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Title: Mjallhvt
       fintri handa brnum

Author: Anonymous

Translator: M. Grmsson

Release Date: October 10, 2005 [EBook #16846]

Language: Icelandic

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MJALLHVT.


FINTRI HANDA BRNUM,

ME 17 MYNDUM.


[Illustration]


M. GRMSSON

hefur slenzka.


KAUPMANNAHFN.

 kostna E. Jnssonar.--Prenta hj Louis Klein.
1852.

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a var einu sinni um hvetur  kafri snjkomu, a drottning nokkur sat
vi gluggann  hllinni sinni, og var a sauma. En gluggagrindin var r
hrafnsvrtu "benholti"[1]. Henni var  liti t um gluggann 
mjllina, sem hlst niur  gluggatptina, og sem var svo drifthvt a
a var undur. Hn stakk sig   nlinni  fingurinn, svo a a hrutu
niur f-einir bldropar  gluggakistuna. En egar hn s, hversu hi
raua var fagurt hj drifthvtri mjllinni,  hugsai hn me sjlfri
sjer: "a vildi jeg a jeg tti mjer svo lti barn, eins hvtt og
mjll, eins rautt og bl, og eins svart og gluggagrindin s arna."

[Footnote 1: Eins konar trje.]

[Illustration]

Skmmu sar eignaist drottningin ofur-litla dttur, sem var eins
hrundsbjrt og mjll, eins fagurrj og bl, og eins hrafnsvrt  hr
eins og "benholt". Af essu var hn kllu _Mjallhvt_. En stuttu
eptir fingu hennar andaist drottningin, mir hennar.

ri eptir tk konungurinn sjer ara drottningu. a var dindis fr
kona, en kaflega drambsm. Hn gat ekki vita a, a neinn kvennmaur
vri sjer frari.

essi nja drottning tti sjer frnlegan spegil, sem hn var vn a
skoa sig , og segja:

[Illustration]


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


Og af v a hn vissi, a spegillinn fr aldrei me sannindi, 
var hn ng, egar hann sagi:


     "Fr mn, drottning, fegri jer
     finnst ei nein  landi hjer!"


En Mjallhvt konungsdttir x upp og var einatt frari, og egar hn
var orin 7 ra gmul,  bar hn af llum konum, og var miklu frari
en drottningin, stjpa hennar.  var a einu sinni sem optar, a
drottningin gekk a speglinum og mlti:


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn, og sagi:


     "Fr mn, drottning, fr sem engill  er,
     en af jer samt hn Mjallhvt  frleika ber!"


egar drottning heyri etta,  var henni bilt mjg vi, og flnai
upp af fund og reii. Upp fr eirri stundu gat hn aldrei liti
Mjallhvt rjettu auga; svo var henni illa vi barni. fund og drambsemi
lgust n svo ungt  hina vondu konu, a hn tlai a slast, og
hafi engan stundlegan fri, hvorki dag nje ntt. Hn kallai  loks
fyrir sig einn af veiimnnum konungs og sagi: "Far  me hana
Mjallhvt litlu langt t  skg; v jeg get ekki horft  hana framar.
ar skalt  drepa hana, og fra mjer r henni lifur og lungu til merkis
um, a  hafir gjrt eins og jeg sagi jer."

[Illustration]

Veiimaurinn fr   sta me Mjallhvt, og egar hann kom t 
skginn, drg hann sver sitt r slirum, og tlai a reka hana  gegn
me v. Hn fjell   knje fyrir honum, spennti greipar, leit  hann,
bijandi vonaraugum og sagi: ", gi vin, gef  mjer lf; jeg skal 
hlaupa t  skg og aldrei koma heim aptur  rki." Veiimaurinn komst
 vi, kenndi  brjsti um hana og sagi: "Hlauptu  undir eins burtu
hjean, vesalingur!" Villudrin vera ekki lengi a rfa hana  sig,
hugsai hann, og  fannst honum, eins og a a vri velt steini fr
hjartanu  sjer, a urfa ekki a drepa hana sjlfur.

 sama bili kom ar a ungur villigltur hlaupandi, sem veiimaurinn
drap. Hann tk r honum lifrina og lungun og fri drottningu au til
sannindamerkis um a, hversu vel hann hefi framkvmt bo hennar.

