own witness to myself what a champion and daredevil I am when weapons clash."

Now they rode that day east on the fell to the north of the Jokul, but never on the highway, and so down into Skaptartongue, and above all the homesteads to Skaptarwater, and led their horses into a dell, but they themselves were on the look-out, and had so placed themselves that they could not be seen."