Nunnurnar \u00ed Seli<\/p>\n
Einu sinni voru fj\u00f3rar nunnur sem fer\u00f0u\u00f0ust um Skaft\u00e1rhrepp \u00ed leit a\u00f0 sta\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0.
\n\u00de\u00e6r fer\u00f0u\u00f0ust gangandi me\u00f0 vistir s\u00ednar \u00e1 bakinu. \u00de\u00e6r voru a\u00f0eins me\u00f0 brek\u00e1n, sau\u00f0skinssk\u00f3 og me\u00f0 mysu og har\u00f0fisk til matar.
\nNunnurnar h\u00f6f\u00f0u fer\u00f0ast lengi \u00ed gegnum Eldhrauni\u00f0 og yfir Eldvatni\u00f0. Eitt kv\u00f6ld ger\u00f0i mikla hr\u00ed\u00f0 og voru \u00fe\u00e6r illa b\u00fanar fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 og voru byrja\u00f0ar a\u00f0 villast. Eftir mikla g\u00f6ngu og langa fundu \u00fe\u00e6r loksins sta\u00f0 til a\u00f0 setjast a\u00f0, s\u00e1 sta\u00f0ur var Sel \u00ed Skaft\u00e1rtungu. Fyrst \u00feegar \u00fe\u00e6r gengu inn s\u00e1u \u00fe\u00e6r a\u00f0 h\u00fasi\u00f0 var samkomuh\u00fas me\u00f0 kjallara, allavegana var n\u00f3g pl\u00e1ss fyrir \u00fe\u00e6r allar. A\u00f0eins tveir ol\u00edulampar voru \u00ed h\u00fasinu me\u00f0 litla ol\u00edu.
\n\u00deegar nunnurnar voru a\u00f0 undirb\u00faa sig til svefns heyr\u00f0u \u00fe\u00e6r eitthvert \u00ferusk, en skiptu s\u00e9r ekki miki\u00f0 af \u00fev\u00ed. \u00deegar \u00fe\u00e6r h\u00f6f\u00f0u sofi\u00f0 d\u00e1litla stund vakna\u00f0i ein \u00feeirra, h\u00fan vakna\u00f0i vi\u00f0 st\u00f3ran dynk sem h\u00fan heyr\u00f0i koma fr\u00e1 kjallaranum. H\u00fan t\u00f3k sig saman og gekk a\u00f0 kjallaranum me\u00f0 ol\u00edulampann \u00ed hendi. \u00deegar h\u00fan kom ni\u00f0ur kjallaratr\u00f6ppurnar sl\u00f6kkna\u00f0i skyndilega \u00e1 lampanum og gustur skall yfir hana. H\u00fan heyr\u00f0i l\u00edtillega \u00ed barnsr\u00f6dd vera a\u00f0 syngja l\u00edti\u00f0 kv\u00e6\u00f0i sem var \u00e1 \u00feessa lei\u00f0:<\/p>\n
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\u00d6skur heyrast h\u00e9r<\/em><\/p>\n Lokkar mig \u00ed kjallara<\/em><\/p>\n g\u00f3\u00f0ur vertu m\u00e9r<\/em><\/p>\n Allt er or\u00f0i\u00f0 dimmara.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Tungu hann sker<\/em><\/p>\n Vill engan heyra tala<\/em><\/p>\n \u00c9g sit h\u00e9r, hann fer.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00c9g reyni a\u00f0 gala.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Sv\u00f6ng og \u00feyrst<\/em><\/p>\n Augun f\u00f3ru fyrst<\/em><\/p>\n Finn enn fyrir snertingu<\/em><\/p>\n Enn\u00fe\u00e1 \u00ed minningu.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Fa\u00f0ir vor varstu<\/em><\/p>\n Af hverju skarstu<\/em><\/p>\n Minn l\u00edkama og tungu<\/em><\/p>\n Drislar \u00fe\u00ednir \u00feungu.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n H\u00fan s\u00e9r glitta \u00ed mann, sem vir\u00f0ist \u00f3h\u00e6fur g\u00f6ngu, \u00fe\u00e1 gengur h\u00fan a\u00f0 barninu og spyr hva\u00f0 amar a\u00f0. Barni\u00f0 spyr \u00e1 m\u00f3ti me\u00f0 hv\u00f6ssum t\u00f3ni ,,Hva\u00f0a erindi \u00e1ttu \u00ed okkar h\u00fasum?\u201c. Nunnan fyllist skelfingu og hleypur \u00ed \u00e1tt a\u00f0 stiganum. H\u00fan reynir a\u00f0 komast upp tr\u00f6ppurnar, en gripi\u00f0 er \u00ed f\u00f3t hennar. H\u00fan l\u00edtur til baka, \u00fear s\u00e9r h\u00fan\u00a0 manninn vera halda \u00ed hana rei\u00f0ilegan \u00e1 svip. Hann dregur hana ni\u00f0ur og sker tunguna \u00far henni, s\u00ed\u00f0an hv\u00edslar hann a\u00f0 henni; \u201esama hversu h\u00e1tt \u00fe\u00fa \u00e6pir, \u00fea\u00f0 mun enginn heyra \u00ed \u00fe\u00e9r meir\u201c.<\/p>\n Daginn eftir v\u00f6knu\u00f0u nunnurnar gla\u00f0ar \u00e1 svip, a\u00f0 hafa loksins fengi\u00f0 n\u00e6tursvefn. S\u00fa gle\u00f0i st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00ed stutta stund \u00fear sem ein af nunnum var ekki vi\u00f0 hli\u00f0 \u00feeirra og kjallaradyrnar st\u00f3\u00f0u opnar. \u00deegar \u00fe\u00e6r k\u00edktu ni\u00f0ur \u00ed kjallarann var hann t\u00f3mur, fyrir utan tungu sem l\u00e1 \u00ed ne\u00f0stu tr\u00f6ppunni. \u00de\u00e6r hr\u00f6\u00f0u\u00f0u s\u00e9r \u00ed burtu og fl\u00fa\u00f0u sta\u00f0inn. \u00deessi saga var s\u00f6g\u00f0 sveitungum og fleira f\u00f3lki og eftir \u00fea\u00f0 heitir Sel \u00ed Skaft\u00e1rtungu n\u00fa Tungusel.<\/p>\n