[Illustration]

Eldamaur drottningar var n egar a matreia lifrina og lungun, og
hin vonda drottning borai au  eirri tr, a a vri lifur og lungu
Mjallhvtar. Hn var svo viss um etta, a hn hirti alls ekki um a
leita frjetta hj tfraspeglinum snum; v hn ttist viss um, a n
vri hn frasta konan  landinu. Veiimanninum gaf hn rna peninga
fyrir handarviki, og til ess a egja yfir disverkinu.

En n er a segja fr Mjallhvt, ar sem hn var alein ti  skginum.
Hjarta hennar var fullt af angist og kva; v hn s sjer engrar
bjargar von, vesalingur. Hn fr  a hlaupa, og hljp  dauans ofboi
yfir hva sem fyrir var, eggjagrjt og urir. Villudrin hlupu fram hj
henni og allt  kring um hana, en gjru henni ekkert mein. Hn hljp
sem ftur toguu anga til um kveldi;  s hn ofurlti hs, og inn
 a fr hn til ess a hvla sig.

Inni  hsinu var allt lti, en svo snoturt og rifalegt, a a var
hin mesta snilld. ar st bor me drifthvtum dki  og sj diskum.
Vi hvern disk l ofur-ltill spnn, hnfur og gaffall, og sitt
vnstaupi st hj hverjum eirra. Vi vegginn stu sj dltil rm,
hvert vi hliina  ru, og voru sngurklin ll saman mjallhvt.

[Illustration]

Af v a Mjallhvt var n orin bi yrst og svng,  borai hn
sinn munnbitann af hverjum diski, og drakk sinn dropann r hverju
staupi; v hn vildi ekki taka allt fr neinum einum. egar hn var
bin a essu, lagi hn sig upp  a rmi, sem nst henni st, og
tlai a hvla sig; v hn var kaflega gngum og lin. En rmi var
henni ekki mtulegt, svo hn reyndi hi nsta, og fr a eins. San
reyndi hn hvert a ru, og loksins var hi sjunda rmi mtulega
strt fyrir hana. Hn lagist  niur  a, las kveldbnirnar snar og
sofnai.

egar dimmt var ori komu eir heim, sem hsi ttu, en a voru sj
dvergar, sem lifu af v, a grafa upp r fjllunum gull og silfur.

Dvergarnir kveiktu sj ofur-ltil ljs, og egar birti  hsinu, su
eir undir eins, a ar hafi einhver komi kunnugur; v ar var ekki
allt  eirri r og reglu, sem eir ttu von . Hinn fyrsti sagi:
"Hver hefur sezt  stlinn minn?" Hinn annar: "Hver hefur bora af
diskinum mnum?" Hinn riji: "Hver hefur biti  braui mitt?" Hinn
fjri: "Hver hefur smakka  suflinu mnu?" Hinn fimmti: "Hver hefur
fari me gaffalinn minn?" Hinn sjtti: "Hver hefur skori me hnfnum
mnum?" Hinn sjundi: "Hver hefur sopi  staupinu mnu?"

