Heill Haukur!

Here's my translation for week two's passage.

Þorbjörn hét maðr; hann var kallaðr Götuskeggr. Hann bjó í Austrey í
Færeyjum. Guðrún hét kona hans. Þau áttu tvá sonu; hét Þorlákr inn
ellri, en Þrándr inn yngri. Þeir váru efniligir menn. Þorlákr var bæði
mikill ok sterkr; Þrándr var ok með því móti þá er hann þroskaðisk, en
miseldri þeira broeðra var mikit.

Þrándr var rauðr á hár ok freknóttr í andliti, fríðr sýnum.

Þorbjörn var auðigr maðr ok var þá gamall, er þetta var tíðenda.

Þorlákr kvændisk þar í eyjunum ok var þó heima með föður sínum í Götu.
Ok bráðliga er Þorlákr var kvæntr andaðisk Þorbjörn Götuskeggr, ok var
hann heygðr ok út borinn at fornum sið, því at þá váru heiðnar allar
Færeyjar. Synir hans skiptu arfi með sér, ok vildi hvártveggi hafa
heimabólit í Götu, því at þat var in mesta gørsimi. Þeir lögðu hluti á,
ok hlaut Þrándr.

"A man was called Þorbjörn. He was called Street-beard. He lived at
Austrey in the Faroe Islands. His wife was called Guðrún. They had two
sons; the elder was called Þorlákr, and the younger Þrándr. They were
promising men. Þorlákr was both big and strong. Þrándr was also in that
way (like that) when he grew up, but the difference in age between the
brothers was great.

Þrándr was red of hair and freckly of face, handsome in appearance.

Þorbjörn was a wealthy man and was old then, when this happened.

Þorlákr took a wife there in the islands but was at home with their
father in Gata. And as soon as Þorlákr was married, Þorbjörn
Street-beard died, and he was buried in a mound and carried out for
burial according to ancient custom, because the Faroe Islands were all
heathen then. His sons divided the inheritance between themselves, and
each of the two wanted to have the homestead at Gata, because that was
the greatest treasure. They cast lots over [it], and Þrándr had [it]
allotted to himself ('won the allotment', or just simply 'won')."

--
Daniel Bray
dbray@...
School of Studies in Religion A20
University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

"Nobody believes the official spokesman... but everybody trusts an
unidentified source." Ron Nesen