Everyone

 

My translation for Auðun – 3 – finally on time.

 

Alan

 

Hefir Auðun dýr sitt með sér,

Auðun has his animal with him,

 

ok ætlar nú at fara suðr til Danmerkr á fund Sveins konungs,

and intends now to go south to Denmark to a meeting with King Sveinn

 

ok gefa honum dýrit.

And to give him the animal.

 

Ok er hann kom suðr í landit, þar sem konungr var fyrir,

And when he arrived south in the country, where (the) king was in residence,

 

þá gengr hann upp af skipi, ok leiðir eptir sér dýrit, ok leigir sér herbergi.

then he disembarks from (the) ship, and leads the animal behind him, and hires a room for himself.

 

Haraldi konungi var sagt brátt at þar var komit bjarndýri, gørsimi mikil,

To King Harald it was soon related that a bear had arrived there, a great treasure,

 

ok á Íslenzkr maðr.  Konungr sendir þegar menn eptir honum;

and (that) an Icelandic man owned it. (The) king then sends men after him;

 

ok er Auðun kom fyrir konung, kveðr hann konung vel.

And when Auðun came before (the) king, he greets (the) king well.

 

Konungr tók vel kveðju hans ok spurði síðan:

(The) king accepted his greeting well and then answered:

 

"Áttu gørsimi mikla í bjarndýri?"  Hann svarar ok kvezk eiga dýrit eitthvert. 

“Do you own a great treasure in (the shape of) a bear?” He answers and declares himself to own the animal referred to.

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Bowen [mailto:sarahbowen@...]
Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2004 8:35 AM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Auðun - 3