 leit hinn fyrsti vi, og s a rmi sitt var blt. "Hver hefur lagzt
 rmi mitt?" segir hann.  spruttu upp allir dvergarnir, og litu hver
 sitt rm og sgu hver fyrir sig: "Sko, einhver hefur fari upp  mitt
rm og blt a niur!" En egar hinn sjundi gtti  sitt rm, s hann
Mjallhvt liggja ar og sofa. Hann kallai   lagsmenn sna, og er
eir su hva um var a vera,  hljuu eir upp yfir sig af undran og
glei. eir komu me ll sj litlu ljsin, og skouu Mjallhvt  krk
og  kring. "Nei, nei,"--sgu eir--"en hva a er fallegt barni a
tarna!" Og litlu dvergarnir hoppuu upp af glei, en vruust  a
vekja Mjallhvt, og ljetu hana sofa  ni  litla rminu. Hinn sjundi
dvergur svaf um nttina hj lagsmnnum snum, eina stund hj hverjum--og
 var nttin  enda.

egar Mjallhvt vaknai morguninn eptir,  var henni kynlega vi,
egar hn s alla sj litlu dvergana. En eir voru skp gir vi hana
og sgu: "Hva heitir ?"--"Jeg heiti Mjallhvt."-- spuru
dvergarnir hana a, hvernig hn hefi anga komizt, en Mjallhvt sagi
eim allt eins og var, um vondu stjpuna, og veiimanninn, sem gaf henni
lfi. Hn sagi eim fr v, hva hn hefi hlaupi langan, langan
veg, anga til a hn hefi  endanum fundi hsi.

 sgu dvergarnir: "Ef  vilt vera bstran okkar, ba um rmin
okkar, sauma, vo og prjna, og halda llu hreinu og fguu, sem 
hsinu er,  mtt  vera hj okkur, og ig skal ekki bresta neitt."

Mjallhvt gekk a essum kostum, og tk undir eins til starfa.
Dvergarnir fru  hverjum morgni  bti t  fjllin a grafa upp gull
og silfur. En egar eir komu heim  kveldin,  var allt a vera 
sinni rjettu r og reglu heima fyrir.  daginn var Mjallhvt jafnan ein
heima. ess vegna sgu dvergarnir vi hana: "Varau ig  henni stjpu
inni; hn kemst brum a hvar  ert;  mtt ess vegna aldrei
nokkurn tma hleypa neinum manni inn fyrir dyrnar, egar  ert alein
heima."

N vkur sgunni heim aptur  konungsrki, ar sem hin vonda drottning
ttist hafa bora lifur og lungu Mjallhvtar. Henni kom ekki anna 
hug, en a n vri hn  lang-frust allra kvenna  landinu, svo a
var  glei sinni a hn gekk einu sinni til spegilsins, og sagi:

[Illustration]


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn:


     "Fr mn, drottning, frust ert ,
     frari llum, sem hjer eru n;
     en Mjallhvt, sem fr yfir fjllin au sj,
     og fist n upp hj eim dvergunum sj,
     er sund-falt frari en !"


Vi essa vntu fregn br drottningu heldur en ekki  brn; v hn s
n, a veiimaurinn hafi pretta sig, og a Mjallhvt var enn  lfi.
Og egar hn vissi n, hvar hn var niur komin,  hugsai hn ekki um
neitt anna en a, hvernig hn fengi ri hana af dgum; v n hafi
hn engan fri  snum beinum fyrir fund og reii yfir v, a hn var
ekki frust allra  landinu. En til ess a formi mistkist n ekki,
rjei hn af, a vinna a v me eigin hendi. etta var samt enginn
hgarleikur; v n mtti enginn maur vita af. Eptir langa umhugsan
rjei drottning a af  endanum a lita sig  framan, afmynda sig, og
taka  sig gerfi gamallar slukerlingar.  essum ham var engum lifandi
manni unnt a ekkja hana, og svona kom hn til dvergabjarins.
Mjallhvt var  ein heima, egar kerling bari a dyrum, og sagi:

[Illustration]

"Gan varning! gott ver!" Mjallhvt lauk upp glugganum, leit t og
sagi: "Sl og blessu, kona g! Hva hafi jer  bostlum?"--"Gan
varning, fallegan varning!" segir kerling. "Jeg hef allavega lit
mittisbnd." San tk hn upp grnt silkiband og sndi henni. 
hugsai Mjallhvt me sjlfri sjer: "essari konu m jeg n efa lofa
inn; hn er rvnd og sism, og hefur ekkert llt  huga." Hn lauk 
upp bjardyrunum og keypti grna silkibandi.--"Bddu vi, barni
gott!"--segir kerlingin--"hvernig fer mittisbandi  jer. Komdu, jeg
skal lta a  ig, eins og a  a vera."--Mjallhvt fr  
grannleysi til hennar og ljet hana binda um sig nja bandinu fallega. En
kerling var  eigi handsein og reyri svo fast a Mjallhvt, a hn
ni ekki andanum, og datt eins og dau niur. "N er frleikinn inn
farinn", sagi kerling, og skundai heim til sn. Skmmu eptir komu
dvergarnir heim, og uru  hrddir mjg, er eir fundu sna stkru
Mjallhvt renda  glfinu.

[Illustration]

eir tku hana upp og su egar, a hn var mikils til
ofstrengd um mitti. eir sprettu af henni klunum og skru 
mittisbandi, og raknai  Mjallhvt brtt vi aptur. En egar
dvergarnir heyru hvernig  st, sgu eir: "Hin gamla slukona hefur
engin nnur veri en drottningin, stjpa n. Varau ig, Mjallhvt, og
lofau engum lifandi manni inn til n, egar  ert ein heima."

En egar hin vonda kona var heim komin, gekk hn a speglinum, hrug
mjg  huga, og segir:


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn, og sagi:


     "Fr mn drottning, frust ert ,
     frari llum sem hjer eru n;
     en Mjallhvt, sem fr yfir fjllin au sj,
     og fist n upp hj eim dvergunum sj,
     er sund-falt frari en !"


egar drottningin heyri etta,  var hn svo rei, a  l vi a
hn fjelli  megin; v hn s, a Mjallhvt var enn  lfi. Hn fr 
aptur a hugsa sjer upp r til ess, a stytta henni aldur, og bj n
til svo baneitraa hrgreiu, a hver sem greiddi sjer me henni var a
deyja. San tk hn a nju  sig gerfi gamallar konu, en allt ruvsi
en hi fyrra skipti, og gekk til dvergabjarins  skginum. ar bari
hn a dyrum og sagi:

[Illustration]

"Gan varning, gott ver!" Mjallhvt leit t um gluggann og mlti: "Jeg
m ekki lofa neinum lifandi manni inn  binn."  segir kerling: "Sko,
eru etta ekki fallegar hrgreiur?" og um lei sndi hn henni eitruu
greiuna.

Mjallhvt leizt svo vel  greiuna, a hn lauk upp bjarhurinni, og
keypti hana.  segir kerling: "M jeg ekki greia jer, barni gott?"
Mjallhvt komu engin svik  hug, og kerling var egar farin a greia
henni. Fjell hn  undir eins dau niur; v svo var eitri 
greiunni magna. "N vona jeg a a veri bi  v, a  lifnir vi
aptur," sagi kerling, og skundai heim til sn. En a vildi svo vel
til, a dvergarnir komu  heim  smu svifunum. egar eir su hvernig
komi var, grunai  undir eins, a a mundi vera af vldum hinnar
vondu drottningar. eir leituu  Mjallhvt, og fundu loksins eitruu
greiuna  hri hennar v drottning hafi lti hana vera ar kyrra
til ess ab eitri r henni neytti sn betur. eir tku greiuna burtu,
og raknai Mjallhvt  brum vi aptur. egar hn var komin til
sjlfrar sn, sagi hn dvergunum upp alla sgu, en eir minntu hana
enn, og bnnuu henni strengilega a ljka bnum upp fyrir nokkrum, sem
anga kmi  daginn.

egar drottningin kom heim, gekk hn fyrir spegilinn, hrug  huga, og
segir:

[Illustration]


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn og sagi:


     "Fr mn, drottning, frust ert ,
     frari llum, sem hjer eru n;
     en Mjallhvt, sem fr yfir fjllin au sj,
     og fist n upp hj eim dvergunum sj,
     er sund-falt frari en !"


egar drottning heyri a tlai hn a rifna af reii og illsku, og
sagi me heiptarhuga: "Mjallhvt skal deyja, hva sem hver segir, og
hva sem a kostar!" San gekk hn inn  afhs eitt, sem enginn kom
inn  nema hn, og bj ar til gnarlega eitra epli. a var harla
fagurt  a lta, og girnilegt mjg a bora; en a var baneitra
rumegin. egar epli var til bi,  breytti drottning andlitslit
snum og andlitslagi, og bj sig eins og bndakonu. annig t bin fr
hn  sta, og gekk til dvergabjarins. ar bari hn a dyrum.
Mjallhvt leit t um gluggann og segir: "Jeg m ekki leyfa neinum manni
a koma hjer inn fyrir dyr; v dvergarnir hafa harlega banna a."

"a er ldungis rjett gjrt, barni gott!"--segir kerling.--"Margur er
maurinn, og hver veit nema hinga kmi einhver rvandur, sem tlai
a gjra jer eitthva llt. En jer er htt a lofa mjer a koma inn
til n; v jeg tla ekki a gjra jer neitt llt."

"Dvergarnir hafa banna mjer a, og jeg leyfi engum inn, hversu fallega
sem hann talar," segir Mjallhvt.

[Illustration]

" a!" segir kerling. "Vi erum eins gir vinir fyrir a,  jeg
fi ekki a koma inn til n  binn. Jeg er ekki hrdd um, a eplin
min gangi ekki t,   kaupir au ekki. En, heyru, arna er eitt
epli, sem jeg tla a gefa jer."--"Nei, jeg vil a ekki," segir
Mjallhvt.--"Ha, ha!  ert  aldrei hrdd um a a sje tt ea
eitra, vnti jeg," segir kerling. "Sko, jeg tla  sjlf a bora
helminginn af v, svo  getir mynda jer, hvort hinn helmingurinn
muni vera nokkurt ti." En epli var svo knlega til bi, a a var
ekki nema hlft eitra.

Mjallhvt gat n ekki stai a af sjer a bora hinn fagurraua
eplishelming, egar hn s, a kerlingin hikai sjlf ekki vi a bora
hinn helminginn af v. Hn tk vi v og beit  a, en ar en hn
var bin a renna niur fyrsta munnbitanum, hreif eitri  hana, svo a
hn datt niur  glfi eins og dau.  var hinni vondu konu skemmt, og
hn sagi: "N ykir mjer gaman a vita, hvenr  raknar vi aptur."
San skundai hn heim aptur  rki sitt, gekk fyrir spegilinn til
ess a svala glei sinni, og sagi hrug  huga:


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn:


     "Fr mn, drottning, fegri jer
     finnst ei nein  landi hjer!"


N var hin vonda kona ng; hn var svo ng me sjlfri sjer, sem
slkri konu er framast unnt a vera. En egar dvergarnir komu heim til
sn um kveldi,  fundu eir Mjallhvt renda  glfinu.

[Illustration]

eir hfu hana  lopt, leituu  henni a eitri, leystu af henni
mittisbandi, vou hana alla upp, greiddu hr hennar, og reyndu allt,
sem eim datt  hug, en a var allt saman til einskis. Mjallhvt
raknai ekki vi; v hn var din.  lgu dvergarnir hana til,
settust allir sj niur hj lkinu og grjetu yfir v  samfleytta rj
daga.  tluu eir a jara Mjallhvt. En hn leit svo vel t, og
hafi enn tapa sjer svo lti, a a var ekki anna sjanlegt, en a
hn svfi. "a er gjrningur a leggja hana Mjallhvt, svona fra og
fallega, niur  hi dimma skaut jararinnar" sgu dvergarnir. eir
ljetu  sma utan um hana gagnsa krystalls-lkkistu. ar lgu eir
Mjallhvt , rituu nafn hennar og a, a hn vri konungsdttir, me
gullstfum  kistuloki. San settu eir kistuna t  fjalli, og gttu
hennar. Fuglarnir komu ar og a, og syrgu hina fru mey, fyrst uglan,
svo hrafninn og seinast dfan.

[Illustration]

Mjallhvt l n lengi, lengi  kistunni og rotnai ekki, heldur leit
hn allt af svo t, eins og hn vri lifandi og svfi. Hn var enn hvt
eins og mjll, rau eins og bl, og svrt eins og "benholt."  bar
svo til einu sinni, a konungssonur nokkur, sem ar var  draveium 
skginum, kom til dvergabjarins, og ba um nturgistingu.

Konungssonurinn s  kistuna  fjallinu og Mjallhvt ar , og hann las
gullletri  lokinu.  sagi hann vi dvergana: "Lti mig f kistuna
me henni Mjallhvt ; jeg skal borga hana eins og upp  er sett."--En
dvergarnir sgu: "Vjer ltum hana ekki fyrir allt gull og gersemar
heimsins."-- sagi konungssonurinn: "Gefi mjer hana ; v jeg get
ekki lifa n hennar Mjallhvtar. Jeg tla a fara me hana eins og
drmtasta hlutinn  eigu minni." egar dvergarnir heyru etta,
aumkuust eir yfir hann og gfu honum krystalls-lkkistuna me
Mjallhvt . Konungssonurinn var  svo feginn, a hann hoppai upp af
glei, og ljet menn sna bera hana burtu aan  herunum. En a vildi
svo til, egar eir bru kistuna niur af fjallinu, a
eim skrikai ftur, og vi hristinginn, sem  kom  kistuna, hrkk
eplisbitinn upp r hlsinum  Mjallhvt; v hn hafi aldrei rennt
honum niur. Mjallhvt lifnai  undir eins vi aptur, og settist upp 
kistunni.

[Illustration]

 sagi hn: "Gu hjlpi mjer! hvar er jeg?" En konungssonurinn rjei
sjer varla fyrir glei og segir: " ert hj mjer!" San sagi hann
henni upp alla sguna, eins og dvergarnir hfu sagt honum hana, og
mlti: "Jeg elska ig meira en allt anna i heiminum; kom  n heim me
mjer  rki mitt, og svo skalt  vera konan mn."

Mjallhvt fjekk n brum gan okka  konungssyninum, og san var
allt bi undir brkaup eirra.

Meal eirra, sem bonir voru til brkaupsins, var drottningin, stjpa
Mjallhvtar. egar hn var bin a ba sig svo vel sem hn gat, og hlaa
utan  sig gulli og gimsteinum,  gekk hn fyrir spegilinn og mlti:

[Illustration]


     "Spegill, spegill, herm : hver
     hjer  landi frust er!"


 svarai spegillinn:


     "Fr mn, drottning, fr eins og engill  er,
     en af jer samt  frleika hin unga drottning ber!"


egar drottningin heyri etta, var hn ldungis hamslaus af hrslu og
bri, og var komin  fremsta hlunn me a htta a fara til
brkaupsins. En fundin rak hana fram, og hn gat ekki  sjer seti,
a sj  essa nju drottningu. En egar hn kom inn  veizlusalinn,
var hn nrri v liin  vit af tta; v hn s, a hin unga
drottning var engin nnur en Mjallhvt.--En ar stu jrnskr 
eldinum, og egar eir voru ornir hvtglandi,  var hin gamla
drottning a setja  upp, og dansa  eim, anga til hn datt dau
niur. a voru launin, sem hn fjekk fyrir alla meferina  Mjallhvt.

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